bradhig1 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 When I use my WIco command control for the atari 5200 whatever I am controlling on the screen pulls to the right after I move left and the joystick centers. I tiried playing with the regular 5200 controllers and they work fine. I think the cable the wico and the atari 5200 are plugging into is bad. When I disconnect the wico the character on screen pulls to the right. Do I need a new cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRTGAMER Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) The red slide button at the bottom sets the centering of the potentiometer. Try moving it slightly to the left. You might also try flipping the grey tab underneath to unlock the centering spring; relock to center the spring more solidly. Edited December 23, 2016 by CRTGAMER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 The slide button is all the way to the left and it still pulls to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 with the non centering sticks you have visual feedback when you find the center also the potentiometers in the wico are of lesser quality than the atari ones all the original controllers are like 30 years old and back in the day you were lucky if your controller lasted a year before they got jittery the 5200 does self adjust put in missile command play a few games making a few circles adjust the sliders heck your controller may be broke but generally if a wire breaks the cursor will end up at the right or bottom sorry the analog controller system is a bit finicky heck it was a problem even with ibm pc clones for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 are there other 3rd party controllers for the 5200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 There are some. I have a competition pro. And there was a gim fire command which is rare. And a masterplay clone will let you use 2600 controllers on 5200. And NES with some adapters but the parts are scarse and hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Didn't the site that sold the masterplay go down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Never hard of any site. Some nice folks here make clones. Ataribrian and low_budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 I got my masterplay today and it works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 From where? Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 ebay from atariguy1021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That should be decent. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 And these adapters are pretty scarce. Buy this and plug it into the masterplay clone. The 9 pin cable part. And you can use that freedom stick on the 5200 and 2600 also. And get a freedom connect and you can use nes controllers on the 5200 also. And bluetooth ps4, wii mote with the retro reciever for nes and a nes 4 score as AVE1 said. But that freedom stick is pretty decent for now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CAMERICA-FREEDOM-STICK-Wireless-Joystick-NES-SEGA-Working-NICE-/122264744653?hash=item1c778bf2cd:g:L88AAOSwnHZYTIKp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 or just this and a freedom connect. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Freedom-Stick-Wireless-Infrared-Receiver-with-Atari-Commodore-Sega-Adapter-/182403870271?hash=item2a781e2e3f:g:RoYAAOSw-0xYZWSZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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