the best joystick??

[RangerG]

I am sure this has been a question before, but what is your favorite joystick for the Atari 2600? I love the old reliable 2600, but my wife likes the Epyx 500XJ (I am lucky to have a wife that plays Atari, although her game selection at times leave me playing Amidar and Freeway constantly). Are there any auto-fire joysticks out there because with games like centipede and many others my/our hands hurt like crazy after gaming (as an architect she uses the computer at work and her hands hurt from that already so it is actually a problem). Thanks -- RG

[Charlie_]

My telegames 7800 controller with auto-fire :-)

 

(It plugs in too tight though......)

 

Charlie

[Unbeliever]

I'd have to say the original stick still serves well through almost all my 2600 titles....although the paddles DO come in handy!

[Joel D. Park]

I like the original Atari Brand joysticks the best, but I use alot of Gemini GemStiks since they are so close to the originals.

 

Then my next choice is the Wico Command Control joystick which is unbreakable and super sensitive.

[Hakogame 箱亀]

Last week I found out that a 9-pin Gravis advance PC gamepad works with the atari without any alteration, not that it's a ton better than the original stick, but I found this out after modifying another one to work with my Colecovision.

[videotwit]

Like many of the other posters in this topic, I definitely prefer the original 2600 stick.

[Malix]

I prefer the X-pad on the Genesis Controllers.(I know I know, I suck)

[Ze_ro]

quote:

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Originally posted by RangerG:

I am lucky to have a wife that plays Atari, although her game selection at times leave me playing Amidar and Freeway constantly

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I hear ya buddy... any time I convince girls to play video games, they seem to only like a handful of games, and be unwilling to play any others. I end up playing Dr. Mario or Tetris for five hours

 

As for joysticks, I'd have to say the Gemini GemStik's are very nice. They have a paddle built in, so you don't have to bother taking them out. Some people complain that the joystick chews up their hands, but I've never had any trouble with it.

 

--Zero