Paddle Controller Conversions

[cashcow06]

Have there ever been any Joystick games converted to Paddle controllers. Gremlins comes to mind as a game that would work well with paddles although there are many others. As far as I know Paddle controllers are unique to the Atari 2600 and I believe they could and should have been better utilized.

[bohoki]

Have there ever been any Joystick games converted to Paddle controllers. Gremlins comes to mind as a game that would work well with paddles although there are many others. As far as I know Paddle controllers are unique to the Atari 2600 and I believe they could and should have been better utilized.

 

i'm a tad suprised they never made an etch a sketch cart

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Nope, and most likely that will never happen.

 

Paddles have to be polled permanently, especially while the display is drawn. And since all 2600 games are build around the display kernel, a paddle conversion would require a complete rewrite of almost the whole game.

[Shawn]

IT would be much easier to just build a joystick that acts like a paddle.

[cashcow06]

So it seems as though I am out of luck if I want to play more paddle games. Unless of course I rewrite a few games from scratch.

[+SpiceWare]

i'm a tad suprised they never made an etch a sketch cart

Stell-A-Sketch was released on cassette and CD for the Starpath Supercharger

[bohoki]

i'm a tad suprised they never made an etch a sketch cart

Stell-A-Sketch was released on cassette and CD for the Starpath Supercharger

 

hate to sound mean but that is not a "cart" and it doesnt use "paddles"

[SRGilbert]

i'm a tad suprised they never made an etch a sketch cart

Stell-A-Sketch was released on cassette and CD for the Starpath Supercharger

 

 

hate to sound mean but that is not a "cart" and it doesnt use "paddles"

 

The thing is, if you think about it, it couldn't use paddles because the real EtchaSketch knobs rotate 360 like the driving controllers. Granted on the real toy, they stop turning when you hit the edge!

[bohoki]

i'm a tad suprised they never made an etch a sketch cart

Stell-A-Sketch was released on cassette and CD for the Starpath Supercharger

 

 

hate to sound mean but that is not a "cart" and it doesnt use "paddles"

 

The thing is, if you think about it, it couldn't use paddles because the real EtchaSketch knobs rotate 360 like the driving controllers. Granted on the real toy, they stop turning when you hit the edge!

 

 

but they could have had it be absolute positioning all the way right makes it all the way right all the way left makes it on the left and in the middle well you know

 

kind of like kaboom but with a dot and the dot goes up and down

[tz101]

Here's another thread that addressed this topic:

 

Games that should have used paddle controllers.

[+SpiceWare]

hate to sound mean but that is not a "cart" and it doesnt use "paddles"

mean's not the word I'd have used

[Pioneer4x4]

The thing is, if you think about it, it couldn't use paddles because the real EtchaSketch knobs rotate 360 like the driving controllers. Granted on the real toy, they stop turning when you hit the edge!

I asked Bob Colbert back in the 90's about that and suggested the Indy 500 controllers for 2 reason, they are continious rotating and work as you describe, and at the time there was no other cart that used them.

He ended up adding it!

It is a shame that that the Ohio Art people got pissy over it.