high voltage Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 I think they're cool, but now wanna find the missing version I Haven't got... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) FWIW there are actually two versions of the first Trak-Ball. One looks as shown on the box, and there's another variant that actually says "Atari 2600 Proline" instead. I think they're cool, but now wanna find the missing version I Haven't got... Here's what I was talking about: Also, it seems it had its own box: Edited January 3, 2018 by BassGuitari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 In addition, Synapse Software's SLIME! can also use Trak-Ball mode and the same trick applies: press CTRL-T before you start a game. But other than those two titles, no other vintage titles do. Have you played the cart version of slime? Someone on the board said the disk version of slime could use the trackball but the cart version could not. This seems dubious to me after all the contradicting theories about trackballs posted over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Which platform is that hack for? I have discussed this a couple of times here and there in the context of enhancing an add-on I built for the 5200 trackball that lets it hook up to the 2600 as a trackball (also tested and proven on XEGS) but I hadn't seen a hacked version of Missile Command to tinker with. I don't want to hack holes in my CX-53 so I had thought it might be cool to make a "sidecar" type of enclosure to hang the extra button on the outside of the controller, next to the built in two buttons, or maybe put three arcade buttons in a separate enclosure to keep the buttons consistent. One should be able to do an external set of buttons that just plugs in between the controller and the console. Let us know how it works out. It was done for the 800 and 5200 by a guy named Paul Lee. You can grab a copy here. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/64470-missile-command-atari-8bit-hack/?do=findComment&comment=1082409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Here's what I was talking about: Also, it seems it had its own box: Neat, guess I have to look out for one of those... Wonder why the track ball is yellow, but on the box shown white. Surely couldn't be 'yellowing'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Neat, guess I have to look out for one of those... Wonder why the track ball is yellow, but on the box shown white. Surely couldn't be 'yellowing'? Yes, extreme yellowing. The easiest thing to do if you don't like the yellow is just replace the ball with a new one from ebay (2.25 inch, i think) or use a regulation pool ball, if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 If the ball itself is essentially just a standard cue ball (not sure how/where Atari sourced them), yeah, those things can yellow like crazy.I actually kind of like the yellow + brown look, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_c Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Pretty sure my Trak-Ball is similar to the one on the first box, but the box itself is more like the second box. I'll have to dig it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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