Indiana Quack Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Hi Groovy Bee, I see this post is 9 months old. Did this ever get done? Huge 7800, 2600, then 5200, Jaguar fan. This would really be awesome for these old systems. Sorry if I missed out on this. Any info you could give me would be much appreciated. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicViper Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) I have one of the big, arcade style joysticks for the ps2. It would be a dream if those worked with this.... any idea why it wouldn't? Also, will these eventually be available in the atariage store? Edited June 18, 2011 by VicViper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Did this ever get done? Two prototypes were built. One for Albert to demo at CGE and one for myself. I need to do some research on boxes because to build a complete unit from start to finish takes far too long with all the manual case preparation. Any info you could give me would be much appreciated. Thank you! As soon as I've some more information I'll update this thread accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 I have one of the big, arcade style joysticks for the ps2. It would be a dream if those worked with this.... any idea why it wouldn't? If I don't have one to test against I won't guarantee that it works with it. Also, will these eventually be available in the atariage store? That depends on Albert and how difficult they are to manufacture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I have one of the big, arcade style joysticks for the ps2. It would be a dream if those worked with this.... any idea why it wouldn't? If I don't have one to test against I won't guarantee that it works with it. Also, will these eventually be available in the atariage store? That depends on Albert and how difficult they are to manufacture. Wow! just came across this and I must say you are one talented person! Any idea on a price? Any possibility of a 5200 model? Just curious. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Wow! just came across this and I must say you are one talented person! Thanks for the compliment. Any idea on a price? Any possibility of a 5200 model? Just curious. Thank you. No prices yet. I need to send out a 2nd revision of the PCB to correct a few flaws in the design. I stepped down from the 5200 version here because hex65000 was already working on a 5200 version. So unless he declares he's out of the running then I won't be doing a 5200 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Wow! just came across this and I must say you are one talented person! Thanks for the compliment. Any idea on a price? Any possibility of a 5200 model? Just curious. Thank you. No prices yet. I need to send out a 2nd revision of the PCB to correct a few flaws in the design. I stepped down from the 5200 version here because hex65000 was already working on a 5200 version. So unless he declares he's out of the running then I won't be doing a 5200 version. Thanks for the quick reply and answers. Good luck with your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Man! GB that sounds super awesome! Here's hoping this is doable beyond prototype. If so I definitely want one! Robotron and Xevious without the hand cramps! I saw the Atari comp version of the Robotron box.. anyone ever seen what he 7800 version was to look like or were they assuming you'd use your old 2600 controllers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Just curious, what ever happened to this project? Super interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 GB is cheating on the 7800 with the Intellivision. What will the kids think? Seriously, he is working on an Inty homebrew project right now, I'm hoping he misses us one day cause I would like one of these as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) Just curious, what ever happened to this project? Super interested. I think at the time Groovybee might have put on the side due to the 7800 XM that he was working with Curt on. All I know for sure is he left the 7800 scene earlier this year including no longer being involved with the 7800 XM hardware, but he's still on the Atariage message boards, just not the 7800. I know that he has been been involved with the Intellivision scene since 2010. He has projects for multiple systems and is hard to say when he will get back to the controller interface project for the 7800 as a result. Edited August 3, 2013 by 8th lutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariFriend Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 He has projects for multiple systems and is hard to say when he will get back to the controller interface project for the 7800 as a result. From what I've read here on AtariAge that guy said he had a whole ton of games for the XM when it came out but now it looks like none of them are going to be. Sad to see cause he would have had the best insight as to what the XM can add to games do to being part of developing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Some homebrewer should port Space Dungeon and Vanguard to the 7800. This is my favorite wireless PS2 controller. I don't like the d-pad but overall I prefer it to over my Logitech. And it's the only one officially licensed by Sony if that means anything quality wise to anyone. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WE8JCA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&tag=atariage&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000WE8JCA&linkCode=as2 Edit: I didn't realize that this thread was so old. Either I forgot about this thread or it slipped by me back then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 NECRO BUMP!What ever became of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 NECRO BUMP! What ever became of this? The same thing that happened to pretty much every software and hardware project GroovyBee was involved with for any system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 The same thing that happened to pretty much every software and hardware project GroovyBee was involved with for any system. It is funny to see people ask. He needs to find another community to disrupt like the speak n spell modderz guild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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