adolobe Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Finally picked up a 7800 again after almost 20 yeas. Not a fan of the original joystick so is the Atari CX78 any good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 It's okay. I prefer prolines myself. Ax (I think that's who does it) does a great job of a modded NES controller that matches the console. A picture I took of it a million years ago: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 If you can get the gamepad for a good price (they can occaisionally go for 'cheap' on ebay, rather than pay the $30 plus that others charge) I strongly reccomend that you do so. For me, it just make the games a lot easier to manage. Plus, it seems like the pads were far less fragile than the doorstops. It's not a perfect controller yet (the thumbstick tends to exaggerate your 'up' movements, for instance) but it's a far better fit for a lot of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adolobe Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Best Electronics sells new ones for $17 so I bit the bullet and ordered me one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Plenty of people seem to like the 7800 joypads, but as for me, they're not worth it. I bought mine a few years ago, expecting that they'd solve my problems with the system. They didn't. A modified Genesis controller worked much better for me. Check with Ax -- he sometimes mods NES controllers to work with the 7800 and makes them available on here. IMO, that would be a better solution. But, again, YMMV. Lots of folks seem to like the 7800 joypads. I'm just not one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Best Electronics sells new ones for $17 so I bit the bullet and ordered me one Oops, I hadn't seen that before I posted. Well, at least you're not out very much money if it doesn't end up solving the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmervine Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 See my thoughts on 7800 controllers here: http://retrogameguy.com/2012/10/28/controllers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've got a set and I generally like the Europads... Then again, I'm not a huge joypad fan in general, but enough games that I like use the 2nd button that I went for the pads. I haven't tried the prolines tho. At some time, I might order a set to see... desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I never liked the Proline so I decided to give a CX78 a try. I found it very sloppy and inaccurate.. Asteroids was unplayable for me. I fell back on one of my favorite 2600/8-bit controllers, the Suncom TAC-2. Lacks the second button, but its accurate and asthetically its a good match for the 7800 with the black case and aluminum trim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaynz Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Like I said, the thumbstick will exaggerate the movements (particularly up) because of how the pressure-point works. (The NES pad with the stick screwed in will do the same thing). It takes a little getting used to , particularly for some 'non-forgiving' games like Asteroids. A lot of people really like the GEN controller as well, but you again lack the second button without a fairly involved modding process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Finally picked up a 7800 again after almost 20 yeas. Not a fan of the original joystick so is the Atari CX78 any good There is a really nice mod for the original cx 24s in the forums before they are completely laid to rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I use a CX-10 and a Pro Line joystick. I don't care a whole lot for the pro lines, but for games that require them, I find them adequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm happy to mod the Tac-2 or any other controller for that matter to use the two buttons (joystick or d-pad). Just give me a PM. I've got a few items to do first but should be able to accommodate in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adolobe Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 My CX78's arrived yesterday from Best and I must say they are awesome. Playing Double Dragon is so much easier now compared to the joysticks. I've not experienced any inaccuracy's when playing games with them so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Gamepads are fine but a joystick is a must for any 'Pac-Man' type game. Games like Double Dragon, Rampage, Midnight Mutants...I can see possibly with a gamepad on the 7800. But others like Impossible Mission, Donkey Kong, and the aforementioned 'Pac-Man' type games suffer badly without a joystick, Then again, I guess it is what you grew up on...Golden Age of Arcade games and Atari 2600 were my first and long term experience with gaming. Sure I had/have an NES too, but some games are just meant or/and designed to work best utilizing a joystick. Currently use an awesome modified 7800 joystick by Yurkie for the 7800. Best controller I've used for that system. I also have the CX10, 'clones', Competition Pros, and NES Advantage joysticks modified by the.golden ax, which also work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I guess my problem with joysticks are the Prolines and others like them put the torque or tension on the gamer's hand. I grew up in the local arcades and threw as much money in the games at the pizza places as I could, but an arcade stick is mounted to something. I like the Advantage because it sits well on a table or desk. To me the best stick would be that or a custom arcade stick or an x-arcade. Then I'd start pulling my hair out over 4 way vs 8 way sticks. I'll always find something to gripe about. The only controller I ever loved like the perfect old t shirt was the Sega Saturn v2 pad. Love that thing; I would use it on every system if I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I guess my problem with joysticks are the Prolines and others like them put the torque or tension on the gamer's hand. I grew up in the local arcades and threw as much money in the games at the pizza places as I could, but an arcade stick is mounted to something. I like the Advantage because it sits well on a table or desk. To me the best stick would be that or a custom arcade stick or an x-arcade. Then I'd start pulling my hair out over 4 way vs 8 way sticks. I'll always find something to gripe about. The only controller I ever loved like the perfect old t shirt was the Sega Saturn v2 pad. Love that thing; I would use it on every system if I could. Remove torque and tension from the 7800 sticks here: http://www.atariage....3/#entry2525324 Pic: http://www.atariage....ttach_id=245108 "To me the best stick would be that or a custom arcade stick..." Along with my others controllers I have a HotRodSE with USB modification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The question is how do you do rapid fire on a painline. the directional is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The question is how do you do rapid fire on a painline. the directional is good. I use the telegames version of the pain line, it's a little smaller and has autofire http://www.atariage.com/controller_page.html?SystemID=7800&ControllerID=28 They still come up on eBay UK new from time to time. As for the cx 78, I think they are horrible,but I am a joystick kind of guy. They make good donors to hack other joysticks /pads though. Got about a dozen of them in mg garage for pojects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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