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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick <8a7a853b-cf89-4a32-a67f-0f4ed169dcb7@n77g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <6122c086-3d33-460f-abd3-0b4e0baae4e8@h25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <24f95619-3677-4966-b10f-efb335713484@s12g2000prg [message #190068] Mon, 25 February 2008 02:34 Go to next message
Antti Kultanen is currently offline  Antti Kultanen
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On 2008-02-25, personable85 <personable85@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://amazon.co.uk/Competition-Pro-5000-Joystick-PC/dp/B000 J5U09W
> Is it worth the money and will it have the desired results?

Well, IMHO yes and no. They have worked ok for me, I've used them
with UAE and VICE on Linux for a long time without problems.

But the build quality of those joysticks is utter crap.

Back in 2005 I bought a bunch of those joysticks (not from Amazon
though). Of the eight (8) joysticks I ordered, four (4) were dead
on arrival. Ok, I RMA'd the borken ones and got them replaced with
good ones. Another one broke after a few weeks. These joysticks
simply cannot take any rough handling unlike the original C64
version could.

They did come in pretty boxes, with ribbons and all. :)
http://rhea.oamk.fi/~pyanil00/temp/joikat.jpg

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Originally posted by: personable85

Can you recommend a better joystick?
Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190089 is a reply to message #190087] Mon, 25 February 2008 17:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Feb 25, 3:36 pm, personable85 <personabl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Can you recommend a better joystick?

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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190124 is a reply to message #190087] Tue, 26 February 2008 01:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 2008-02-25, personable85 <personable85@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Can you recommend a better joystick?

I'd recommend using a Stelladaptor and a real c64 joystick. Stelladaptor
converts Atari-style joystick port to USB. Unfortunately finding one may
be difficult.

I think there was another alternative to Stelladapter but I really cannot
remember what it was called or where to get one.

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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190125 is a reply to message #190124] Tue, 26 February 2008 02:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jukka Aho is currently offline  Jukka Aho
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Antti Pyykko wrote:

>> Can you recommend a better joystick?

> I'd recommend using a Stelladaptor and a real c64 joystick.
> Stelladaptor converts Atari-style joystick port to USB.
> Unfortunately finding one may be difficult.
>
> I think there was another alternative to Stelladapter but
> I really cannot remember what it was called or where to get
> one.

There are all kinds of instructions on the web for making DIY PC
adapters for Atari-style joysticks, but they're usually meant for the
old-style 15-pin PC joystick ports, or for the "legacy" parallel
(printer) ports:

<http://google.com/search?q=atari+joystick+pc>

An alternative would be buying a digital USB gamepad (or even the
aforementioned USB version of Competition Pro!) and cannibalizing its
USB interface electronics to make an adapter for a "real" Atari style
joystick. That should even be easier than the above-mentioned
alternative, as all that is needed is removing the circuit board from
its original housing and tapping onto the electrical contacts for the
existing switches...

(One could, for intance, add a male DE-9 connector inside the original
housing - this way allowing a daisy-chain connection to a "real"
Atari-style joystick - or ditch the original controller altogether and
only save its circuit board / electronics - perhaps rehousing it in a
separate box.)

But all that requires soldering skills, nonetheless... so these are not
easy off-the-shelf solutions.

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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190127 is a reply to message #190125] Tue, 26 February 2008 02:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jukka Aho is currently offline  Jukka Aho
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Jukka Aho wrote:

> An alternative would be buying a digital USB gamepad (or even the
> aforementioned USB version of Competition Pro!) and cannibalizing its
> USB interface electronics to make an adapter for a "real" Atari style
> joystick.

Come to think of it, the keyboard controller in a USB or PS/2 keyboard
could be used in a similar manner. Just ditch the actual keyboard and
solder the DE-9 connector on the contacts of the controller circuit
board.

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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190151 is a reply to message #190127] Tue, 26 February 2008 19:55 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: personable85

Thanks! I'll give it a try.
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