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  5. Posted

    Your interest may be hampered some by the limited games you have.. Once you have a good functional controller ,be it a rebuilt cx52 , a wico or a comp pro, and establish the entire library,delve into the home brews ,protos & conversions, I believe you will find that you may not be able to live without it.

     

    I know I began questioning the stupid money I was spending at the beginning of this year, and not seeing an immediate bang for the bucks spent.

     

    Once I had the entire library and good working controllers of all brands, I began to enjoy what I had spent for.

     

    The most fun I have ever had on ANY forum is in the 5200 high score club because it has FORCED me to play games I would otherwise pass over . I am extremely competitive, yet the game play stays friendly, which is very refreshing.

     

    I am enamored with the 5200 more now than as a teenager.

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    I guess it depends on what end of the learning curve you are on...

     

    I spent roughly 10 years on a few guitar forums with the same questions being asked over and over about the same brand of guitar until i simply stopped reading the posts ,commenting or offering advice and facts.

     

    As an old school atari fan, I know the games but never had an interest until lately with respect to the quirks , ins and outs of each system. So today I suppose I can empathize with those guitar newbs to a degree as I am sure I have asked a couple technical questions which many here take for granted.

     

    Who really cares if someone brings up the coleco versus 5200 topic.... It's subjective at best....

    If one is first getting back into the 5200, we will always have the controller questions.

     

    To chastise them only weakens the forum by potentially chasing folks away...

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    That was one of the final revision improvements to the 5200 joystick, these improvements were done to the joysticks in 84' They were left over stock Atari Corp packaged into Atari (Corp)'d vs. Atari, Inc. rebranded boxes and sold...

     

    The boots are thicker and help the stick go back to center a little better then previous sticks, the buttons were rounded to lessen them sticking in the pushed down position and the flex circuit inside is slightly improved to reduce oxidation and loss of continuity.

     

     

     

    Curt

     

    Curt,

    These '87 controllers also NO longer carry the panasonic pots, correct ?

    The 2 that I purchased [likely from same seller] are as the thread starter described.

     

    The 2 NOS '87's that I purchased were non functional right out of the box, so I replaced the crummy pots with panasonic and added the Best elec. Gold flex and buttons.

    I love the heavier boot. No date codes or country of origin stamped on the underside. They work great now.

     

    I recently scored 2 boxed [slightly used] '85 box dated controllers. One works great the other nno functional. I opened the bad one up and found panasonic pots, the white rev9 flex circuit and the darker red/harder rubber fire buttons. Heavier boot as the '87's but the stick is not as tall as the later offering.

     

    I cleaned the circuit and buttons and it now functions just fine. I prefer the hard fire buttons to the mushy early ones.

  15. Posted

    Price is subjective as is ones perception of condition. That holds true for anything perceived as collectible.

     

    I see unboxed 2 port consoles with games listed on craigslist for $200+ all of the time.

     

    Then again, There are the $25-55 4 port listings too. You have to find the right guy at the right time for a deal.

     

    Comes down to how bad you want something, how clean it is , and if you trust the seller...

     

    I'll buy non working systems just to get the couple clean boxed games, or boxed controllers that come along with, as one can always use spare parts.

     

    In many eyes, I probably paid far to much for my unboxed 4 port, BUT it was like new, NOT a scratch ! with matching # original controllers, needed minor calibration and came with a boat load of nice and in some cases very rare games... I know had I bought everything off of ebay separately, I'd have paid double +.

     

     

     

    So it really comes down to what something is worth to YOU and how tired of looking you are... What I find expensive , another my readily open his pocket book for and vice versa .

    What we think is moot as long as you are happy. :)

  16. Posted

    Easiest way to calibrate it , is with missile command. a bit of playing around, but it goes fast once you know what you are looking at and for.

     

    I personally never cared for the Wico controllers for 5200, pointy stick, buttons are on the wrong side for a lefty and unlatched the stick is so sloppy... I have one for 5200 which I never use, and a new in the box one for IBM compatibles which nobody seems to want .

     

    I vastly prefer the competition pro sticks over the Wico... BIG buttons both sides which in my case being left handed I easily swapped 2 wires to properly have the fire button on the right side. the nice thing is the Y cable is built in so you can still use the factory cx52 keypad... This controller is a must for pacman & platform games.

  21. Posted · Edited by peedenmark7

    I'd be willing to kick in some cash for the R&d of this game in particular. A box would be great if we are going to spend the money to do this right in the first place, but not a necessity.

    Obviously, there are a few folks out there that would buy simply to have, and the non box may turn folks off.

     

    I have a freshly cracked large box Epyx issue NOS disk of IM2, it functions perfectly NOW, and if we have a serious interest and a finalized deal, I would be willing to pony it up for the project, provided it was copied and returned to me ASAP.

     

    If we were serious about a box, my box is mint as well, no creases, no fading, artwork solved.

     

    I'd take 3 carts, My younger brother got me hooked on IM back in the day,and this would make a nice Christmas or b-day thanks for the memories gift for him !

    [provided he finally springs for a 7800 :) ]

     

     

    Still patiently waiting for the Krewat fix for my 7800 IM cart as I am not sure that I want to delve into a multi-cart for the 7800 as my gaming interest is very limited for that machine.

     

    My C64 disks are aging fast and I dont see delving into the emulator or whatever world for the Commodore any time soon.... 5200 is taking up plenty of my free time and money !!!!

  22. Posted

    I recently scored a sealed ntsc version of Impossible Mission 2 for c64. This game is tough and takes I.M. to the next level.

     

    Aside from time, [i doubt a donor disk would be enough] what would it take financially to convert this game to a 7800 cart and that said is there anyone on this forum willing to take on such a project and how many of us would purchase them ?

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