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Adapter allows many vintage PC controllers to work on 2600 games (video)

Started by ave1, Jan 17 2019 10:00 PM

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#1 ave1 OFFLINE

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Posted Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:00 PM

There's a little controller adapter that I came across on Ebay which can allow 15 pin gameport PC controllers to work on systems like the 2600 which have 9 pin controller ports. I bought it here: https://ebay.us/ON1DA8

I've spent some time playing some of my 2600 games with PC controllers and I have to say it's really breathed new life into some games I would've not given much thought to playing. I've produced some footage for you if you're interested here:

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#2 ave1 OFFLINE

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Posted Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:33 AM

As a follow-up I also have shown ways to use these unique PC controllers to play Atari 7800 games, including Robotron 2084 with two connected gamepads:

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