Old atari style joystick

11 October 2004, 05:13

Hi there,
I was just wondering if it was possible to get an amiga emulator to recognise one of those old atari single button joysticks. We had an amiga with two of these, is there a converter around or is it possible to get it working through serial connector?

It would be great to play with these old things again.

Thanks

Guy

Adeptus · 13 October 2004, 02:06

This question is asked fairly often...

You can connect them to your parallel port via an adaptor, which you can make (little more than plugs & wires) - DirectPad OR Amiga 4-player adaptor I believe? (even easier, & can be found for sale from some Amiga dealers)
You can connect them to your gameport via an adaptor, which you can make (bit more complicated, needs some resistors, transistors etc) - look here or here
You can connect them to USB via an adaptor, which you can buy from Retrozone

robgw · 13 October 2004, 21:09

Or you could try Stelladaptor from Atariage.com it's a usb device and therefore very easy to set up just plug and play.

Sune Salminen · 13 October 2004, 21:53

You could also buy a really cheap, useless, simple and crappy USB gamepad (i'm sure there are a lot to choose from ;-), take it apart and hack it to be an adaptor for your old joysticks.

11 October 2004, 05:13	#1
Supastar33 Posts: n/a	Old atari style joystick Hi there, I was just wondering if it was possible to get an amiga emulator to recognise one of those old atari single button joysticks. We had an amiga with two of these, is there a converter around or is it possible to get it working through serial connector? It would be great to play with these old things again. Thanks Guy

13 October 2004, 02:06	#2
Adeptus epun umop ap!sdn Join Date: May 2003 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 285	This question is asked fairly often... You can connect them to your parallel port via an adaptor, which you can make (little more than plugs & wires) - DirectPad OR Amiga 4-player adaptor I believe? (even easier, & can be found for sale from some Amiga dealers) You can connect them to your gameport via an adaptor, which you can make (bit more complicated, needs some resistors, transistors etc) - look here or here You can connect them to USB via an adaptor, which you can buy from Retrozone Last edited by Adeptus; 19 October 2004 at 08:36.

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13 October 2004, 21:09	#3
robgw Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United Kingdom Age: 55 Posts: 3	Or you could try Stelladaptor from Atariage.com it's a usb device and therefore very easy to set up just plug and play.

13 October 2004, 21:53	#4
Sune Salminen Dinamáquina Join Date: May 2002 Location: BH/Brasil Age: 49 Posts: 370	You could also buy a really cheap, useless, simple and crappy USB gamepad (i'm sure there are a lot to choose from ;-), take it apart and hack it to be an adaptor for your old joysticks.

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