TEMPEST no TB compatible?

[lucifershalo]

After years of waiting,

I have a 5200 Trackball, wonderful to play Missile Command or Centipede,

 

I tried Tempest and it didnt work at all,

I thought it was compatible

[Andromeda Stardust]

Doesn't the 5200 trackball just emulate an analog joystick, unless I'm mistaken?

[+Allan]

I've played Tempest with my Trackball many times. It works great.

 

Allan

[lucifershalo]

I've played Tempest with my Trackball many times. It works great.

 

Allan

did you have put some settings?

[+Allan]

did you have put some settings?

No. I don't remember any settings. There is code for 5200 to detect what controller is being used.

 

Allan

[lucifershalo]

mmmm will try again

[+Allan]

try your trackball with Missile Command just to make sure it's working ok. It's the best test program for the Trackball.

 

Allan

[Albert]

It should work fine with the Trak-Ball. One important thing is to make sure the Trak-Ball controller is plugged in before you power up the 5200.

 

..Al

[Dutchman2000]

Tempest has full trak-ball support. Make sure your trak-ball is functional with other games.

[+sramirez2008]

Yup, my copy of 5200 Tempest works fine with all three of my trackball controllers. My wife and I play Tempest pretty regularly. Oddly enough, Tempest and Centipede are her favorite arcade games.

[+discotronic]

After years of waiting,

I have a 5200 Trackball, wonderful to play Missile Command or Centipede,

 

I tried Tempest and it didnt work at all,

I thought it was compatible

Are you playing the actual cart version or the unfinished proto?

[lucifershalo]

I tried again

I plugged the TB,

played Centipede without any problem

then put Tempest

the Tb is responding but it is not "instinctive"

for ex on the menu, if I dont touch the ball, it will keep moving trough all the levels

while playing a game, I have to roll a lot the ball before being able to go on the other side

I dont know if what I write is clear,might be frenglish :-)

and if it is normal or not

as it is I think it is better to play with the joystick than the Trackball

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Are you playing tempest from an actual Tempest 5200 cart like from here:

https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1036

 

Or are you playing it through a flash cartridge?

[lucifershalo]

Actual, official AA store release cart

[Dutchman2000]

Where did you purchase it? The first copies sold at a show had issues with the trak-ball that we fixed and released an updated version. If you have an early edition cart I'm sure Al would exchange it for you.