In today's video, I've gotten my hands on a very nice modded Atari 5200 Trakball. Instead of having to press the tiny square buttons to fire away, I am going to enjoy pressing the kind of high-quality large-size buttons that are found in most arcade games these days. This mod makes the Atari Trakball a really extra-fun piece of video gaming equipment to control some of the greatest classic games of all time.
Today you'll be seeing this special controller in action on Missile Command, Centipede, Super Breakout, and Tempest. The Trakball was obtained on Ebay and provided to me by my cohost and buddy from the Atari 5200 Podcast, David. Really appreciate the opportunity to try this out, my friend.
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