My Kingdom for an USB joystick!

[BullyDog]

What joystick y'all are using? I'm using a 360 copy and a Super Nintendo game pad but I want a real USB Atari style joystick.

Something like these two but who has em?

[ptyerman]

I have the first one shown, a Competition Pro USB, they are brilliant but unfortunately not made any more in a USB variant, the USB version was only made for a limited time.
Individual Computers makes and sells the 9 pin variant for Amiga, Atari, computers etc. so you have the option of getting one of those and using a 9 pin to USB adaptor like is shown in your second pic.
That is what I had to do with my last one that I purchased as simple USB joysticks like these are just not manufactured any more.

[Thalion]

I use original competition Pro Joysticks via USB adapter. Nothing beats the Original.

[mcgeezer]

I have a mayflash dual port usb adapter.

I plug in a sega megadrive pad and an original competition pro.

[Hewitson]

Wouldn't be too difficult to purchase a cheap USB gamepad and wire the PCB from it up to a joystick.

You could either make a converter box or retro-fit the board inside the stick.

[Retro-Nerd]

Get an USB adapter and use your favorite 9-pin Atari style stick. The CP USB sucks with crappy build quality and high latency.

[Methanoid]

Originally Posted by ptyerman

I have the first one shown, a Competition Pro USB, they are brilliant but unfortunately not made any more in a USB variant, the USB version was only made for a limited time.
Individual Computers makes and sells the 9 pin variant for Amiga, Atari, computers etc. so you have the option of getting one of those and using a 9 pin to USB adaptor like is shown in your second pic.
That is what I had to do with my last one that I purchased as simple USB joysticks like these are just not manufactured any more.

If you want a USB one you can send me your new 9pin.. I need a real one for a real Amiga now

[BullyDog]

What about flight sticks? How do they work?

[Mikerochip]

I have about 40 different kinds of joystick, and most I use on my PC.
But, I decided I wanted a nice joystick for my Amiga/Atari too.

So, I decided to use an upgraded Neo Geo stick I bought.

Most recently, I built a sort of universal adapter for a Neo Geo Arcade Stick.
The Atari/Amiga just needs a quick 15 pin to 9 pin adapter, and the PC needs a USB converter.

Some guys also built an open source interface for an Arduino Micro (not a Pro Micro) and there's a fork for the Arduino Leonardo too. This shows up as an xbox 360 controller on the PC, so, I built the adapter with that. Really cool little project.

(I'd never soldered or anything like that, before this. And I had no trouble getting everything working)

Here's the Arduino project:
https://github.com/bootsector/XInputPadMicro

And Pinouts: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bo...icroPinout.png

You can get an arduino knockoff for $5-10 on ebay.

I then replaced the joystick and buttons in the Neo Geo stick, with Sanwa parts, to make the ultimate (for me anyhow!) joystick!

This is the Neo Geo upgrade guide.
http://www.cgquarterly.com/2013/04/1...-aes-joystick/

I went for a bat top (Happ/American style), rather than a ball top (jp style) for it too.

You could build something like that!

I used a Sanwa JLF with an octogon gate, too, just fyi

[ptyerman]

Originally Posted by Methanoid

If you want a USB one you can send me your new 9pin.. I need a real one for a real Amiga now

I have a couple of 9 pin ones for my Amiga's, USB ones used for emulation and two more 9 pin ones used with USB adapters.
The 9 pin ones are available new at almost every Retro store so take your pick from the one nearest you.

[Zak]

I had several Competition Pro USB.

After some time some of the micro switches stopped working. I was opening them up and they looked burned inside. So I took the micro switches from an Amiga Competion Pro and put them into the Pro USB. They got burned as well after some months of daily usage.

Conclusion: the Competion Pro can't stand the higher current of a PC. I think it wouldn't even be better with that 9 Pin to USB converters. You would still have the higher current.

[BullyDog]

At least I'm getting used to the joystick on the USB 360 clone. I'd like a stick though. The problem with the controllers like the 360 are the size of the handles, they're too small for me. Also too rounded that I can't grip it.

[Methanoid]

Originally Posted by ptyerman

I have a couple of 9 pin ones for my Amiga's, USB ones used for emulation and two more 9 pin ones used with USB adapters.
The 9 pin ones are available new at almost every Retro store so take your pick from the one nearest you.

Youre kidding.. I couldnt find a single one via Google

[Retro-Nerd]

https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/shop/...pro-retro.html

https://www.amiga-shop.net/Amiga-Har...ml?language=en

http://amigastore.eu/en/307-competit...ick-retro.html

[MickGyver]

I also recently made a cheap digital joysticks to USB adapter using the Arduino Pro Micro. Info how to build one here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=92887