WHERE Are The Paddle Homebrews?!

[retrogoober]

The paddle controller is SO iconic, so different and fun a gaming experience, and so UNDER supported after ALL these years

 

Why are there not good Homebrews yet?

 

SO many design options, Gyrus and Tempest variants come to mind, ARKANOID!

 

GRAVITY centered games

 

AND why not more paddle support for newer games, was playing LEM and wondering this (LOVE that homebrew)

 

*RANT*

 

Lee

[toiletunes]

SCSICIDE, Super Circus Atariage

[Albert]

Paddle-based Atari 2600 homebrews in the AtariAge Store:

 

Drive

Marble Craze

Medieval Mayhem

SWOOPS! (Crash 'n' Dive)

Ultra SCSIcide

 

..Al

[+atari2600land]

Cellar-y Celery used the paddle as well (also is playable with the joystick).

[retrogoober]

Its great their there, kudos, but that's FOUR:) I just feel theres so much room for innovation here, the paddle controllers are iconic

Edited June 30, 2018 by retrogoober

[+Karl G]

As a player, I enjoy paddle games. As a developer, I find them tedious to deal with.

[Video]

I was going to say marble craze. Love it. But, before to much is put into making paddle games, I'd say some effort needs to be put into making new paddles. Yes, to some extent they can be cleaned, but their all old now and increasingly less reliable as time goes on.

[fiddlepaddle]

I've had to make some minor repairs a couple of times, and occasional cleaning, but my several sets of paddles all still work great.

[Jstick]

I was going to say marble craze. Love it. But, before to much is put into making paddle games, I'd say some effort needs to be put into making new paddles. Yes, to some extent they can be cleaned, but their all old now and increasingly less reliable as time goes on.

 

 

Have you tried the Best Electronics paddles with the ”superpot” replacement pots? I recently purchased a pair and I like them a lot. The new pots are rated for lifetime use, so are essentially what you are asking for here.

[MrBeefy]

Thrust+ but technically thats a driving controller

[Rob Mitchell]

I prefer a WHERE are all the Driving Controller Home-brews?! Rant!

[+SpiceWare]

<snip ignorant screed>

 

*RANT*

Start here.

 

Once you get a handle on that, refer to this.

 

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

 

*RANT*

[+xucaen]

SCSICIDE, Super Circus Atariage

I was going to buy Super Circus Atariage but the listing on AA said it was not available.

[retrogoober]

Start here.

 

Once you get a handle on that, refer to this.

 

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

 

*RANT*

Point well made thank you, dont mean to be disrespectful of programmers, sincere apologies if I offended, especially someone who has brought us SO many amazing creations, thank you, glad you spoke up about difficulty of programming paddle games, had no idea, my post wasnt meant critical, what is it (for us non-code peeps) that makes it more difficult?

 

ALSO agree with the inclusion of more driving controller games

 

I still hold to my desire for more paddle game innovations though:)

Edited June 30, 2018 by retrogoober

[Albert]

I was going to buy Super Circus Atariage but the listing on AA said it was not available.

 

You can buy this one, but you need to supply a POKEY, either a bare chip or a Ballblazer cartridge.

 

..Al

[SS]

Paddle-based Atari 2600 homebrews in the AtariAge Store:

 

Drive

Marble Craze

Medieval Mayhem

Ultra SCSIcide

 

..Al

I own two of these four.

[Arenafoot]

Where's the homebrews that use the Omega Race Booster Grip????

It has the extra buttons ..... similar to the Sega Genesis gamepad (same button configuration?)

[StanJr]

Marble Craze is still amazing after over a decade. You don't really need any other paddle homebrew games until you master that one...

[+Cafeman]

Nobody has mastered Marble Craze. Unless you have hands like a surgeon and jitter-free paddles.

[zylon]

Nobody has mastered Marble Craze. Unless you have hands like a surgeon and jitter-free paddles.

 

Still one kick-ass game and idea. That was one of the 1st brews I bought.

[+Cafeman]

Still one kick-ass game and idea. That was one of the 1st brews I bought.

Agreed, and I'm not knocking the game, I like it a lot too. But I'm terrible at it.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Its great their there, kudos, but that's FOUR:) I just feel theres so much room for innovation here, the paddle controllers are iconic

Make that five. SWOOPS contains a paddle game.

[Albert]

Make that five. SWOOPS contains a paddle game.

 

Thanks, forgot about that. I've updated the list in my earlier post.

 

..Al

[+sramirez2008]

I prefer a WHERE are all the Driving Controller Home-brews?! Rant!

 

A future release of WIP game Amoeba Jump will support the driving controller. If you haven't checked this game out, give it a go, IMO, its pretty good.

Edited June 30, 2018 by sramirez2008

[+McCallister]

Although the main game uses the joystick, Brik also contains a game that uses the paddles. That makes 6. One more and we can defend the village.