Atari 2600 Junior - Sega arcade powersticick issue
Hello everyone! I just got a sweet Sega Arcade Powersticick to use on my 2600 Junior. The thing feels great but the B button only works for a few minutes when I power on the Atari and then I it stops working. It will start working when I power cycle but the same story happens again after a few minutes.
Possibly related is that the led for the A button is continuously lit up.
So far I have taken it apart to cleaned the contacts and button pads with no luck. I also plugged it into my Seg
Sega and Atari controllers use a different pin for power. Standard 3 and 6 buttons Genesis/Mega Drive pads work on an Atari 2600 even if power is applied to the wrong pin, but that just happens "by chance" and you can't assume that any sega controller will work on the Atari.
In fact it's generally a bad idea to connect a controller designed for a different console without first ensuring (by reading a schematic or tracing the board) that it won't damage the console, the controller itself, or bo
