ave1 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 The retrofit of the Atari 5200 Trakball to become a rotary controller has reached completion. I've provided a tutorial on doing this fully reversible mod (and non-damaging mod) in a two part presentation. Tempest here we come! I also show some gameplay in the second video of Super Breakout, Pole Position, Galaxian, and Space Invaders being played with it. Check it out here: Part 1: Part 2: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Very innovative. It's probably the best way to get a good quality continuously rotating "spinner". I've used the PlayStation JogCon controller with the continuous spinner with the Bohoki and Innovations adapters, but it twitches like crazy. I have the PC Ultraracer and playstation green two-button pot paddles, as well, but they only have the 3/4 turn rotation. I just got a 5200 a couple weeks ago and haven't gotten the trackball yet, but this looks very interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Alexander Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Awesome and ingenious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Cool. Much simpler than an idea I had for implementing a spinner with a CX52. I also appreciate the completely reversible aspect. I spent a fair amount of time to do the same in a CX52 mod I developed awhile back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 good work that was some next level apollo 11 macgyver like stuff i love how you use the scrunchie belt to transfer the rotation angle it reminds me of a vacuum i used to have before the video started i thought you were going to use the "shape of constant width" spinner to rotate a spiral cam but that would have been insanely complex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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