This board is for discussion of anything Atari 5200 related. Surely there are plenty of 5200 fans out there, even if the stock controllers are horrible!
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Started by Albert, Apr 22 2001 6:35 PM
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Posted Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:05 PM
Albert said:
This board is for discussion of anything Atari 5200 related. Surely there are plenty of 5200 fans out there, even if the stock controllers are horrible! images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Aww, the 5200 controllers arn't THAT bad!
(Don't look at me like that, you guys made me do this!)
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Posted Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:33 PM
Uh...
Wow! Finally a place where we can discuss this oft maligned console. Thanks, Al ...and Artlover! So, who's played PacMan?
-Bry
Wow! Finally a place where we can discuss this oft maligned console. Thanks, Al ...and Artlover! So, who's played PacMan?
-Bry
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Posted Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:24 PM
Artlover said:
Albert said:
This board is for discussion of anything Atari 5200 related. Surely there are plenty of 5200 fans out there, even if the stock controllers are horrible! images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Aww, the 5200 controllers arn't THAT bad!
(Don't look at me like that, you guys made me do this!)
Agreed.Now there are 'gold plates' buttons that can be used for the 5200 buttons.A great acheivement in 5200 technology.Its great to have a place to talk about it now
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Posted Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:58 PM
This must be official bump old topics week or something. I missed the memo. 
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Posted Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:42 PM
Breakpack said:
Artlover said:
Albert said:
This board is for discussion of anything Atari 5200 related. Surely there are plenty of 5200 fans out there, even if the stock controllers are horrible! images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Aww, the 5200 controllers arn't THAT bad!
(Don't look at me like that, you guys made me do this!)
Agreed.Now there are 'gold plates' buttons that can be used for the 5200 buttons.A great acheivement in 5200 technology.Its great to have a place to talk about it now
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Posted Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 PM
I'm not quite that cheap. I used double-sided tape to stick foil dots on the bumps.
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Posted Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:29 PM
video game addict said:
This must be official bump old topics week or something. I missed the memo.
Really? It was CC'dto every email address on the planet...
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Posted Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:29 PM
Bruce Tomlin said:
I'm not quite that cheap. I used double-sided tape to stick foil dots on the bumps.
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Posted Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:37 PM
JB said:
Bruce Tomlin said:
I'm not quite that cheap. I used double-sided tape to stick foil dots on the bumps.
I've actually done this on some old TV remotes. It works pretty well, for awhile anyways. The superglue being solid cracks over time under use and then the dots fall off, causing the remote to do odd things by itself (like suddenly turn the volume up to full). I think the double-stick tape idea would last longer seeing has how the tape is spongey and allows flexing. I can't say since I never tried that because I never thought of it before.
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Posted Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:29 PM
Albert, on Sun Apr 22, 2001 8:35 PM, said:
This board is for discussion of anything Atari 5200 related. Surely there are plenty of 5200 fans out there, even if the stock controllers are horrible!
Is this the 1st ever AtariAge post? (Post #1)?
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Posted Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:16 PM
^^ bump ^^
Yes, when you check the link it reads showtopic=1 so this has to be the very first topic ever posted on this forum.
Al- the smilies link in your old post is broken.
Yes, when you check the link it reads showtopic=1 so this has to be the very first topic ever posted on this forum.
Al- the smilies link in your old post is broken.
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Posted Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:10 PM
ill stick with lifetime gold controllers, BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THE CONTROLLERS TO EVER HAVE A PROBLEM PERIOD.
PS. IM STARTING TO WORK ON A 5200 HOMEBREW WHERE IM THE ENEMY, AND WILL BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT.
PS. IM STARTING TO WORK ON A 5200 HOMEBREW WHERE IM THE ENEMY, AND WILL BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT.
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Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:16 AM
Wow fun to see this first post. And I have to admit, the controls are terrible for the 5200. Love the 5200, but after I found a alternate solution for the controllers (Wico, Redemption module, etc.)
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Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:25 PM
on some games, you just can't beat the original controllers 
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Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:51 PM
fernando marrin, on Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:25 PM, said:
on some games, you just can't beat the original controllers
Space Dungeon, with the controller coupler.
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Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:49 PM
Wow! The very first topic on AtariAge about my favorite console. I don't have anything to say, I just wanted to be a part of it. Thanks Al.
Thanks Al.
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Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:23 PM
Awesome machine and game site! Job well done.
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