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Whoa! That's just nuts stayrunner! You are the god of Circus Atari! And here I was all excited because I finally rolled it. First time I freaked and lost it right away. Managed it a couple more times, keeping it together after 9999 turns to 0000. My highest so far: 15016 Gonna see if I can top that. -S

That should be no problem if you know which pin the booster grip sends the second button signal through. Anyone have this info? I wish I would have thought of that. It may work right of the box actually, you'd just have to try it and find out. -S

Tim, you want an 8 way stick. Atari joysticks are 8 way. 8 ways only have four switches. The only difference between 4 way and 8 way is that a four way stick is restricted so it can only hit one switch at a time. 8 way sticks can hit two at a time which creates the diagonal movent. -S

Yeah, I should have mentioned that this connector will plug in with no problems to a 2600 Jr, it will plug in but is a bit loose to a light sixer, but it won't plug in at all to a heavy sixer since the socket is deeper. I'm working on an adapter to increase the depth. Must have been a Galaga conversion, since Galaga used a two way stick. In any case I have a couple of those sticks too, and was tempted to use one because of the Atari logo on the ball top, but these sticks are HUGE under the panel. They're probably twice the depth of the Wico type leaf switch stick that I used. You would need a very tall enclosure. I think this could be done. As a matter of fact, I started to do just that, but decided I didn't want to fool with the switching mechanism (okay, I was in a hurry to start playing ) I think what will do next is build another controller with two paddles and a driving controller in it. Seems like pretty much the same concept, just a matter of working out which pins are common and building a switch for them. I hope some of you guys who are talking about giving this a try go ahead with it. I'd like to see what you come up with! :thumbsup: -S

Not really, I built it mostly from leftover parts and stuff I got out of my various parts bins. I'd guess probably around $30 (US) or so if you were just to go out & buy the stuff. I've been playing with this controller pretty much non-stop since I posted the pictures. My only complaint about it is that I didn't build it sooner. -S

pmpddytim- http://www.therealbobroberts.com/ has got the best prices I've found on arcade parts. The only drawback is that he doesn't take credit cards or paypal so you have to email him your order and then snail mail him a check. He's a good guy to deal with though and delivers pretty quick despit not taking electronic payments. I'm in Sapulpa, about 20 minutes outside of Tulsa. Are you in OK too? joeybastard- Simple switches, no resitors or anything to fool with. Nothing to it. The pinouts are in the faq on this site. I recently converted an old NES triggerstick ( http://www.stingrays.dk/arcade/atari/nesatari.jpg ) to work with Atari. It works well, but the switches are pretty loud and it can be distracting. -S

That's what it is. 270-1809 But no it's not empty, at least on the joystick side. The base of the stick only clears the bottom by less than a quarter inch. It really doesn't need any more weight as it is it feels nicely balanced. I suppose you might want to put some rubber feet or suction cups on it if you wanted to use it on a desktop, but if you just have it on your lap it works great as is. -S

I recently finished building a MAME cab, as a result I have a whole lot of arcade controls & parts - can't seem to stop buying this stuff! As much as I love the 2600, I don't care much for the standard joystick, hurts my wrist after only a few minutes of play. So I decided to build my own from real arcade parts. So what do you guys think? Anyone else done this? Sorry about the quality of the pics, my digital camera is pretty junky. -S

I think the US had a revolution about that. -S

Wow! $11 on a $30 item, that's just robbery! -S

You're gonna return that loaner cart to the address on the label right? -S

In my opinion no one should be without Pitfall! Pitfall II and Adventure. -S

Thanks for the info. I've never heard of this particular robot and I'm a big fan of vintage robots. Might be worth a look on ebay. Sorry for dragging this thread so far off topic. -S

Cool robot, tell us about that! -S

It would be nice if the picture actually showed the ends of the cables. If you've got a multimeter, a soldering iron and too much time on your hands you make any switch activated joystick work with a 2600. -S

Makes sense to me. -S

I was actually unaware that there even was a 2600 version of Stargate. I'd snap one up if I saw it for sale locally. -S

After about five games where I was maxing out at around 2k I hit my highest score so far, 7855. I don't know if I'll be able to do better than that before the week is out. I used to be a lot better at this game. I'll go ahead and blame my paddles again. -S

Plus he'll "GARINTEE" that it works. -S

I need a few (five or six) 2600 joystick cords for a project. I'll take broken/ non-functional joysticks as well, but all I really need is the cords. Let me know how many you have and what you want for them. I can pay via paypal or if you insist I'll mail you an old fashoned check. -S

Arkanoid is one of those games that was conversion only so you see it in all kinds of cabs. Never seen it in a bartop though. -S

Geez Whisper, way to blow it for me, I was just about to offer to sell him a copy for the low, low price of $100. By the way Saiyko, I'm kidding again. -S

Just got this from a fellow Atariage member: -S

PM comin' your way. -S

Trust me on this, the people who work at Radio Shack are, for the most part, electronics morons. Most of them know how to sell you a wireless phone and that's about the extent of their knowlege. There are a few exceptions. The Radio Shack near me employes one guy (out of maybe five or six employees) who actually knows what I'm talking about. As a bonus, he's also into Atari. -S