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  1. MayDay
    So my plans for evil Atari world domination have hit a small hitch.
     
    I have several Atari controllers laying around and decided at some point to create a controller with six or more inputs that could be utilized for one player homebrew games. I think I remember seeing this mentioned in one or more places, but to the best of my knowledge, no one has actually tried it yet.
     
    Then, I cleared a few of the cobwebs out of my head, and realized it would be much simpler to take advantage of an already existing controller (enter Sega Genesis which is already compatible) with more than the five inputs and combine it with a cord from an Atari controller to plug into the second port.
     
    So... using 2 player Ice Hockey as my test, I have a Genesis controller that plugs into both ports and controls the D-pad and the B and C buttons (six inputs instead of five).
     
    I have literally cut and tested all nine colored wires from the Genesis controller, but none seem to control the A button or the start button.
     
    Here's the list I've come up with:
     
    Sega Genesis controller:
    (from controller out)
    Black = some sort of power or verification- controller goes dead without this cord.
    Blue = B button (player 0 fire button)
    White = C button (which I used as player 1 fire button)
    Yellow = right
    Green = ?? (didn't seem to have any effect)
    Gray = not really sure... doesn't control the buttons, but buttons won't work without it.
    Red = down
    Brown = up
    Orange = left
     
    Attached Atari cord for port 2:
    Black = power
    Orange = fire
    White = up
    Blue = down
    Brown = right
    Green = left
     
    I bought this Genesis controller strictly to test on, anyone have any idea why I can't get the A button and start button to work? Anyone else actually made a controller like this? If we can come up with something good, we should make a standard so that all homebrewers could take advantage of the custom controller if they like. It works right now, but hopefully you guys can make it better. Thoughts, anyone?
  2. MayDay

    Life Goals

    By MayDay,

    After a few years of my mid 20's, I was really starting to get depressed. I wasn't doing the things after college that I thought I needed to be doing. I was in the 8 to 5 thing, and hated my job.
     
    A couple of years ago, I decided it was my own fault things weren't going my way. I had done all the things I set out to do in high school, and decided I needed to make a new list of things I wanted to accomplish. Since that time, things have been much more fulfilling for me, and I've gotten a lot of things done that would have otherwise been brushed aside. Having it on the list somehow makes me psychologically responsible to finish it. Here are some of the things left to do on my list:
     
    1. make a full length film
    2. publish my own comic book (or rather, to get my comic book published)
    3. buy a newspaper/television station
    4. learn Spanish and Japanese fluently
    5. master playing the guitar
     
    I would also list walking on the moon or Mars, but I don't think that's really realistic anymore. I'm too old to control any of my own destiny on that through the military, and about 100 years too early for it to be freely available (if then). And for the record, it's just a guesstimate, I don't care to discuss exact figures on when space travel blah blah blah.
     
    I'm just curious what other people have done or want to do with their lives. I think there is just a small window some of us are lucky enough to get where we have both the desire and lack of responsibilities to hold us back from our dreams. If you have the chance, don't let it pass you by... I'm not sure there are second chances for your dreams.
     
    -JD
  3. MayDay
    A little over a year ago, I started frequenting the website instructables.com. Since that time, I've created a few "ibles" as they refer to them, and recently decided to add an Atari twist to my latest project. Two days after I began my latest and greatest instructable on "How to Make Your Own Atari Game" one of the other members there chronicled an Atari lamp which already introduced our two communities to one another. It was featured on instructables (meaning it spent a couple of days on their index page), and it also made the headlines here at Atari Age. You can find the Giant Atari Joystick Lamp here.
     
    So you ask, "What exactly is my instructable about?" Well, it's pretty simple really. The title is 'How to Make Your Own Atari Game', which is pretty self-explanatory. More than actually trying to explain the coding side of things (which I'm not really capable of), it really just a detailed list of resources available for someone interested in doing so. The vast majority of these resources point back to this website. For example, I linked to the Sorted Table of Contents which is the collection of Andrew Davie's tutorials. There are also several resources referenced that are outside of this site.
     
    In closing, I just want to say I know my reputation here may be a little shaky given the whole CiE game fiasco, and I hope this doesn't further my perceived separation from this community. Since I haven't made a game of my own, I considered that someone may think I'm taking ideas away from them by posting a set of instructions elsewhere. I think the benefits to this community are more important, and hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes. My hope is that by posting my instructable there it will bring in a fresh wave of nostalgic and devoted fans like myself to this website (and others like it). While you may not see any new games as a result of my posting, maybe it will inspire more Atari-related projects like the joystick lamp. Thoughts are welcome, and while my instructable is nearly complete, I haven't published it yet. I will gladly post a link to it when it's done in a few days.
     
    EDIT: Or, if I stay up till 2 in the morning to finish it. Here's the link.
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