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swarnel
02-16-2004, 12:15 PM
Ive been playing some atari games on my pc and i thought it would be great to play with the real contoller or joystick.

Anyone know if this can be done?, is there an adapter or something?

Also im on the lookout for a playstation or snes adapter, are there any good deals?
Evil Gemini
02-16-2004, 02:06 PM
here is a good site that shows you how to connect your psx pad to your pc

http://thaicool.hypermart.net/

That would be better than an atari controll :)

You can buy pre built adapters that are USB
Bowen747x
02-16-2004, 05:51 PM
that 1 looks like shit, ive seen them where u dont need an extra power supply or any soldering
Bowen747x
02-16-2004, 05:52 PM
now heres a good 1, even uses usb ports! http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-70-gt-4-1-71-6m.html
Nightwolf
02-16-2004, 09:49 PM
Probably the closest you'll get to an Atari joystick on a PC is something like this...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....y=BROWSE&depa=1 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=26-102-503&catalog=123&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1)


Or if you really wanted to, you could try building one yourself...

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Net...600-PC_eng.html (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2674/doc1/Joy2600-PC_eng.html)
Bowen747x
02-17-2004, 03:54 AM
theres also an atari system u can buy thats just the joystick and it plugs into ur tv, its pretty cool my mom bought 1 but its gets boring fast :D wish u could add ur own games
Nightwolf
02-17-2004, 01:33 PM
Originally posted by Bowen747x@16 February 2004 - 22:54
theres also an atari system u can buy thats just the joystick and it plugs into ur tv, its pretty cool my mom bought 1 but its gets boring fast :D wish u could add ur own games
Yeah that thing looks pretty cool, but there's two things wrong with it.

1. It only plays like 10 games. They could easily have included a slot to plug in additional cartridges, and these days they could probably fit like 100 of those old games on one cart the size of a postage stamp.

2. Only one player (I think). They should have a port to daisy chain another joystick for two player games.