Track Ball Compatible Games?

[christo930]

Are there any original library 2600 games that work natively with the trackball?  I had heard centipede is supposed to work, but it only works in joystick mode.  If I switch the switch on the track ball to JS, it works, just not well.  The centipede just moves to the right and down (and not exactly because I am telling it to do that. But not entirely unrelated either), but will not go left.   I did try a hacked version and it appears to work fine.  For some reason I am wanting to say the 7800 version is supposed to work with it too.

 

If no games support it, why the heck did Atari release it?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

No, there are no such games. Only our modern hacks. Also available in the AA store.

[+bcombee]

Missile Command on the Atari 8-bit computer has native support for Trak-Ball mode using the T key to toggle.

[+DrVenkman]

26 minutes ago, bcombee said:

Missile Command on the Atari 8-bit computer has native support for Trak-Ball mode using the T key to toggle.

And Synapse’s SLIME does as well, activated the same way. Those are the only two that I’m aware of. 

[BrianC]

Final Legacy on the Atari 8 bit also has a native Trak-Ball mode, though it only works on one part of the game, IIRC. 

[fprefect]

Interestingly, I just noticed something odd on an old Atari catalog I was perusing on AA. It erroneously denotes various 2600 games as being trak-ball compatible, including Space Invaders and Vanguard. Check it out:  https://atariage.com/catalog_page.php?SystemID=2600&CatalogID=38&currentPage=4

[Thomas Jentzsch]

_{I suppose they meant the joystick mode of the Trakball.}