Problems with Atari 2600 games on 5200 VCS Adapter

[The_P_Man]

Hello there; new member here.

 

I have a few questions about the VCS Cartridge Adapter that was made for the 5200. I purchased a few 2600 games at a steal price at a local store the other day and I am wondering if there are 2600 games that do not work perfectly with the adapter.

 

The games I seem to have trouble with are:

 

1) Night Driver

2) Human Cannonball

 

When I play Night Driver, the game turns on ok and everything, but when I try and drive the car with the paddle; nothing happens. However, when I play with a normal joystick the car moves for an instant and that's it. Then the game hangs.

 

In Human Cannonball, I can press the button with the paddles and the guy jumps out and sometimes lands on the net, but I am unable to control the angles of the cannons. Could this just be bad cartridges? Because the adapter seems to be working ok with other games. Maybe I need a real 2600 to play certain games?

 

Thanks;

The_P_Man

[+batari]

Human Cannonball is a joystick game.

[The_P_Man]

Yes; I know. It wouldn't work with the joystick. I've come to the conclusion that those two games I had problems with do not work, so I got rid of them.

 

The_P_Man

[keilbaca]

Both work for me

[Krispy3371]

I've tried this with two VCS adapters and a 2 port atari.
I'm only able to get to the main screen with three games; Star Raiders, Space Invaders, and River Raid.

Do i have to use the 2600 joysticks with the masterplay to be able to play them?