Dead 5200?

[Dead 5200?]

Is this a 2 or 4 port model?

[homebrews ftw!]

http://www.tetris.com/

[homebrews ftw!]

Ah, there we go. Look cool. Kinda like premative tetris.

[homebrews ftw!]

I figured it out now. Nothing to extract. Just run the zip directly from stella. Alhough stella mac doesn't run the game. I mean it loads but it won't start by pressing select or reset. What am I doing wrong?

[auto fire]

I fixed the problem. I found a clamp at home. Used that to hold the button in place while I move qbert around the screen.

[homebrews ftw!]

doesn't work for me. .bin just opens .cpgz and that just opens a content with same bin.

[I meet an engineer who used to work for Atari]

cool

[I just got a copy of Mangia!]

Found one more loose copy one ebay. Is this worth anything?

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 170626065923

[Trak-ball?]

very interesting, I mean the millipede thing.

[Trak-ball?]

Atari never released any games that used the 2600/7800 trak-ball in true trak-ball mode.

 

 

Then what is the point of making a trackball controller if no games are compatible with it?

[Joystick with stella...]

But this article says 80 games built in.

 

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/29/atari-style-usb-joystick-sports-built-in-emulator/

[Joystick with stella...]

Just found something cool.

 

http://www.reflexaudio.com/products_joystick.htm

 

Not sure how it is done. Must be like a flash drive with internal storage or something. Now if it only hooked directly to the tv it would be cool.

[What to do with a ton of bad IC chips?]

ebay them for spare parts

Spare parts that don't work?

 

People sell all kinds of junk on ebay you will be surprised.

 

As for the nachos no thank you, I don't need any more cavaties.

[What to do with a ton of bad IC chips?]

ebay them for spare parts

[auto fire]

Ya but sd cart is too expensive.

[auto fire]

Ya, I Posted that. Not mine but it went for 41 dollars and 1 penny. Not bad. But was afraid i t was going to be high so I never bid.

[auto fire]

Ya, I Posted that. Not mine but it went for 41 dollars and 1 penny. Not bad. Buty I was afraid i t was going to be high so I never bid.

[auto fire]

Back in the day it wasn't so bad. But the buttons would always break. Missle command never worked. Even at a relatives house never got it to work. I always wondered how you were supposed to play the game. That was until I got a used 5200 off ebay. Now I can play missle command. But anyway the stock controllers were great except for the buttons refusing to work after 1000 presses or so. I even played frogger and got through like 4 or 5 levels or something like that. But now I can't stand it. Either that or my controllers are in need of a gold rebuild.

 

Anyhow as for the wico the pointy thing is not bad. And for some games like frogger the wico is much better. Plus. it was only 20 dollars on ebay. So It was no big deal.

 

But I hate buttons are on the left instead of the right. And a rubber band does not keep them pressed. Maybe a competition pro 5000 would help or an atari masterplay, but it is so hard to find those. even on ebay.

[auto fire]

The problem is I like Qbert. But I'm a lefty. And my wico control joystick I got off ebay buttons are on left. So it is hard to press and move stick with right hand. If only they had an auto fire joystick. Button would stay pressed leaving both hands free for moving the stick. And also if they made wireless sticks without need for masterplay would be cool.

[atari 2600 controller lamp...]

That gives a new meaning to heavy sixer joystick. I would like to try to play a game with it.

 

 

You can't once its been gutted out and turned into a lamp. Unless you made it dual purpose. That would be so cool.

[atari 2600 controller lamp...]

I don't know what happened to the couch comment. But that would be cool making a couch look like an atari 2600.

[atari 2600 controller lamp...]

Is it just me or does anyone else agree this looks cool.

 

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/build_your_own_atari_2600_cont.php

[Weird mod on my 5200]

for years i just had the top bezel taken off and hit the start pause and reset contacts with a penny

 

I use a screw driver. Never tried a penny.

 

Anyhow the box thing sounds cool. What would be involved in building the box?

[Buttons?]

Actually Galaxian is the best. Just tried it and it does not turn on with the fire buttons. But if I press any of the buttons the game starts except the # button which selects between 1 and 2 players. But if the buttons never worked in the first place the game would not start at all. So I guess I have 2 working controllers now.

[Buttons?]

What is the best way to test all the buttons? I have a revision 9 stock I think I got working. But don't know how to verify all the buttons are good. Which games use 0-9 on the keypad?