Redcurrie Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I have a 4-port 5200 but I've never figured out....were there any 4-player games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Only one I can think of is Super Breakout... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 RS Tennis and Asteroids support 4 players as well. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Combat 2 does as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omne Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I haven't tried 4 player breakout. It's "taking turns" multiplayer isn't it? Doesn't that defeat the need for four controller ports anyway? Couldn't a person just pass the controller to player two, and so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 OK... so... half of the four games that support four players were never even released? I guess it makes sense that they switched to the 2-port model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 You actually have 4 joysticks that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Has anyone played 4-player Combat II Advanced? How bout some feedback? I'm curious to hear about it, you'd think it would rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 You actually have 4 joysticks that work? You mean there are actually 4 working 5200 joysticks in existence??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Primus Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 You mean there are actually 4 working 5200 joysticks in existence??? Yeah, that's why they switched to the two port system, wasn't it? Nobody ever wrote any four player games, because at any given time, there were only three working 5200 joysticks at Atari, so they eventually just took two ports out. Besides, no one person could ever get ahold of four working joysticks at once. The simple act of bringing a fourth one into the house would throw off the balance of pressure in the other three, and cause at least one to develop a faulty start button or a broken fire button. Ian Primus ian_primus@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Ya' Know, I'm as staunch a defender of the 5200 as you'll ever find, and as unfair as this ganging up on the controllers is, I've got to say, that was really funny. If Kelso was in the room, I just know he'd point to the 5200 and yell 'BUUURRRRRRNNN!!!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 After I get my sticks put together, I plan on (trying to) get four people together just to play Combat II, Man, that game is just so cool, though the most useful feature in it to me is the one playered game with an AI opponant. Maybe a simple version would eventually be ported to the 2600? You'd loose the cool backdrops, but get the game out to a lot more people, though no four player support, unless you had a cart with two built in controller ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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