ymike673 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Up for auction on E Bay today is one of the super rare Starcon 5200 Joysticks. Opening bid is $499. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncurry Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 (edited) Up for auction on E Bay today is one of the super rare Starcon 5200 Joysticks. Opening bid is $499. Um, that's not an auction, that's a Buy It Now price! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=130169691641 Edited November 2, 2007 by lemoncurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 WOW! Is that what they go for these days or is this just wishful thinking? I got mine direct from the guy who made them about 3 years ago. It's a neat little stick, but I like the regular old 5200 controllers better (yes I'm weird like that). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 (edited) Up for auction on E Bay today is one of the super rare Starcon 5200 Joysticks. Opening bid is $499. Um, that's not an auction, that's a Buy It Now price! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=130169691641 That was suppose to be a Best offer deal, I missed that in the original listing. WOW! Is that what they go for these days or is this just wishful thinking? I got mine direct from the guy who made them about 3 years ago. It's a neat little stick, but I like the regular old 5200 controllers better (yes I'm weird like that). Tempest I think Buyatari bought Mcgrails for something like $400 just a couple years ago. I don't think they come up for auction that often, so it's a hard item to price. These are all my auctions by the way: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZatari* I plan on listing 40+ CIB SEARS titles and some rarer Atari Corp releases tomorrow night. Mostly all CIB stuff. Edited November 2, 2007 by video game addict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Someone needs to reverse engineer that bad boy. I'm looking at the circuit inside the box and it seems incredibly simple; much more so than the one listed on Lab Rat's site. I'm seeing six resistors and two other parts (transistors or capacitors, possibly), which would be extremely affordable and embarrassingly easy to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 It's a neat little stick, but I like the regular old 5200 controllers better (yes I'm weird like that). Little? In any case they're joysticks, they aren't worth any crazy amount of money no matter how many were hand made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Someone needs to reverse engineer that bad boy. I'm looking at the circuit inside the box and it seems incredibly simple; much more so than the one listed on Lab Rat's site. I'm seeing six resistors and two other parts (transistors or capacitors, possibly), which would be extremely affordable and embarrassingly easy to build. I think the circuit was posted in the 5200 forum several years ago. Mitch 5200_starcon_joystick.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 It's a neat little stick, but I like the regular old 5200 controllers better (yes I'm weird like that). Little? In any case they're joysticks, they aren't worth any crazy amount of money no matter how many were hand made. To put in perspective: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I plan on listing 40+ CIB SEARS titles and some rarer Atari Corp releases tomorrow night. Mostly all CIB stuff. Ooooh, Sears stuff - now you're talking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Not feeling the ribbon cable. I guess they couldn't source 15 wire molded cables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I know I couldn't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I know I couldn't!I saw some NOS trak-ball cables online for around $10 each not too long ago, can't remember were though. Those have all 15 wires and are great for building custom 5200 stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 There was the option to cannibalize an original 5200 stick and use it's cable instead of the ribbon cable, but I opted for the ribbon cable as I wanted to keep it as close to original as possible. Then there's also these: They're PC cables but work well as 5200 joystick extensions and could be used for something like that. There were a couple users here who had these for sale I think, but they were only like $2 each when I bought originally from a closeout website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 (edited) I was the person who came across the original creator of these on eBay a few years ago, he was selling out leftover shells he still had. I opened a dialog and paved the way for him to sell what he had left of these (about 15 or 20 maybe) to collectors here, they were sold at $75 each, $100 if you wanted him to build the digital-to-analog circuit for you too. This one pictured below is mine with a real 5200 controller cable installed. Edited November 3, 2007 by MrRetroGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Wouldn't an old PC game controller extension cable work? They do have 15 cables inside and if you're lucky, the female end (game controller end) won't have screws. You'd only need to cut off the male end (PC end) and use ohm meter to figure which wire goes to which pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 (edited) Great stick. Mr. Rubatini (sp?) (the original Mr. Retro talked with) even sent me this, in case I somehow mess up the faceplate. Edited November 3, 2007 by RangerG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Here is the link to the original thread I started 4 years ago: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...batino&st=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpubba Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Someone should just bust out with some proper 5200 arcade style controllers. This thing is neat as a collectible and has a cool retro design, but that button layout is kinda wacky. Is it comfortable to play like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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