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From: mdd2 <mdd2@doc.ic.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Atari joystick...?
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 12:47:00 +0100
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...or use any MegaDrive joypad: they used an extended version of the old
system,

James Shaughnessy wrote:

> Elliott Lee wrote:
> > Completely unrelated to the Yaroze, but do any of you out there have
> > an old (but functional) Atari 2600-type joystick around?
>
> You can use any 9-pin standard joystick -- orginally the Atari console,
> then the CBM64, then Amiga and ST all use that same standard.
> Anyhoo the best (arguably) is the Competition Pro 5000 or the ZipStick
> which are compatible with any machine above.  Or do you want the
> original right-handed-only Atari stick (that always broke)?
> You will definitely be able to buy one of these joysticks in any
> 2nd-hand store (being so common with the 16-bit machines), as I say I
> recommend going for the Comp Pro 5000 for some serious high-level Kick
> Off 2 matches, or some 3-player Super Sprint sessions.
>
> Jim
> --
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> James Shaughnessy    james@manc.u-net.com
> http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~shaughnj
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