MMarcoux66 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Hi, Just bought a 7800 off eBay and the joysticks are not great. I've been using my 2600 Best Gold upgraded ones. I've had great experience with Best's 2600 and 5200 products. Atariage posters have been awesome with advice. Curious if Brad's gold 7800 stuff is as good. The controllers I have were pretty used and I may just order a whole joystick with the gold parts for $30 for the extra $15. Doing the upgrade looks to be more of a pain because of the mushroom stick removal. Is it worth just getting new joysticks? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) I purchased NES-like joypads for my 7800 because the 7800 native joysticks are hard on your hands and basically horrible to play prolonged sessions of anything over 60 seconds. They’re known as “pain-line” controllers for good reason. Both the Atari 5200 and Atari 7800 systems suffer from incompetent joystick design. The 5200 is worse off, for sure. Some may argue Colecovision and Intellivision have horrific controllers as well. The original Atari controllers are great yet they lack two buttons. You know...we’ve come a long way since the crappy Atari 7800 joysticks were unleashed upon the innocent gaming community. My recommendation is get a different controller all together. Try contacting DanthWader on AtariAge for NES style two-button 7800 controllers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Edited September 26, 2018 by Airshack 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 DanthWader controllers rock! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysOnPlanetPatrol Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Hi, Just bought a 7800 off eBay and the joysticks are not great. I've been using my 2600 Best Gold upgraded ones. I've had great experience with Best's 2600 and 5200 products. Atariage posters have been awesome with advice. Curious if Brad's gold 7800 stuff is as good. The controllers I have were pretty used and I may just order a whole joystick with the gold parts for $30 for the extra $15. Doing the upgrade looks to be more of a pain because of the mushroom stick removal. Is it worth just getting new joysticks? Thanks in advance. I got the 2600 gold-plated boards as well, and agree, they make control much better on the CX40. I got a 7800 from Best Electronics, and when I ordered it, I also got two CX78 joypads based on Bradley's recommendation and I'm glad I did . They are probably not as good as the NES controller, but still 100x better than the Proline version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Always the best option IMO for new 7800 owners: https://www.edladdin.com/Seagull-78-Controller-Adapter-ec-2-001.htm EDIT: I'm an ass...they're out of stock. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Bradley from Best did a really good job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketmonkey101 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I have the best electronics version. They are as good as the proline controllers can get imho. That being said, if you're not a fan of them in general you're probably better off waiting until the seagull 78 adapters are back in stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) Always the best option IMO for new 7800 owners: https://www.edladdin.com/Seagull-78-Controller-Adapter-ec-2-001.htm EDIT: I'm an ass...they're out of stock. You’re not an ass at all. Edladdin controllers are drool worthy and absolutely the Cadillacs of controllers. The Seagull-78 adapter dongle-thingy is cheaper and works perfectly with Genesis controllers which blow away painlines. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Edited September 26, 2018 by Airshack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) My main point is the A7800 Proline controllers are no fun even when working 100%. You could make the entire units out of gold and they wouldn’t be worth their weight in gold because they hurt your hands. Edited September 26, 2018 by Airshack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 You’re not an ass at all. Edladdin controllers are drool worthy and absolutely the Cadillacs of controllers. The Seagull-78 adapter dongle-thingy is cheaper and works perfectly with Genesis controllers which blow away painlines. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro I agree but to point him to something out of stock....what a tease I am! My main point is the A7800 Proline controllers are no fun even when working 100%. You could make the entire units out of gold and they wouldn’t be worth their weight in gold because they hurt your hands. And here I also agree 100%. I have an NOS one, a Best one, a shortened stick Golden Ax modded one, and a micro-switched replaced Pain Line (my fav of all I have tried), and have had many used. They all kind of suck. That stick directly over two buttons design a la the 7800 or 5200 is just an AWFUL controller design IMO. Seagull adapter opens up a world of high quality Sega pads and sticks, many with turbo. It is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edladdin Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Always the best option IMO for new 7800 owners: https://www.edladdin.com/Seagull-78-Controller-Adapter-ec-2-001.htm EDIT: I'm an ass...they're out of stock. Thanks for the kind words GoldenWheels! That's my mistake... We are actually back in stock and I forgot to update the storefront. You can also get them from the AtariAge store, where they are also in stock: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1079 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Thanks for the kind words GoldenWheels! That's my mistake... We are actually back in stock and I forgot to update the storefront. You can also get them from the AtariAge store, where they are also in stock: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1079 Sure Ed,your controllers are the ELITE of the controllers......and excellent for hardcore players. But Bradleys gold controllers are ok for their price greetings Walter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edladdin Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Sure Ed,your controllers are the ELITE of the controllers......and excellent for hardcore players. But Bradleys gold controllers are ok for their price greetings Walter Absolutely! Its good that there are multiple options for people to pursue. I just wanted to update everyone on the question of whether or not we had Seagull 78s in stock. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Thanks for the kind words GoldenWheels! That's my mistake... We are actually back in stock and I forgot to update the storefront. You can also get them from the AtariAge store, where they are also in stock: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1079 You earned them. That adapter is a home run on all fronts, functionality/design/cost. Unless someone just has to use a Pro Line stock controller for the experience (and trust me I get that angle) it's the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Absolutely! Its good that there are multiple options for people to pursue. I just wanted to update everyone on the question of whether or not we had Seagull 78s in stock. :-) Hi Ed how about a PS2 adapter for the 7800? greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hi Ed how about a PS2 adapter for the 7800? greetings Walter CPUWIZ worked on something just like that for I believe the 5200 and also for the 7800. But no one appeared to have much interest in it so he dumped the project. Just thought that was worth mentioning because it has been more than a thought in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Always the best option IMO for new 7800 owners: https://www.edladdin.com/Seagull-78-Controller-Adapter-ec-2-001.htm Couple one of these with a Sega Genesis arcade stick, and you've got budget 7800 gaming nirvana. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakak Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Thank you everyone for the information in the thread. I am also new to the 7800 and my adapter should be delivered tomorrow! I am looking forward to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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