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Atari joysticks to PC?
trekking95:
So I picked up an Atari 2600 joystick and a quickshot stick today. Since I don't have a Atari is there a way to use them on a PC?
I have seen the $40 USB adapters but is there another way?
Also the Atari plugs look just like computer monitor plugs, does that help?
GregD:
It cannot be plugged into the serial port on the pc. You will need a USB adapter for it.
trekking95:
--- Quote from: GregD on February 27, 2012, 04:16:04 pm ---It cannot be plugged into the serial port on the pc. You will need a USB adapter for it.
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Anything else than serial?
paigeoliver:
Ok, more specific. It doesn't plug into ANY port on your PC.
You could hack a gamepad or use an Ipac or something as well.
Any reason you want to use this stick on PC? It was always sort of terrible. I started using Genesis gamepads on my atari as soon as I figured out that worked.
monkey puzzle:
I would just buy a cheap 2nd hand gamepad and hack that. Once you get the pcb out it's easy to see where to connect the wires to. Then you can just solder the other end of the wires to a 9-way male plug. Very cheap and easy.