Gaztee Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Hiya Guys, Well I finally got to play my 5200 today, well sort of! I got an adaptor which I mamnaged to plug in to my PC & I tuned the PC so I got a nice snowy (sometimes very flicky!) B&W screen. Well at least Iknow it works ok & wow what is it with the joysticks man their mad. I hope you get used to them with practice Anyhoo, definatley gonna get myself a nice new tv to play it on when I go to Vegas in March. Might even see about getting it modded for s-video. Anyhoo then look what i gone & dun the huge great beast slipped in my hand & broke the joystick cover #@#@#@#@#@! Can i get a spare one from somewhere??? Cheers Gaztee PS Does Pitfall 2 on the 5200 have one or two levels in the game?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) ... wow what is it with the joysticks man their mad. I hope you get used to them with practice It takes a little while to find the right hand positions. But IMO, they're pretty good devices once you know how to handle them. Anyhoo then look what i gone & dun the huge great beast slipped in my hand & broke the joystick cover Edited December 14, 2005 by JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Archaeologist Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) just check ebay, i noticed they have had a lot of Joysticks for the 5200 on there lately. Edit: scratch Ebay, just go to best Electronic web site and see if they have the back cover, yeah i just reread your post and realized you were not talking about the Joystick casing. RA Edited December 14, 2005 by Retro Archaeologist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) the huge great beast slipped in my hand & broke the joystick cover 982124[/snapback] /action smacks Gaztee with a large trout Personaly, if it was me, I'd fix it, as I'm not that much of a purist. But that's me. To that end, Plastic Fusion is an amazing product that would be good for this. For both glueing the shards together and for filling. JB Weld (original, not quickset) is good too, albeit harder to work with. (I've never used the quickset one myself so I don't know how it compares). Now be more careful next time before we come and take it away from you. Edited December 14, 2005 by Artlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Rose Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I am about to get my first 5200, too (yes, to play adventure 2) - but wait, this says you're in the UK? Are you really buying NTSC equipment (re: Vegas)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 but wait, this says you're in the UK? Are you really buying NTSC equipment (re: Vegas)? Yup I am in the UK & yes I intend to buy a HDTV in Vegas, mainly to play my 5200 as it has the NTSC socket on it. Your tv's are a hell of a lot cheaper than here in the UK & the technology is at least 6 months ahead & as HDTV is a worldwide standard, I figure I get the best of both worlds action smacks Gaztee with a large trout So that was why nobody at work talked to me today! Gee thanks man Now be more careful next time before we come and take it away from you. my bad will be more careful in future, honest Plastic Fusion is an amazing product No idea what this is, but my guess is I'd end up with more stuck to me than the 5200! Cheers Gaztee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord1977 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 yeah, e bay is the place to find the controllers rebuilt:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 but wait, this says you're in the UK? Are you really buying NTSC equipment (re: Vegas)? Yup I am in the UK & yes I intend to buy a HDTV in Vegas, mainly to play my 5200 as it has the NTSC socket on it. Your tv's are a hell of a lot cheaper than here in the UK & the technology is at least 6 months ahead & as HDTV is a worldwide standard, I figure I get the best of both worlds action smacks Gaztee with a large trout So that was why nobody at work talked to me today! Gee thanks man Now be more careful next time before we come and take it away from you. my bad will be more careful in future, honest Plastic Fusion is an amazing product No idea what this is, but my guess is I'd end up with more stuck to me than the 5200! Cheers Gaztee Well, I bought myself a nice 15" HDTV from Fry Electronics in Vegas, got back today (Sat) and it works a treat. The box fitted snuggly in my suitcase, so now I can have retro-gaming on my State of the art LCD HDTV whohoo And as an added bonus the adaptor that runs the TV accepts 240v, so no need for a setdown converter Gaztee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 VICTOLY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 PS Does Pitfall 2 on the 5200 have one or two levels in the game?? Two if it's an 8-bit conversion (and I believe that it is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 A while back I found a seller on ebay that fixed the 5200 controllers, so I had six fixed just for future use(and tantrums). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 But IMO, they're pretty good devices once you know how to handle them. This statement says more about human adaptability than it does about the 5200 controller's (awful) design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 PS Does Pitfall 2 on the 5200 have one or two levels in the game?? Two if it's an 8-bit conversion (and I believe that it is). Yes, it has the bonus level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 but wait, this says you're in the UK? Are you really buying NTSC equipment (re: Vegas)? Yup I am in the UK & yes I intend to buy a HDTV in Vegas, mainly to play my 5200 as it has the NTSC socket on it. Your tv's are a hell of a lot cheaper than here in the UK & the technology is at least 6 months ahead & as HDTV is a worldwide standard, I figure I get the best of both worlds Actually, the analog format of HDTV (Y Pb Pr) should be pretty much standard with the refresh rate being the only variable, and MPEG 2 is standard, but the way that the HDTV is broadcast over RF is not a worldwide standard. The ATSC system in the USA broadcasts over 8VSB modulation, and digital cable TV in the USA uses QAM modulation, while the UK is using COFDM for its digital TV. Without getting into the flame war that is 8VSB vs COFDM, I will just say that they are completely different, not only technically, but also logistically as in where you put the broadcast antennas. But the set you got may not even have had an ATSC tuner, if it's only 15 inches. And consider yourself lucky if it works fine with 2600 and ColecoVision games. 2600 games have variable scan line counts, and some LCD TVs don't like that. The ColecoVision apparently has a slightly wrong scanline count (I have a 15" LCD which doesn't like it), but that's a problem with the chipset and will cause every game to not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 But IMO, they're pretty good devices once you know how to handle them. This statement says more about human adaptability than it does about the 5200 controller's (awful) design. Yes. They lock onto whatever they use first, and refuse to let it go when something new rolls along, regardless of which one's actually better. Some of them even come back to attack people 3 months after the fact for saying as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 If the top is acrylic, which I think it is, you can get acrylic cement to bond it. It is called IPS WELD ON. Use # 4 (which has the consistency of water) or if you like gel, the "Sweet 16" is a good choice too. You may have to look around some to find it. Plastics manufacturing shops, and machine shops may be able to get you some. #4 is used to glue all those neat little acrylic display stands and card holders you see on countertops and restruaunt tables, etc. It is easy to work with, depending if you have a clean break, and if you use it right, you may not see the seem at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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