Quote Originally Posted by diskoboy View Post
Trying to play Pac-Man with a 5200 was a nightmare, since the stick wouldn't self center.
You know.. speaking as objectively about this as possible, I think that has always been a pretty extreme overstatement.

Yeah it wasn't the greatest feel in the world, but I think 5200 is perfectly playable and fine with the 5200 sticks. And as a 41 year old game player since the 70's, I KNOW bad control in an arcade title when I feel it, and 5200 Pacman is and always has been fine. About the only thing you probably could not do (and I tried) with the controllers was the old "tap and face away from the wall" trick. But you know what.. that wasn't even possible anyway on the 5200 port.

Truth is.. the 5200 sticks worked fine for a lot of the library. That being said, they broke all the time on me. And since I was a kid I didn't know how to fix them so I just kept asking mama for more of them.