atari 5200 3rd party controller issue

[bradhig1]

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?

[CRTGAMER]

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

[bradhig1]

The slide button is all the way to the left and it still pulls to the right.

[bohoki]

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

[bradhig1]

are there other 3rd party controllers for the 5200?

[0078265317]

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.

[bradhig1]

Didn't the site that sold the masterplay go down?

[0078265317]

Never hard of any site. Some nice folks here make clones. Ataribrian and low_budget.

[bradhig1]

I got my masterplay today and it works well.

[0078265317]

From where? Pics?

[bradhig1]

ebay from atariguy1021

 

[0078265317]

That should be decent. Good luck.

[0078265317]

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

[0078265317]

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