colwyn Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I picked up this trackball at a thrift store among a box of other Atari and third party joysticks and paddles for $1. Is this a 2600 controller? I can't find much about the name Accuball, but it has one button and 9 pins like a standard Atari controller. I did a net search but could not find out any info for this puppy. Any help would be appreciated. I haven't tried it out on the ol' machine yet, but I soon will and I'll post if it worked or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Plug that baby in and see. It could be one of the many 400/800 peripherals as well. There was one controller which looked like a trakball, but was actually a giant ball-shaped joystick. It was awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colwyn Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 sorry about the 'no pic'. it is on the other post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colwyn Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 Ok, maybe it's not. Here's the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Did you test it out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colwyn Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 Well, I tested it out. It works GREAT! I played REACTOR with it and it was better than using a joystick. I even played Popeye and it worked fine. Centipede was a BLAST! It does not function as a paddle (I tried Night Driver just to see). I still have never heard of it. I'm pretty sure that 2600 trackballs are rare. I wish I still had my 130XE to try it out there, but it would probably work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 As far as I was told colwyn, there are 5 atari 2600 trackball controllers, the 2 from Atari, the WICO trackball, The JoyBall from Marjac who also made the RomScanner and your Accuball which I belive the box has a eagel head logo on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colwyn Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 Sweet. Thanks for the info. I wish this had a box with it because it is going in my archive, but I'm not picky when it comes to Atari. Now to find that elusive 5200 trackball at my local thrift store for $1 ..... right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Here is a picture of the 4 that I have, I'm trying to find the one that you have CIB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colwyn Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 I remember the Wico one. Who can forget the red and black? I was never much into the trackballs because I was never a big Centipede fan, but I did love missile command, however money dictated to me at the time that the Atari joystick worked just fine. How rare is the Accuball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I would say more rare than the WICO, but about the same as my JoyBall, its just harder getting them complete in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 As far as I was told colwyn, there are 5 atari 2600 trackball controllers, the 2 from Atari, the WICO trackball, The JoyBall from Marjac who also made the RomScanner and your Accuball which I belive the box has a eagel head logo on it. This one has the eagle on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 As far as I was told colwyn, there are 5 atari 2600 trackball controllers, the 2 from Atari, the WICO trackball, The JoyBall from Marjac who also made the RomScanner and your Accuball which I belive the box has a eagel head logo on it. This one has the eagle on it. The un-roller controller is not a trakball. You have to press a certain direction to move. It functions more as a joystick AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 It does not function as a paddle (I tried Night Driver just to see) It should work like a driving controller (Indy500!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 The un-roller controller is not a trakball. You have to press a certain direction to move. It functions more as a joystick AFAIK. That's the one I was talking about. THAT AIN'T NO TRACKBALL! It really is a joystick, believe it or not. It's one of the worst ideas in the history of gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 @ sku_u, NovaXpress, & Thomas: Thanks for posting the answers. I think thats cool to know that an actual (non-trackball, joystick) works with INDY 500. Hows the control on that as far as game play?? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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