New Ultimate Fightstick won't boot
I recently received an Atari Ultimate Arcade Fighstick as a gift. When I went to boot it up, I got nothing except the rainbow screen.
I create a backup image, then installed RetroPie on the SD card, and the cabinet booted up just fine (of course, I didn't have any games and I'm not sure what controller files I should have copied over.)
Restored the original image and still same problem.
Is there a way I can get the latest OS/recovery image to install? I'm using Raspberry Pi Imager on Windows to setup the SD card, as I never even got to the Wi-Fi connection screen on the Fightstick.
Best Answer
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Hello, I'll send you an email regarding this.
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It looks like your best course of action would be to return it, if it is a recent purchase and still have it under warranty.
According to https://retropie.org.uk/about/legal/
The image we provide is Raspbian Lite with RetroPie pre-installed. Much of the software included in the RetroPie image have non-commercial licences. Because of this selling a pre-installed RetroPie image is not legal – this includes “giving away” a pre-installed RetroPie with your commercial product. Including copyrighted games with RetroPie is also not allowed.Since there is a probably issue with the preinstalled rom that atari included. You won't be able to troubleshoot the issue online, since all the games have non-commercial licenses.
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Got the email. Will try it out in next couple of days and let you know if it works.
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Sure thing. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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I know this post is a few years old, but I have the same problem. Th stick worked originally, but has been in storage for a while. I have another Pi I can try, but that would not have the Atari content. Also, I do not want to take it apart if it is something simple. Same rainbow screen.
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I know this post is a few years old now, but I have the same problem. My console won't boot up, I just get the rainbow screen.
I've pulled the SD card out and I can see the files on a windows PC. I've backed up the card with Win32 Disk Imager and tried to repair with no luck.
Can you send me a link to an ISO image of the card so I can reimage it?
I have the Atari Ultimate Fight Stick with Trackball.
Thanks.
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