What's up guys? I think I might be having an issue using the paddles I have, but not exactly sure what's wrong. The set of paddles I have has three dead zones when using with the 2600-daptor I just got, I don't have an actual 2600 or flashback hardware to test the paddles with.
The deadzones on the far left and right is normal afaik, but there is another deadzone toward the middle. I was playing some Breakout on my computer and there is a sizable deadzone about 1/6 of the way in from the left wall when playing, which is making it impossible to comfortably play. (I don't think this normal?) It's not an emulation issue, I read the js input from both paddles in a linux terminal and they both have that third deadzone in the middle in the same spot. I think maybe the 2600-daptor is not calibrated properly but I also don't have a Windows machine to test it with either, it works fine in linux but I don't understand why that third dead zone is there.
Any suggestions before I email the guy who sells the 2600-daptors? Thanks a lot.
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Atari paddles + 2600-daptor issue
in Atari 2600
Posted · Edited by chillin
What's up guys? I think I might be having an issue using the paddles I have, but not exactly sure what's wrong. The set of paddles I have has three dead zones when using with the 2600-daptor I just got, I don't have an actual 2600 or flashback hardware to test the paddles with.
The deadzones on the far left and right is normal afaik, but there is another deadzone toward the middle. I was playing some Breakout on my computer and there is a sizable deadzone about 1/6 of the way in from the left wall when playing, which is making it impossible to comfortably play. (I don't think this normal?) It's not an emulation issue, I read the js input from both paddles in a linux terminal and they both have that third deadzone in the middle in the same spot. I think maybe the 2600-daptor is not calibrated properly but I also don't have a Windows machine to test it with either, it works fine in linux but I don't understand why that third dead zone is there.
Any suggestions before I email the guy who sells the 2600-daptors? Thanks a lot.