Mister-VCS Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I followed Donn Nauert's advice and I still love my 7800 in 2014! Had a great Centipede 2-player-competition-session with my 8-year-old-nephew this morning. My collection so far: Asterodis, Centipede, Donkey Kong Jr,, Desert Falcon, Galaga, Pole Position II and Xevious. Atari 7800 everywhere 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 There's a 7800 version of Centipede that's been hacked to natively support Trak-Ball mode. You can have AtariAge build you a cartridge of it. Then, all you have to do is buy a CX-22 or CX-80 and it'll be a similar experience to the arcade. 2 Player Trak-Ball mode! Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 I used my CX-80 and my nephew the Atari-joypad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I used my CX-80 and my nephew the Atari-joypad. Fotos-1278.jpg Cool, but it doesn't do native Trak-Ball. It's joystick mode emulating the Trak-Ball in the 7800 version, unlike the 5200 version. That's why a hack has been done to it so 7800 owners could also benefit from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Cool, but it doesn't do native Trak-Ball. It's joystick mode emulating the Trak-Ball in the 7800 version, unlike the 5200 version. That's why a hack has been done to it so 7800 owners could also benefit from it. Yes- I know this fact... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 2-player Centipede is killer! My trak-ball players are quite sluggish. Perhaps I never tried them on the hacked versions for trak-ball use --- something else to look into....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) 2-player Centipede is killer! My trak-ball players are quite sluggish. Perhaps I never tried them on the hacked versions for trak-ball use --- something else to look into....... That's because no released Atari game uses the trakball in trakball mode (where the faster you spin the ball the faster your guy moves) They work in joystick mode. There's a switch on the TB to switch modes. The hacks make them work in TB mode. Totally awesome if you have a multicart of some kind and can get them to work on the real hardware. Edited October 21, 2014 by godzillajoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78001987 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 That's because no released Atari game uses the trakball in trakball mode (where the faster you spin the ball the faster your guy moves) They work in joystick mode. There's a switch on the TB to switch modes. The hacks make them work in TB mode. Totally awesome if you have a multicart of some kind and can get them to work on the real hardware. or you can order one from the Atariage store custom cart option! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 My collection so far: Asterodis, Centipede, Donkey Kong Jr,, Desert Falcon, Galaga, Pole Position II and Xevious. Atari 7800 everywhere Get some of Bob's games from the AA store like Pac-Man Collection, Scramble and Jr. Pac-Man - they are all great games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 or you can order one from the Atariage store custom cart option! Yes! ^^ THIS ^^ Support this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That's because no released Atari game uses the trakball in trakball mode (where the faster you spin the ball the faster your guy moves) They work in joystick mode. There's a switch on the TB to switch modes. The hacks make them work in TB mode. Totally awesome if you have a multicart of some kind and can get them to work on the real hardware. In the case of 7800 Centipede, GCC did include native Trak-Ball support for a 7800 Trak-Ball that they modded from Dan Kramer's CX-22 design. But that controller was never released so consequently, 7800 Centipede doesn't natively support the CX-22 or CX-80. The modded Centipede ROM that can be found on this site does add such support back to the game. Thanks to Dan Kramer's relentlessness back at Atari Inc, there are plenty of 5200 games that do natively support his CX-53 Trak-Ball controller. Most of the 2600 games that were ports of arcade titles that did use a Trak-Ball were released before the CX-22 shipped and Atari didn't go back and re-release them with such support. Those would be the likes of Missile Command, Centipede, and Crystal Castles. AtariAge does sell modded versions of Missile Command for the 2600 - called Missile Command-TB - that either supports the CX-22 or the CX-80. Alas, the 7800 never had ports of Missile Command or Crystal Castles. [that we know of!]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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