angusjake Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 It looks like some home-job modification to a trak-ball but why is it going for so much? http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...&category=41009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 It's going for so much because it is a custom job (lots of serious labor) and it looks like a nicely done one. I wouldn't want this though. He's really just making a better base for the joystick, so why not use a WICO in there for top performance? That thing sure looks cool I gotta say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 It's going for so much because it is a custom job (lots of serious labor) and it looks like a nicely done one. I wouldn't want this though. He's really just making a better base for the joystick, so why not use a WICO in there for top performance? That thing sure looks cool I gotta say. I still don't see the need for the keyword 'prototype' being thrown around when it says "handbuilt from genuine atari parts" Also there is another thread in the auction central section about this, just too lazy to get a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I still don't see the need for the keyword 'prototype' being thrown around when it says "handbuilt from genuine atari parts" Exactly - the use of the word prototype is fooling some collectors who don't know any better. I'm sure it is labor intensive to build one of those, but I don't think the price should be up that high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 You can't really blame them for using the word "prototype" any more than the 100's of auctions for Frogger, Combat or Air-Sea Battle being "rare" can you? I think it's pretty cool just from the standpoint that you've got spring loaded fire buttons with the stock stick. It's going for a stupid amount of money though. $50 bucks max imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Imagine if Atari actually built these things and replaced the original stick with them. Now imagine trying to play Space Dungeon which requires 2 sticks You need the whole living room just for the console and 2 sticks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantaipan Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 That guy has sold one of those at least once before. Waste of a trak-ball IMO. It would be better if he added the stick to the trak-ball with a switch to choose between them and also added an arcade fire button. Now THAT would be worth $50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I would have preferred an arcade-quality ball-type control knob instead of that nubby "dead fish" 5200 stick, if that's what it's using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 the stick looks like it recenters it's self though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 the stick looks like it recenters it's self though! I don't think it does - it's using standard 5200 pots in there, I asked the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Seems like a waste of an analog controller and trakball to me. I'd like to see someone hack up a trakball to have two controllers for use with Space Dungeon and Robotron 2084. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 If thats the case forget it! try to find a different one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 010010010010000001110100011010000110111101110101011001110110 100001110100001000000111100101101111011101010010000001101100 0110010101100110011101000011111100100000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Look CPUWIZ ive asked several times very nicely could you please stop replying to my post with all i can see is spam! As you are a moderator you have asked me also to not spam and i have complied as fully as possible so please dont give me stupid replies as like spam gets on your nerves this is is just wasting my time jumping to each thread just to see the replie is not worth reading Honestly youv'e taken this joke too far! it was funny to start with but it's not anymore! and im afraid soon i might have to start posting pointless threads and answers and spam on purpose like you are doing! thank you for reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Spam? Looked like a valid question to me Few more days and we'll know for sure, I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CPUWIZ Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 0100100101110100001000000110100001100101011011000111000001110 0110010000001110100011011110010000001100010011001010010000001 1000100110100101101100011010010110111001100111011101010110000 1011011000010000001110100011010000110010101110011011001010010 0000011001000110000101111001011100110010000000101101001000000 1110111011010000110000101110100001000000110000100100000011100 1101110000011000010110110101101111011100000110100001101111011 0001001101001011000110010000001110011011010000110110101110101 01100011011010110010000100100000001000000011101001010000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Plus it doubles your chances of getting a date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Look CPUWIZ ive asked several times very nicely could you please stop replying to my post with all i can see is spam! As you are a moderator you have asked me also to not spam and i have complied as fully as possible so please dont give me stupid replies as like spam gets on your nerves this is is just wasting my time jumping to each thread just to see the replie is not worth reading Honestly youv'e taken this joke too far! it was funny to start with but it's not anymore! and im afraid soon i might have to start posting pointless threads and answers and spam on purpose like you are doing! thank you for reading! Saikyo, If you need some help understanding CPU's msgs check here: 0110100001110100011101000111000000111010001011110010111101110 1110111011101110111001011100110111001101001011000110110101101 1000110110100101110011011010110110010100101110011000110110111 1011011010010111101110100011011110110111101101100011100110010 1111011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001001011100 11100000110100001110000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Uhh check where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Go sitinthecorner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 WHAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 WHAT 01001001 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00101110 00100000 00100000 01001000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01101111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01110100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00111010 00100000 01101000 01110100 01110100 01110000 00111010 00101111 00101111 01110111 01110111 01110111 00101110 01100001 01100100 01100011 01101111 01110100 01110100 00101110 01101110 01100101 01110100 00101111 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00101111 Got that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Numbers yeah right very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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