Help for newbie

[+atari2600land]

I just got home with a "new" Atari 5200. Unfortunately, it didn't come with a thing to plug the console into the TV. Can I use the one from my 2600 to do that? Also, it has no games, so once I get a console-to-tv thingee I'd like some games. A chance to get rid of your rarity 1s lying around.

[+Allan]

I just got home with a "new" Atari 5200. Unfortunately, it didn't come with a thing to plug the console into the TV. Can I use the one from my 2600 to do that? Also, it has no games, so once I get a console-to-tv thingee I'd like some games. A chance to get rid of your rarity 1s lying around.

Is it a four joystick port model or a two port model?

 

Allan

[+atari2600land]

It has four joystick ports.

[Jess Ragan]

You're gonna need a switchbox, sadly. It has connections for both video and power, and the 5200 won't work without it.

[+atari2600land]

Any idea where I can get one? I posted a topic in the Wanted section.

[Atari5200]

pm with your address, I'll send you a few of my dupe games laying around.

[+atari2600land]

Do all four of the fire buttons on the controller do the same thing? I just found that one of them is missing a button.

Edited April 11, 2008 by atari2600land

[classics]

Do all four of the fire buttons on the controller do the same thing? I just found that one of them is missing a button.

 

The two bottom and two top buttons on the sides are linked.

 

Steve

[+HammR25]

Do all four of the fire buttons on the controller do the same thing? I just found that one of them is missing a button.

 

Any time you buy a 5200 there's a 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% chance the controllers don't work.

[+atari2600land]

I guess I should be more clear. What I'm asking is, (if the controller works, that is), would having a button missing on it make any difference to a game's gameplay?

[opeygon]

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-TV-ANTENNA-SWITCH-...Q2em118Q2el1247

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/5200-Power-Supply-AC-A...1QQcmdZViewItem

[Atari5200]

I guess I should be more clear. What I'm asking is, (if the controller works, that is), would having a button missing on it make any difference to a game's gameplay?

no

[Jess Ragan]

Like someone else said, two of the buttons on the 5200 controller are duplicates. They're just there to make the controller accessible to left and right-handed players. Now if you were missing TWO buttons, that could be a problem. One button is used for firing, while the other is an auxiliary button that doesn't get used much. Moon Patrol requires two buttons (one for firing, the other for jumping), but the majority of games only need the main button.