thegamezmaster Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Anyone have one of these? What are your thoughts on it as far as ease of use or using it to play Atari 5200 games? Tried searching but no results. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Anyone have one of these? What are your thoughts on it as far as ease of use or using it to play Atari 5200 games? Tried searching but no results. Thanks! The 128 in 1 usb cart is a great product. It works just as you would expect. I have not come across any games that did not run when launched from this cart. The software on the PC side is easy to use when you want to update the cart. If I had to complain it would be that the software does not let you just drag a rom in to your list. In other words if you have all your roms in alphabetical order and you want to add a game that starts with "B" you have to make room for it by starting all the way at the bottom and dragging each rom down one spot. Always hated that. Regardless, the 128 in 1 is a great cart once it is all setup. In fact its a little cleaner than the SD cart is the way that you turn the 5200 on and you games are listed right there. With the SD version you go hunting through sub directories to get to the games. However, the SD cart is so much easier to just add a new game and play. Also the SD cart can fit all the games. With the 128 in 1 you wont be able to fit all the games and hacks on it so that is something to consider also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Anyone have one of these? What are your thoughts on it as far as ease of use or using it to play Atari 5200 games? Tried searching but no results. Thanks! The 128 in 1 usb cart is a great product. It works just as you would expect. I have not come across any games that did not run when launched from this cart. The software on the PC side is easy to use when you want to update the cart. If I had to complain it would be that the software does not let you just drag a rom in to your list. In other words if you have all your roms in alphabetical order and you want to add a game that starts with "B" you have to make room for it by starting all the way at the bottom and dragging each rom down one spot. Always hated that. Regardless, the 128 in 1 is a great cart once it is all setup. In fact its a little cleaner than the SD cart is the way that you turn the 5200 on and you games are listed right there. With the SD version you go hunting through sub directories to get to the games. However, the SD cart is so much easier to just add a new game and play. Also the SD cart can fit all the games. With the 128 in 1 you wont be able to fit all the games and hacks on it so that is something to consider also. /this. Very easy to use/program. I don't believe Bounty Bob Strikes Back works, but beyond that every game (including 8-bit conversions) works. I see someone is selling one for $50 in the marketplace. That is retarded cheap. I'd grab it if I didn't have one already (and yes I have the SD cart) just to have in my collection. Pretty much 128 games is more than you'll need, I remember being hrd pressed to find that many roms to fill it up tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Thanks for the replies! It helps me a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I don't believe Bounty Bob Strikes Back works, Thanks Jet. I forgot about BBSB! While I'm thinking about it, MULE does work in the last two slots. Is that right? Also, a couple years ago we had flooding rain and my basement started to take in water. In the panic to get everything upstairs I put my 128 in 1 in a box with a bunch of stuff and the label got a big gash across it. Of course it works fine, but that label looks ugly. Wish I could get another label for the cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 So BBSB doesn't work with this? I know dumb question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 So BBSB doesn't work with this? I know dumb question. No. It does work with the AtariMax SD cart, not with the USB 128 in 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Thanks for all the info. Got the one off the market place for $50. Always wanted one and the price is in my budget. Can't wait for it to get here and use since I have to rebuild my 5200 game library and this seemed the best way to go! Thanks to all the replied with info, it helped me a lot! Some one here are very helpful and the best! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggystar Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I wished the cart would let you "insert" roms into the file list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I wished the cart would let you "insert" roms into the file list. Yeah, that really is one of the major nusiances of an otherwise great product. One way to deal with it is to leave some blanks spaces periodically through an alphabetized list. You can then later use those spaces as new prototypes/conversions/homebrews are released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Got mine complete yesterday and am really impressed and love it. Feel like a little kid at Christmas. Checked out the rom section here. Looking for a few good sites for rom. Expecially for conversion. Thanks again for everyone's help, I really appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Pm sent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Pm sent. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Too bad BBSB doesn't work but got that for A8 computer at least. Still an awesome product for the price I paid! Thanks again for everyone's help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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