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Title: Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: armad1ll0 on June 27, 2003, 02:29:51 pm

I actually found an Atari 2600 styled controller that is a USB windows HID device.

I'm trying to get StellaX working but it's kind of cryptic to me. Anyone know anything about StellaX and a windows joystick?

How dope is that... playing emu 2600 on an atari styled joystick...

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: tom61 on June 29, 2003, 04:45:30 pm

Can you give more info on this stick you found? Price, where to buy, what it looks like(picture), etc.

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: spectre on June 29, 2003, 05:36:58 pm

i dunno about stella x but i know stella supports sticks no prob

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Brad Lee on June 30, 2003, 09:27:14 am

I just took some empty serial ports(db9 male) from a dead pc. These are the kind that have a short "tail" that plugs into the mobo. Foudn the pinout for atari joysticks and extended the serial ports to my Ipac.    Plug in any 9pin atari joystick and it works

I think for paddles I'll try a joystick port hack, but that'll be a little bit down the road

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Molloy on June 30, 2003, 02:37:59 pm

Are there any good games on the 2600? I had one when I was a child and most of them were spectacularly awful.

There were a couple of ones that were kind of playable but they were usually just ports of games that were much better elsewhere.

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: spectre on June 30, 2003, 03:24:12 pm

omg how can you say that!
frogger
river raid
chopper command
title match pro wrestling
ummm cops and robbers aka maze craze
hmmz spiderman
defender...

atariage.org or .com i forget which
I LOOOOOOOVE ATARI
hahaha
check that out for all the info you need

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Hoagie_one on June 30, 2003, 03:37:04 pm

pitfall
keystone kapers
demon attack
kaboom

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: steve_pss on June 30, 2003, 03:40:58 pm

I have RockNES running as my second emu in MAMEWAH.. works great for one player games.

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: spectre on June 30, 2003, 03:44:36 pm

activision fan hoagie?

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Hoagie_one on June 30, 2003, 03:54:01 pm

demon attack was from imagic

and yes, i am, lol

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: steve_pss on June 30, 2003, 04:41:11 pm

activision rocked back the 2600 era.

chopper command.. barnstorming..

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: armad1ll0 on June 30, 2003, 09:30:56 pm

would regular Stella (dos) support a USB joystick that uses windows drivers?

also, what 2600 emulators work the best. I hear that Stella is good but there are few others too...

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: rampy on June 30, 2003, 09:39:37 pm

Quote from: armad1ll0 on June 30, 2003, 09:30:56 pm

would regular Stella (dos) support a USB joystick that uses windows drivers?

also, what 2600 emulators work the best. I hear that Stella is good but there are few others too...

I'm not telling till you tell us where/what you've got there, feller!

Rampy

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: spectre on June 30, 2003, 09:51:32 pm

stella is the best...use stella

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: armad1ll0 on July 01, 2003, 04:52:47 am

http://www.redoctane.com/atarigamejoystick.html

check it out for yourself.
It reads as a HID joystick with one button #2...

I took it apart, it's got the old school pressure plates just like the original but it feels like it's about 4X stiffer and 4X more durable.

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Magnet_Eye on July 01, 2003, 05:13:16 am

have you tried to see if it works in other emulators or games?

MAME? etc?

does it work as a regular joystick in other games? what OS are you using?

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: armad1ll0 on July 01, 2003, 05:25:29 am

I run both Win98 and XP in different machines.

I mainly want to get this thing working in 2600 emulators because of it's nostalgia factor.

It does work in MAME ... quite simple beause of good joystick support.

I guess I'm just fumbling in StellaX as the main problem. Not understanding the interface etc..

I'm also unsure of the roms that I've found.

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Magnet_Eye on July 01, 2003, 06:17:07 am

well, you are probably having an emu problem then... i think.

i am glad you brought this joystick to our attention though...i was going to hack an original atari stick to PC, but i rather just buy this one if it works.

Try some other emulators...ones that let you configure the stick hopefully.

One that I know of that is configurable is PCAEWin.

http://pcae.vg-network.com/index.html

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: armad1ll0 on July 01, 2003, 03:05:22 pm

They presently do not sell it straight out.
How much do you guys think it's fair to sell this joystick at?

I think that my other problem is that I'm not able to find any .bin roms... only some other format so I don't know how to test the emulators

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: Magnet_Eye on July 01, 2003, 06:38:34 pm

you can get the correct files at www.atariage.com

 ;)

Title: Re:Atari 2600 emu help
Post by: armad1ll0 on July 01, 2003, 07:38:48 pm

got it working. Do you guys think a joystick like this is worth $10?