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Atari 2600 controller was not a Joystick at all.
leapinlew:
I hold the Atari joystick similar to how I hold my joystick in the bathroom. Deathgrip. I can't imagine using just your thumb.
Hell, those joysticks broke so much at my house, you couldn't get enough leverage with just your thumb. We had a pile of old joysticks that almost did everything. Some wouldn't fire, some wouldn't go certain directions, etc.
Yes. In case your wondering, they were broke.
missioncontrol:
lew...
you my friend are wrong... the 2600 stick was the predecessor to the Nintendo stick.... I have never seen an Atari stick that was broken... only dumb clumsy souls who obviously didn't know how to work it....
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: missioncontrol on June 10, 2007, 03:12:29 am ---lew...
you my friend are wrong... the 2600 stick was the predecessor to the Nintendo stick.... I have never seen an Atari stick that was broken... only dumb clumsy souls who obviously didn't know how to work it....
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Mission, you my friend are wrong.... I'm in that unique age group that was around, young, and playing games during the transition between the 2600 and the nintendo. The 2600 stick was stiff and hard to use for anyone between the ages of 6 and 16... you know, the actual age demographic of the 2600! Although the outer-shell was virtually indestructable, the inner workings, particularly the rubber gromet "thingy" wore out quite quickly. If you mean it wasn't broken in that it technically still worked, then you are correct, but by this point you had to use said "death grip" just to get the thing to respond properly.
Everyone needs to wipe the nostalgia out of their eyes.. the 2600 joystick sucked, period.
Real console gaming started with the famicom/nes when Nintendo basically invented the control scheme that is still the standard today.... small pad you hold in your hands, d pad on the left, buttons on the right, nice, easy to push buttons. Heck, the only thing that made some of the atari games challenging was the fact that you couldn't accurately control the character. Although I'll be the first to admit that I enjoyed a 2600 game or two back in the day I don't exactly jump at the chance to play on those crappy controllers again.
Naru:
I played the 2600 a lot as a small kid.
I always held the stick with my entire hand,
never with just a thumb.
The Atari brand controllers that came
with it never lasted very long.
I can remember having a box full of worn out
joysticks. Ultimately, a larger black and red
joystick with a white button on top
of the stick, ended up being the only
control that did hold up for me.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: missioncontrol on June 10, 2007, 03:12:29 am ---lew...
you my friend are wrong... the 2600 stick was the predecessor to the Nintendo stick.... I have never seen an Atari stick that was broken... only dumb clumsy souls who obviously didn't know how to work it....
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;D sux em in every time
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