Comments on: Geek Lust: USB Atari Controller

By: Lars BR

Lars BR — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:17:32 +0000

The Arcade stick was soooo superior to this.

Though I certainly remember killing my young hands (and occasionally the stick too) doing the Decathlon on the Atari joystick…. David Crane was a mad genius. 1500m? Really? You hate kids that much?

By: Kavika

Kavika — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:34:06 +0000

You’re all wroooong!
EPYX 500XJ

Best for Skate or Die (on the C64) or anything you need to spin the controller or… anything else really.
*CLICKITY CLICKITY CLICK!*

By: mister slim

mister slim — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:52:57 +0000

The Zipstick looks like it’s from some alternate timeline where Microsoft designed the Atari 2600.

By: groglvr

groglvr — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:44:56 +0000

what would be sweet is a merging of the joystick and atari paddles into one controller sort of like a logitech space navigator. then i could play robotron one handed.

By: scout

scout — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:12:37 +0000

Steel Battalion.

By: noom

noom — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:15:17 +0000

I second the Zipstick comment, though the bug was cute too.

Joysticks for me were mostly just for lobbing at the wall in rage and disgust. These days I’ve learnt to control my seething rage just long enough to find a pencil or something similar close to hand to lob about. Saves money you know.

Oh, and I reckon I’d be playing Battlemaster.

By: Donald Duck

Donald Duck — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:36:57 +0000

rei – finally some sense. Give me a TAC-2 or give me death!Or The Bug, that joystick was made for Gravity Force.

By: dhex

dhex — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:54:18 +0000

before the age of five i had wrecked at least three of the original 2600 sticks. my dad got pretty good at fixing them…at least for a time.

and the gemini controllers? dear lord. like they were made out of cheese.

the quickshot lasted a bit longer, iirc. not a whole lot longer, but a bit.

By: Pus Filled Sac

Pus Filled Sac — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:40:47 +0000

I’d play Tank Pong, the greatest of all Pongs.

By: rei

rei — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:26:37 +0000

^TAC 2, that is. Let me edit my embarrassing html-breakdowns :(

By: rei

rei — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:25:45 +0000

Some fine old sticks in this thread, but is still the best!

By: Scandalon

Scandalon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:16:54 +0000

The original MS Flight Sim in CGA.

What?