What type of game would you come up with, that uses a controller that is not supported on the 7800?

[CPUWIZ]

Just curious, because I keep thinking of silly crap like 7800 Band Games, with all the new sound possibilities.

 

EDIT:

 

1. Tempest with a true spinner.
2. Star Wars with a yoke.
3. Millipede with a Trak-Ball.
4. Zork with a keyboard.
5. Some kind of game show- jeopardy, wheel of fortune, etc. I'd want a full qwerty keyboard for that.
6. An actual driving controller would be cool. Pedals and everything.
7. How about a modern display friendly light gun for games like Chiller, Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley or an "on rails" shooter?
8. Marble madness with a trackball 
9. Sinistar with a 49 way optical stick
10. How about a stompable mat ala the NES Power Pad?
11. A snowboard/surfboard type game with a balance board
12. I just will put out something seriously possible: a Jedi-game with a lightsaber-stick... (motion control)
13. Or perhaps a chessgame, with a chessboard-shaped conteoller-board which have slots for chess-pieces which, when placed within a square, sends a joystick signal to the grfx on the screen. (RFID)
14. Why not a mouse?
15. XYZ with a functioning SIO Port and a pass-thru Joystick Port.
16. Tron with pistol grip joystick AND spinner.

 

[Shawn]

Ass stick.

[+DrVenkman]

Tempest with a true spinner. Star Wars with a yoke. Millipede with a Trak-Ball. Zork with a keyboard. ? 

[toiletunes]

Some kind of game show- jeopardy, wheel of fortune, etc. I'd want a full qwerty keyboard for that.

[RevEng]

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

Ass stick.

PRGE 2022: "Say... what's going on behind those curtains at the AA booth?"

[Cebus Capucinis]

Look, we're all thinking it, I'm just saying it.

 

KAAAAAAAAAAN-CHO!

[+Allan]

My vote is for a keyboard. A lot of magazine type programs can be adapted then with 7800Basic.

[CPUWIZ]

4 minutes ago, Allan said:

My vote is for a keyboard. A lot of magazine type programs can be adapted then with 7800Basic.

 

That is an interesting point.  Thanks.

[Shawn]

39 minutes ago, RevEng said:

PRGE 2022: "Say... what's going on behind those curtains at the AA booth?"

 

He edited my post and then his own as well. Originally he mentioned "7800 Hero". I replied that it would be good to mention that he meant a Guitar Hero and not the old school favorite we all know (Hero) as that game wouldn't need a different controller. 

[Shawn]

As for games that would need a new control scheme? How about a modern display friendly light gun for games like Chiller, Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley or an "on rails" shooter? Something like a demake of HOTD or Umbrella Chronicles would be fun.

[Cebus Capucinis]

An actual driving controller. Pedals and everything, shifter as well. That's not super original or anything, but it would be cool.

 

 

EDIT: There could even be some kind of keypad in the middle for buttons.  Y'know, for the fisticuffs and hideout searches for a certain game that is bound to come out any day now.

[CPUWIZ]

25 minutes ago, Shawn said:

 

He edited my post and then his own as well. Originally he mentioned "7800 Hero". I replied that it would be good to mention that he meant a Guitar Hero and not the old school favorite we all know (Hero) as that game wouldn't need a different controller. 

 

That game is called H.E.R.O., numb nut.  I thought Ass Stick would be funnier, since it exists, as proven by Cebus above.

[mimo]

I agree with Tempest with a spinner 

I'd like to add marble madness with a trackball 

Sinistar with a 49 way optical stick 

A snowboard/surfboard type game with a balance board 

 

 

 

 

[juansolo]

The most useful I feel would be a spinner with multiple buttons as that could be used for a lot of games and hacks (Tempest, Gyruss, Asteroids, Lunar Lander, Thrust, Sprint, Breakout, etc). For me it's the biggest selling point of the Atari Jaguar. I only own 4 games for it and 3 of them support the spinner.

Edited March 6, 2021 by juansolo

[+GoldenWheels]

I mean....I'd love to play an Pole Position II with a Driving Controller...hell I'd like to play anything but Indy 500 with the Driving Controller. I guess that's not really the Q tho.

[toiletunes]

Spinner/trigger games:

Front Line

Tron

 

 

Edited March 6, 2021 by toiletunes

[toiletunes]

3 button controller for zelda-esque games. One to shoot, one for special items, and one for sub-menu. Could also be used for a fighter game - punch, kick, block. 3 buttons could open up many possibilities.

[Bratwurst]

Echoing the interest in a dedicated driving controller, wheel, shifter, pedals.

 

A spinner/vaus controller for Tempest since there already is an Arkanoid port in the works?

 

How about a stompable mat ala the NES Power Pad?

[+Karl G]

A full keyboard for Basic Programming, 7800 edition.  ?

[Shawn]

2 hours ago, Bratwurst said:

 

 

How about a stompable mat ala the NES Power Pad?

 

DDR isn't a bad idea! There are some good ideas here as long as there are the games to go with it.

[+Cafeman]

[Cebus Capucinis]

3 hours ago, Cafeman said:

By our powers combined, body cavity searches will never be the same.

 

[CPUWIZ]

No Powerglove!  LOL

 

Fun, I had a DDR pad working with my PS2 adapter already.

 

Keep'em coming.

[Shawn]

52 minutes ago, CPUWIZ said:

No Powerglove!  LOL

 

Fun, I had a DDR pad working with my PS2 adapter already.

 

Keep'em coming.

 

A DDR game to go with it is a must. No controller has any use without the software to use it.

[CPUWIZ]

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

No controller has any use without the software to use it.

 

You are missing the point of the question.