buttertweet Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I bought an FB5 and to my dismay, there was a significant delay between me pushing the joystick and the game registering my move, that made it impossible to play any arcade-type games. I put fresh batteries in, and there was a clear line of sight to the unit, about 3 feet away. The delay was about 1/3 of a second, enough to make for some very frustrating experiences. There were a few occasions where I would push the controller and not get any response at all. Is this normal, or might there be something else going on? Radio wave interference? A defective unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I bought an FB5 and to my dismay, there was a significant delay between me pushing the joystick and the game registering my move, that made it impossible to play any arcade-type games. I put fresh batteries in, and there was a clear line of sight to the unit, about 3 feet away. The delay was about 1/3 of a second, enough to make for some very frustrating experiences. There were a few occasions where I would push the controller and not get any response at all. Is this normal, or might there be something else going on? Radio wave interference? A defective unit? Get yourself some corded joysticks to plug into the front of the console and problem solved. The cordless ones are junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Get yourself some corded joysticks to plug into the front of the console and problem solved. The cordless ones are junk. Yes, the cordless joysticks are complete garbage. These should all come with wired controllers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saneless Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I picked up the wired version at Walmart. As far as I could find that's the only place that carries that model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Wait until you try and use the paddles... I was actually able to spin it quickly from one side to the other before it shows on the screen. My actual 7800 is fine. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttertweet Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Oh dear, that is very bad news on the paddles. One of my favorite things to do is try and get 99 pts on Street Racer, but that's barely possible with an emulator/mouse, and it would be nigh impossible with a paddle delay. Is this with the manufacturer's paddles, or genuine Atari, or does it not matter? And unfortunately it looks like they only come in wired varieties. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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