USB atari compatible joystick adapter

ulaoulao

Controller Man
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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

Ah so you finally took that advise ;)
In my set up I use the chip to power the controller not the +5 from the usb, that way I control what pins are what. The 3d0 had yet anther set up for power as I recall and coleaco is set up to reverse polarity.

Are you planning on supporting vecterx, SAC, and Bally? SAC is a lot of fun, especially the dial. Vectrex deepening on the your analogs pins would be possible, and Bally is just an oldie but goodie.

Glad to see your progressing.
 
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Nitz76

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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

Ah so you finally took that advise ;)


Are you planning on supporting vecterx, SAC, and Bally? SAC is a lot of fun, especially the dial. Vectrex deepening on the your analogs pins would be possible, and Bally is just an oldie but goodie.

Glad to see your progressing.
Hi Ulaoulao!

Vectrex are a bit too odd for the hardware. I did not planned to have analog on every pins!
For SAC and Bally, do you have the pinout for this? There are so many DB9 joysticks out there with so many different pinouts. I never imagine there was that much! Good thing is that the hardware can support most of them (with some exceptions!) :happy:

What about your Blissbox? Any new version coming?

Cheers! :thumb_up:
 

ulaoulao

Controller Man
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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

Vectrex are a bit too odd for the hardware. I did not planned to have analog on every pins!
that is why I asked I did the same thing so a patch cable was required. SAC is the same pinout as coleco but just does extra work. Bally I think is a normal atari but makes a few additional reads I'd have to look at my code.

Bliss-box has split up, I could not handle the up keep on making them. So there is a product called Four-Play that will enter production this year. Its sort of a 4 player hub like device that serves as 4 Bliss-Boxes. Instead of mounting the ports on the box it uses cables. Hopping this will free up my time to work on more code. KickStarter to launch this month.
 

Nitz76

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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

that is why I asked I did the same thing so a patch cable was required. SAC is the same pinout as coleco but just does extra work. Bally I think is a normal atari but makes a few additional reads I'd have to look at my code.

Bliss-box has split up, I could not handle the up keep on making them. So there is a product called Four-Play that will enter production this year. Its sort of a 4 player hub like device that serves as 4 Bliss-Boxes. Instead of mounting the ports on the box it uses cables. Hopping this will free up my time to work on more code. KickStarter to launch this month.

Nice! :thumb_up:
 

ulaoulao

Controller Man
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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

Looks like bally just needs to read a button for up direction, other then that it fits the atari pinout. Maybe they did that for some type of atari detection I don't know. Its weird though.
 

Nitz76

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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

I've added some more items in the compatibility list:
◾TI99/4/4a Joystick
◾FM Towns/Marty Joypad
◾Odyssey2 controller
◾Fairchild channel F controller

I also built a new firmware for the Atari / Commodore paddles that is more precise in analog reading.
:happy:
 

Nitz76

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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

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From Cyber Monday, December 1st to December 25th, we offer a price drop on the USB joystick adapter!

Seasons greetings from the Retronic Design team!


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ulaoulao

Controller Man
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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

As much as I appreciate your efforts as many other members here do, we do not condone selling and price talk on this board. Price info has been removed feel free to edit that post without promotional gain.
Second reminder... Linking to your site is ok, not price talk. Your post has been edited.
 
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Nitz76

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More compatible!

Most compatible joystick adapter on the market and still adding new devices!

Actual compatibility list is as follow:

Atari 2600 Joystick
Atari 7800 Joystick (2 buttons)
Atari analog Paddle (2 players)
Atari driving controller
Atari video touch pad Keyboard
Amstrad Joystick (3 buttons)
Amiga Joystick
Amiga Mouse / Trackball (2 and 3 buttons)
Atari ST Mouse / Trackball (2 buttons)
Commodore 64 Joystick
Commodore CD32 Joypad (7 buttons)
Intellivision Touch pad (16 direction disc and 15 buttons)
Intellivision Flashback Touch pad (16 direction disc and 15 buttons)
ColecoVision Touch pad and Super Action Controller (16 buttons + spinner)
Coleco Gemini Joystick & Paddle (Hybrid controller, also compatible with Sears console)
MSX Joystick (2 buttons)
Sega Genesis Joypad (3 and 6 buttons)
Sega Master System Joypad
Sega Multi-Tap Adapter (4 players)
3DO (Panasonic) Joypad
TI99/4/4a Joystick
FM Towns/Marty Joypad
Famiclone (NES clone) Joypad
Odyssey2 controller
Fairchild channel F controller
Bally/Astrocade controller
RedOctane Dance pads (6 buttons DB9 version)

Happy St-Paddys day! :laugh:
 

dungdn93

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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

Congrats on the numbers! 500 adapters is nothing to sneeze at, Im sure. ;D
 

ulaoulao

Controller Man
Staff member
Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

Sega Genesis Joypad (3 and 6 buttons)
Sega Master System Joypad

Again he said "Most compatible joystick adapter on the market" not "Most compatible db9 style joystick adapter on the market"

Also, your controller knowledge is really bad... All of the following below work from the list I linked work on the db9 port and very possibly many from the list Nitz76 mentioned.

gen 3
gen 6
sms
Amiga Joystick
sega Justifier gun
At_ri paddles ( and clones )
At_ri driving paddles
At_ri Number pad
At_ri track ball
At_ri 7800
At_ri Zircon Video Command
At_ri Un-Roller Controller
At_ri Gemstick
At_ri Video Controller Joystick
Commodore 64
vecterx
intellivision
colecovision pad
Coleco Gemini
supper action controller (SAC)
3d0 flight stick
3d0 all 3 companies and knockoffs)
Commodore cd32
ZX Sinclair
MSX Joystick
gx4000
FM Towns
 
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Nitz76

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Compatibility list updated

Actually we did update the compatibility list and recently corrected the Bally Astrocade firmware for supporting the top paddle correctly.

Current joystick and adapter support list:
  • Atari 2600 Joystick -TESTED!
    Atari 7800 Joystick (2 buttons) -TESTED!
    Atari analog Paddles (2 players) -TESTED!
    Atari driving controller -need feedback
    Atari video touch pad Keyboard -need feedback
    Amstrad Joystick (3 buttons) -TESTED!
    Amiga Joystick -TESTED!
    Amiga Mouse / Trackball (2 and 3 buttons) -TESTED!
    Atari ST Mouse / Trackball (2 buttons) -TESTED!
    Commodore 64 Joystick -TESTED!
    Commodore CD32 Joypad (7 buttons) -TESTED!
    Commodore Analog Paddles (2 players) -TESTED!
    Intellivision Touch pad (16 direction disc and 15 buttons) -TESTED!
    Intellivision Flashback Touch pad (16 direction disc and 15 buttons) -TESTED!
    ColecoVision Touch pad and Super Action Controller (16 buttons + spinner) -TESTED!
    Coleco Gemini Joystick & Paddle (Hybrid controller, also compatible with Sears console) -need feedback
    MSX Joystick (2 buttons) -TESTED!
    Sega Genesis Joypad (3 and 6 buttons) -TESTED!
    Sega Master System Joypad -TESTED!
    Sega Multi-Tap Adapter (4 players) -need feedback
    3DO (Panasonic) Joypad -TESTED!
    TI99/4/4a Joystick -TESTED!
    FM Towns/Marty Joypad -need feedback
    Famiclone (NES clone) Joypad -need feedback
    Odyssey2 controller -need feedback
    Fairchild channel F controller -need feedback
    Bally/Astrocade controller -TESTED!
    RedOctane Dance pads (6 buttons DB9 version) -TESTED!
    ZX Spectrum Interface 2 Joysticks -TESTED!

So if it exists and have a DB-9 port, it should be supported! :thumb_up:
 
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ctthuhuong

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Re: Yup, It's this time of year again!

I just finished implementing ColecoVision Super Action Controller;
Phew! What a controller it is! Using Grey code to read 3x4keyboard. There is also a quadrature for reading a spinner on the front. That was fun!
 
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