SMS controller with a atari 7800

[geezuzkhrist119]

i was just looking on chasethechuckwagon and saw that someone is selling a modded sms controller that works on a 7800.
http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/it...tem=0000206124

doesnt the sms and the 7800 have the same controller ports? if so i would think it would work without any mod done

[exit]

I think I remember doing that as a kid and it always worked fine. Hell, I remember hooking up the controllers we had for the C64 and used them on our Atari. We used to always plug a controller into whatever it could fit into to see if it would work and I remember always getting positive results.

[Steve W]

Well, after the Atari hit it big along with the Atari computers, the 9-pin plugs on joysticks sort of became an 'unofficial' standard in the video game and computer industry for a good while. You can swap most 9-pin controllers between different machines and they'll all control directions, if not always multiple fire buttons. The one exception off the top of my head are the hand controllers for the Intellivision II and the TI Home Computer's twin joysticks. Commodore's machines had 9-pin ports, and of course all the Atari computers and most game consoles had them, and the Sega systems had them until the Saturn. That's the primary reason Atari sued Sega in the '90s, because Atari had the copyright (or was it a patent?) on that type of joystick port and configuration/compatibility, and Sega never licensed it for use in the SMS and Genesis.

[MissingNo_1231]

all I know is that I usually play my 7800 with a Genesis controller. I like it a whole lot better personally.

[thunderkid]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the Sega controllers when plugged into a 7800 will only have 1 fire button. The controller needs to be modified to enable the 2nd fire button.

[Mitch]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the Sega controllers when plugged into a 7800 will only have 1 fire button. The controller needs to be modified to enable the 2nd fire button.

You are correct.

Mitch