Tinman

Agreed!

Correct. It ends rather suddenly and unceremoniously.

Yeah, it gets a bad rap, but the truth is, its pretty fun to play, despite the graphics and sounds.

This may be a dumb question, but is there a way to follow a topic in the forums (without replying) while using the mobile version of the site? If there is, I cant find it, and have to switch over to the desktop version to do it.

I tried it just now. It was fun!

Thanks for posting these!

Hard to say. Feels very small, but Im not sure if its smaller than what the photo shows.

Yes, but if you make the usable area wider, you get more precise control.

Up to a point, yes, but this is excessive. I think I can make some adjustments to improve it.

Yep, that did it! There are still dead zones at either end of the movement, but in the middle it works well; no lag at all. I'll work on the paddle properties in Windows to try to get rid of the dead zones. Thanks all for the help!!!

Circus Atari and Kaboom! Same behavior on both.

I was able to test this with some success! Stella does now recognize the paddle! So I think your solution is the correct one. I am still having some troubles, however, as the paddle movement does not correlate well with the on-screen player. (In this case, I was trying Circus Atari.) At either end of the paddle movement, there are "dead zones" where moving the paddle does nothing. And in the center of the paddle movement, the player darts across the screen, but lagging behind the actual paddle movement. I tried calibrating the paddles using the Windows calibration tool in joy.cpl and that helped some, but did not fix the issue. Not sure if the problem is in the Retronic adapter or Windows or Stella... Any ideas?

Nope.

WTF was that???

I have Altura. I'll give it a try and report back.

I tried to map it, but either I'm not doing it right (very possible!) or it's not working.

Oh! My mistake... I tried 3.7.2 and the paddles sort of work... This is progress! But it's still not good. I tried Circus Atari. When I move the paddle, at first nothing happens, and then the seesaw slides all the way to other side of the screen. If I move the paddle back to the left, nothing at first, and then the seesaw slides all the way back to the left. It would seem that the sensitivity of the paddle is all messed up. But this is definitely better than the later versions, where it's not recognized at all!

I'm assuming you meant 4.7.2. I tried that, and 4.7.1 as well, but without success. Maybe I'll reach out to the guy currently working on Stella.

I tried moving the paddle (both paddles) while in the mapping mode in Stella, but nothing happened. I think something is still preventing Stella from "seeing" the paddles. Not sure why... I appreciate the help! I'll keep at it.

Not sure what you mean with the mapping. When I select Map in that window, I see the following: The test window in joy.cpl shows this: and I can make the little + move back and forth with the paddle, so I'm pretty sure the paddle is working. Thanks again for the help!

This is interesting. I actually have two of the retro adapters, so I plugged the second one in with a joystick. I can see all three controllers (the joystick and the two paddles) in joy.cpl, but only the joystick in Stella.

Thanks for the advice! I checked in joy.cpl and can see both paddles and they work correctly as the x-axis. But Stella still cannot see them. Is there a way to force Stella to re-detect the joysticks?

Hi all, I'm hoping one of you may be able to help me! I'm trying to use some paddles made for the Atari Flashback with Stella. I've got them connected using a Retronic retro adapter (http://www.retronicdesign.com/en/) and I've flashed them for the paddles. I can see the paddles in my Devices screen (I'm running Windows 10 Creators Update), but in Stella, they aren't recognized and I cannot see anything in the joystick database within the application. I've attached a couple of screenshots to show what I'm seeing. The first one shows the entry in the Devices screen and the second is from Stella. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or what the problem is? Appreciate any help I can get!

Yeah, I don't know if it's in my top 10. But top 20, probably.

Oh I like Yars Revenge!