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Atari 2600 controller was not a Joystick at all.
ChadTower:
Works quite well, I use those instead of sticks on many games.
lanman31337:
I used genesis sticks on my commodore and my atari. i want to say the b button was the fire button.
RandyT:
I don't recall exactly what the situation was, but weren't the 6 button pads different electrically from the originals? 4 directionals plus 6 buttons = 2 buttons too many for a DB-9. I'm guessing it still worked on a 2600 though.
BTW, Commodore made a stick that was very similar for the C64. Except the stick had a triangular shaped shaft and the fire button was long across the front.
RandyT
Luigi:
I remember that those old 2600 sticks were very good for playing Decathlon on C64. No heavy pushing but light and fast "vibrations" in tow directions ;)
Oh yes, I also never thought of moving the stick only with my thumb ???
billf:
--- Quote from: Luigi on June 14, 2007, 07:20:16 am ---Oh yes, I also never thought of moving the stick only with my thumb ???
--- End quote ---
I didn't originally either. But then I saw a friend of mine was playing space invaders that way. I gave it a try and never went back to the conventional grip. Never knew, until reading this thread, that the thumb-on-top was the "performance grip".
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