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Atari 2600 controller was not a Joystick at all.

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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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