Thoughts on the Atari 5200?
Good shit if you can fix the controller. It also is backwards compatible with the 2600, but you need a weird adapter.
>>12802959I don't think that is right. The 7800 is backwards compatible, while the 5200 is a weird beast of its own. Maybe now I will go look this up and find out I embarrassed myself, who knows.
>>12802979Nah, there was an "adapter" (actually a VCS-in-a-cart using the 5200 just for I/O) but it only worked out of the box with the newer 5200 models, the older ones (with the 4 controller ports) could be modded to support it.
>>12803013Atari actually included a flyer with it that told the buyer they could ship their adapter to them to be modified to work with the older systems.
>>12803017Neat, I didn't know that. The mods I've seen are done on the 5200 itself.
>>12803047 (me)I replied too quickly, it seems you had to bring the 5200 console for the Atari tech service to mod, not the adapter.
>>12802948The floppy joystick was the standard for PC gaming of the time period, which was seemingly based off of RC plane and car remotes. It wasn't quite as silly of a design as it is often considered.
