Looking for some suggestions for my dad's birthday

[KIWASABI]

My dad's birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I was wondering if you guys could help me out. His favorite game of all time is Q-Bert and his only complaint with it was that "you spend an hour getting to that really hard level then you only have about 30 seconds to try it before you die and have to start over again". I'd like to help him out with that and am thinking that I should get him some sort of usb joystick along with MAME and very detailed instructions on how to get it working, save games, load games, etc.

 

So my question is what would you guys recommend as far as joysticks go? He liked the 2600 controller; it seemed like he probably played that version of Q-Bert a whole lot more since it was cheaper in the long run. Something similar to the 2600 controller would be the best in my opinion.

 

I also thought about getting him one of those plug and play games with it on it (I'm pretty sure there's a Q-Bert one at least), but that all goes back to the problem of not being able to save.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Adam

[oesii]

If you're going to go the Mame route, I really think you should get him an authentic arcade controller. Sort of works like a 2600 joystick, one stick and no fancy extras needed for Qbert. Check out the X-Arcade stick.

 

http://tinyurl.com/5st6xe

 

 

 

[2600Lives]

If you want to use a 2600 joystick for the computer, get the stelladaptor USB adaptor and an authentic 2600 stick.

[KIWASABI]

If you want to use a 2600 joystick for the computer, get the stelladaptor USB adaptor and an authentic 2600 stick.

 

I think I'd rather go this route because he wouldn't need an X-Arcade stick; just something more simple. Thanks for the info.

 

Adam