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Enjoy DIGITAL
and ANALOG
control using a Sony Playstation analog
controller joypad/joystick. Either the
left or right analog stick may be used
for equal comfort by left or right handed
players. Arcade-style joysticks, joypads,
or most any other Playstation controller
that can be used as a 'joypad' or 'analog
compatible' joypad may be used to control
the 5200. Press the "ANALOG"
button on the Playstation joypad and the
stick is in analog mode-- use with
Missile Command, Pole Position, Kaboom!,
and other analog input games. Turn the
analog mode off on the joypad and use the
digital pad for precise 4 or 8 way
control of games like Pacman, Miner
2049'er, Qix, or Defender.
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Run
most games completely from the
Playstation controller-- or connect a
5200 joystick to the MasterControl for
games that require full keypad operation.
The MasterControl 5200 emulates the most
common keypad buttons (start, pause, *,
and #) so most games can be run from the
Playstation controller alone. For games
like Star Raiders or Countermeasure that
use the keypad frequently, just connect
your 5200 joytick (the joystick and fire
buttons do not have to be functional) to
the pass-through port on the
MasterControl and the keypad buttons can
be used simultaneously with the
Playstation controller. The MasterControl
is 100% compatible with 'finicky' games
like Ms. Pacman, Qix, and Vanguard that
can give older solutions (like the
original "MasterPlay")
problems.
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The
microprocessor in the MasterControl
allows many "trick modes" of
operation from the Playstation
controller. In addition to the fully
adjustable auto-fire functions, game
specific joystick configurations can be
selected from the Special Function
buttons + another key. For example, the
special Pole Position mode allows the car
steering to be done using an analog
stick, with the brake, accelerator, low
gear, and high gear selections activated
by the joypad fire buttons. For
Meteorites, left and right rotation can
be done by either the digital or analog
stick, while hyperspace, thrust and fire
are mapped to fire buttons. User
definable buttons are supported and all
settings are stored in non-volatile
memory in the controller leaving your
configuration intact the next time you
play.
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The
MasterControl 5200 was demonstrated at
the Classic Gaming Expo in August of
2003. Once the shipping backorder for the
Vectrex to Playstation adapters is cleared I'll
start taking pre-orders and beging
production on the MasterControl 5200. |
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