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Hi Guys,

 I’m new to the Colecovision.  I almost got one in the 80’s but my sister ruined it.  Anyways I love the system.  Is there a good alternative controller?  It doesn’t really feel comfortable in my hands?  Also any good home brews and where to get them?  I’m surprised Atari Age has a very limited selection.

Thank you!

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3 minutes ago, rcajun90 said:

Hi Guys,

 I’m new to the Colecovision.  I almost got one in the 80’s but my sister ruined it.  Anyways I love the system.  Is there a good alternative controller?  It doesn’t really feel comfortable in my hands?  Also any good home brews and where to get them?  I’m surprised Atari Age has a very limited selection.

Thank you!

For alternative controllers, I really like the ones made by Retroboyz on Ebay. If you like more arcade style controllers Eladdin and @doubledown make some nice controllers.

 

For homebrew check out Opcode, CollectorVision and you can search the forum of Team Pixelboy's Dec 25th posts for many free homebrews.

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If you are looking for something a bit more joystick-like, you could try a 'Super Action Controller'?

I have a few of them and though I actually use them more on my 2600 then with the Colecovision, they are an official Colecovision accessory.

There is also a Wico Colecovision joystick, but I believe they are rare to find and quite a bit more expensive.

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If I were just getting into colecovision, i'd first pick up an Atarimax Ultimate SD:

https://www.atarimax.com/colecosd/documentation/

 

The head over to cvaddict for publicly available stuff:

https://cvaddict.com/list.php

 

And then get in on Collectorvision's super game club, which will give you a CIB game (this year, it's TWO games) and access to their rom vault:

https://collectorvision.com/shop/colecovision/collectorvision-experience-club-membership-2021/

(I believe you have until this sunday, 1/17 to get in on the 2021 club)

 

I think everyone has steered you in the right direction for controllers.  

 

 

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Your biggest considerations, with regards to an alternate controller, would be your budget, and do you want it to be a full featured ColecoVision controller, or just the basics...meaning it's missing most of the keypad functionality.  Original 1st and 3rd party controllers that were full-featured from BITD, include:

 

Coleco Hand Controller

Coleco Super Action Controller

Gemini Keypad Gemstick - generally considered terrible

WICO Command Control - generally considered terrible

Spectravideo SV-103 QuickShot III - my preferred controller, of the original 3rd party options

Suncom Joy Sensor - generally considered terrible

Amiga The Power Stick - generally considered terrible

Championship Electronics Mini-Champ w/ Champ Adapter (keypad) - not great

 

Any Atari 2600 controller will work for joystick duty, and 1 button on the ColecoVision, but obviously won't work for games that require the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th buttons...and you would still need a keypad in some way.  

 

A few people sell NES or Genesis style controllers for use on the ColecoVision (found on ebay I presume), that will offer directional control, 2 buttons, and a few keypad buttons, but not all 12.  So these will work for some games, but not for others.  

 

A few of us over the years made/offered/sold Atari JagPad and Jaguar ProPad to ColecoVision conversion controllers, as well as FC and SFC NTT Data Control Pad to ColecoVision conversion controllers, but I don't know if anybody is offering these at the moment.  These were all full-featured controllers, as the donor controllers had a full 12 button keypad.  

 

Then of course there are a few of us who make full-featured arcade controllers for the ColecoVision, but if you're looking for a full-featured, hand-held type of controller (modern control pad-esque), there currently isn't anything available that I can think of.

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https://edladdin.com/Super-CV-ec-1-005.htm

I have a Super CV joystick controller that is also available at the AtariAge store. It has an arcade quality Sanwa joystick with Suzo-Happ buttons. It has great aesthetics and works great. Beware of the Wico Command Control. I bought one new in the early 1980s. I still have it but due to it's terribly hard uncomfortable side buttons, I never use it now.

Super-CV-00007b-750.jpg

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