KurtDman24

Thanks all for your great and helpful responses! I think what I may do is get the Atari Vault and start there, it's just $10, and then maybe contact someone here about getting a spinner made. I have a lot of confidence in the abilities of this group. Sorry I took so long to get back online and respond, thanks again everyone. 🙂

Thanks John! I've seen that, it's a little more costly than I was hoping for, although I would fork it over if that's the best way to do it. I've seen Amazon even sells the spinner control replacements for the thing. Just wondering if there was a cheaper way...or even if there was a spinner control for the 5200 edition...

Greetings Atari Agers - I figured this would be the best place to start with my conundrum. Tempest, in the classic arcade format, always was my all-time favorite video game. Recently, I was showing videos of it to my kids and explaining how awesome it was to play, and the battles my friend and I had on the local 7-Eleven's machine. Many years ago another friend of mine actually assembled a controller for me...spinner and all...and downloaded the emulator so that I could play Tempest on a laptop. The gameplay was absolutely just like the original, and it was the equivalent of owning a machine. I doubt, though, that it was legal. So I'm posing the question to all of you, because I'm guessing you would know. I would like to be able to play the classic Tempest in my home, and I would like to know how I can get a proper control with the spinner. As Tempest fans know, you HAVE to have a good spinner to play it. I also don't want to do anything questionable from a legal standpoint, like downloading the game from an illegal site. I don't mind paying for anything I need for this, within reason. I've seen the version that is (finally) available for the 5200, and I do own a 5200 so that might be okay, but if I can't use a spinner control I'll pass on that. Not a fan of trackballs. So...can anyone point me in the right direction? Forgive me if it's been answered elsewhere. Thanks!! Best, Kurt