0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Got this from ebay today for 25 dollars and free shipping. Works with the BOHOKI pc adapter on pole position. But not super breakout or space invaders fully. Any guess why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 i suggest trying out controllers with missile command first to see what they are doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) Mixed bag of results. Works on missle command surprisingly. Wheel goes left and right. The trigger goes up and down. And the red button fires. Down usually in most games. Upward does nothing for the button. Defender fires with red button. And trigger makes the ship go up. But not left and right. Wheel does nothing. Jungle hunt red button swing vines. Wheel make me swim faster in second round. But trigger does nothing. He does not go up or down. Never made it past second round. Pacman and frogger nothing. Qbert he only goes right and falls off with trigger and red button press. No other direction. But the real surprise river raid. Full range with wheel. And the red button pressed down fires and starts the game. Good for this game. Edited December 24, 2019 by 0078265317 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, 0078265317 said: Mixed bag of results. Works on missle command surprisingly. Wheel goes left and right. The trigger goes up and down. And the red button fires. Down usually in most games. Upward does nothing for the button. Defender fires with red button. And trigger makes the ship go up. But not left and right. Wheel does nothing. Jungle hunt red button swing vines. Wheel make me swim faster in second round. But trigger does nothing. He does not go up or down. Never made it past second round. Pacman and frogger nothing. Qbert he only goes right and falls off with trigger and red button press. No other direction. But the real surprise river raid. Full range with wheel. And the red button pressed down fires and starts the game. Good for this game. I think the wheel is left and right, the trigger is up and down and the buttons are fire, just like on the pc ultraracer, but the smaller x and y range make it so it does not trigger movement in digital games. Usually, in 5200 digital games, the analog joystick has to be 60-75% of the way in a direction to trigger, so if your range is shorter, it doesn't work. You probably see limited movement in the analog games and maybe one or two of the four directions for digital games. It probably works for the PC game included, though. The pot resistance range in PC gameport controllers wasn't very consistent in the 80s and erly 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 But at least river raid works so not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 It also works in tennis and centipede. Except it only goes left and not right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 does it have any trim controls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, 0078265317 said: No If it's like the R/C controller there's a stering trim Try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 2 hours ago, MIKE5200 said: If it's like the R/C controller there's a stering trim Try that! Where? I read somewhere this does not have trim. At least externally there is no trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Here are some pics. https://forums.traxxas.com/showthread.php?448842-Traxxas-Free-Wheel-!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 According to this second from bottom 11:26PM post there are no trims. https://forums.traxxas.com/showthread.php?244252-Traxxas-Freewheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 14 minutes ago, 0078265317 said: According to this second from bottom 11:26PM post there are no trims. https://forums.traxxas.com/showthread.php?244252-Traxxas-Freewheel Whats the button knob thing on the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Swami said: Whats the button knob thing on the top? I don't know. It does nothing. Maybe taking it apart and replacing the wheel pot with one that goes left and right more direction. Not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) if i were you i would just buy an ibm joystick to usb adaper and use it on your pc it seems like a neat driving controller windows has better calibration ability of course i am assuming your 5200 works fine with the original controller and a standard pc joystick with the adapter actually what i would do is take it apart and put a 10k resistor in series with the potentiometers to see if that gives it enough resistance Edited December 25, 2019 by bohoki moar info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, bohoki said: if i were you i would just buy an ibm joystick to usb adaper and use it on your pc it seems like a neat driving controller windows has better calibration ability of course i am assuming your 5200 works fine with the original controller and a standard pc joystick with the adapter Yes but it works with river raid so I am happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 23 hours ago, 0078265317 said: Where? I read somewhere this does not have trim. At least externally there is no trim. Yeah, it's different from the R/C controller mine has stering trim...Need someone out there come out one like that and works with all games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 53 minutes ago, MIKE5200 said: Yeah, it's different from the R/C controller mine has stering trim...Need someone out there come out one like that and works with all games! Ya, too bad. But at least river raid works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 17 hours ago, bohoki said: if i were you i would just buy an ibm joystick to usb adaper and use it on your pc it seems like a neat driving controller windows has better calibration ability Good idea. But windows 10 won'twork with that old software. I have an old pc with windows me in the basement. Just have to buy a pci sound card with gameport off ebay. There is no ganeport in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, 0078265317 said: Good idea. But windows 10 won'twork with that old software. I have an old pc with windows me in the basement. Just have to buy a pci sound card with gameport off ebay. There is no ganeport in the back. Dosbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Swami said: Dosbox But the game says winds 95 so DOS won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Also I got an ultra racer today from ebay. Jittery for super breakout. But awesome for pole position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Also found this cool looking thing. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F372816644941 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 And found a cheap gravis. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F303140697363 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 14 hours ago, 0078265317 said: And found a cheap gravis. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F303140697363 I think I would stay away from this one. I had one years ago for the pc and it broke in the middle! Though I did like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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