Randy Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 was there an official Atari user manual for the STe line? I know there was one for the Mega STe, how about the 520/1040 STe? Reason I ask is my STe has two ports on the left hand side that look to be joystick ports although the regular bottom ports are present. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlazer Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) No, they used the normal ST manual with an STE addendum. http://www.atarimania.com/documents/Atari_STe_addendum.pdf Edited June 6, 2020 by tjlazer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMotorola Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Those ports on the left are Enhanced Joystick Ports (sometimes called Extended Joystick Ports) that use the DE-15 jack rather than the usual DE-9 for regular joysticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8guy Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Those ports have very few games that take advantage of them. You can plug Jaguar controllers in them for those that do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 thanks guys, and thanks tj for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredder11 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 There was a free game released in late 2009 called r0x, where you dodged asteroids made especially for the 4MB STe and the Enhanced Joystick Ports. Very addictive and well made game and even works on the Falcon 030, although the online demos do not show it at its best, e.g. the super smooth parallax scrolling. The joystick to use in those special ports is the Jagpad, which was very cheap to buy when I got one ten years ago from Ebay UK. r0x (Atari STE) (2009) - Official webpage with download links Another free STe game that came out recently is this, and it is multiplayer using all the availble ports etc. FROGS for ATARI STe V1.2 - Webpage with download link Another free 1MB STe game from 2017 is a homebrew of the classic Pole Position arcade game, which is close to perfect with 60fps and full use of DMA chip. https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=327993&sid=adb2f12868cb27f3d91fd73e50cb542f#p327993Pole Position arcade conversion with download link YouTube Demo Video - Atari ST Pole Position - release candidate 27 September 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junosix Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Droid Special Edition also supports Enhanced Joystick Ports: https://youtu.be/0ftuKzJJzpA Edited July 28, 2020 by Junosix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredder11 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) I forgot about the other game Downfall that was for the Falcon 030, which can also use the Jagpad controller. YouTube video link below: Atari Falcon 030 (UK) Demonstration using Jagpad controller with a few games Edited July 28, 2020 by Shredder11 Added a YouTube link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayreon Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Dybabusters+ uses them. You can make adaptors for the extended ports so you can connect 4 extra normal joysticks. 6 in total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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