Playing Omega Race with custom fight stick.

[tripletopper]

Is baking an 8 button fightstick compatible with 2600 Omega race a simple as wiring north south east west and main fire to their respective Atari ports, and wiring the extra two buttons to the two panel ports?

 

I guess it depends on if paddles use a single line and have variable voltage is in it.  If yes and the Booster Grip send maximum voltage when pressed and 0 voltage with unpressed,.  If the paddle defines the same end as 0 voltage,. it should be as simple as having a dimmer switch and just taking it out of the equation with the panel's being the dimmer switch and button directly being a binary on/off switch?

 

If it's something more complicated than that, could someone either tell me or point me to a page the better explains how to use discrete buttons, meaning not coded for any other video game system, into buttons' for the booster grip?

 

If it's as simple as direct wiring then it's no chore to do it.  If not I have to decide is it worth doing for possibly one game?  By the way does have a two player mode? The ColecoVision version did.

[mr_me]

Yes; you'll find a deecription here.

http://arcarc.xmission.com/Web Archives/Deathskull (May-2006)/games/tech/2600cont.html

[alex_79]

You could build a pass-through adapter that allows you to use a standard joystick with the same control scheme as "Asteroids" (Joystick UP=Thrust, Button=Fire).

Using an inverter chip:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150122191144/https://www94.pair.com/jsoper/2600_omega_adap.html

Or discrete components:
https://sites.google.com/site/halfbaker2/2600omegaraceadapter

 

If you're using a flashcart instead of the original cart, then just use this hack that works with standard joysticks (with optional support for driving controller)
https://atariage.com/hack_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=83

[tripletopper]

On 9/20/2019 at 1:06 PM, alex_79 said:

You could build a pass-through adapter that allows you to use a standard joystick with the same control scheme as "Asteroids" (Joystick UP=Thrust, Button=Fire).

Using an inverter chip:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150122191144/https://www94.pair.com/jsoper/2600_omega_adap.html

Or discrete components:
https://sites.google.com/site/halfbaker2/2600omegaraceadapter

 

If you're using a flashcart instead of the original cart, then just use this hack that works with standard joysticks (with optional support for driving controller)
https://atariage.com/hack_page.php?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=83

I know i can do a 5 button asteriods console basef on discrete components.  Or i can use joystick L/R and 3 buttons for thrust, fire, and shield/warp/flip. without and special adapter.  I just have an easy rewirung sceme.

 

I'm talking about using my fight stick for 2600 Omega Race.  ( I know ColecoVision's version had a 2 player battle arena.  Does the 2600 version?)

 

My point is using real cartridge uses the 2 paddles as 2 extra buttons.

 

I have a joystick that starts out as an "uncoded" fight stick, ( the best way to build a multi console).  I assume it's 0% in one extreme and 100% in the other.   And anything in between is a dial position in the middle.

 

And the best way to turn an analog control into a digital one is to wire it straight with an on/off switch (a button) and taking the dial out of the equation.

 

To get the thrust and fire working on a real 2600 Omega Race cart on a 7800, just route the 2 paddle pins into a joystick directly?  No special additional parts or non-standard wiring needed?

[tripletopper]

Actually I'm looking to see if I can get adapt my joystick to use the booster gripped as design so that's two separate buttons are thrust and fire, with the original Atari fire button being free for a third button input.

 

Reading that a ColecoVision controller can work, and not being sure if 2600 Omega Race has a two player mode or not,  maybe it's best to pass.