Best controllers Atari ever made. Everything after this was rubbish.
#atari #atari2600 #retrogaming

  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It’s disappointing there’s no paddle controller for Atari 50 on consoles. So many of the games are flat out unplayable with a joystick.

  • EABOD25@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Yes. Best Atari controllers for atari consoles. You are right in that regard. Keyboard and mouse still win in every other comparison

    • FigMcLargeHuge
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      4 days ago

      Wico had the best controllers for Atari in my opinion. Don’t think they had a paddle, but they did have a trackball which was great to play Centipede and Missile Command with.

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        This controller had rotators for movement with the paddle. You could perform 3-dimensiol movement while a auxiliary action command was available. At the time, it was top-of-the-line, but it also came out when Atari consoles were on their way out

        • FigMcLargeHuge
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          4 days ago

          Which controller is that you are talking about? I know they had paddles and also driving controllers which were paddles without the stop. The wico controllers I am talking about are the Red Ball and the same stick versions.

  • Odo@lemmy.world
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    I wanted to like them but only one of mine worked properly. The other made the paddle twitch back and forth erratically.