Atari 2600 arcade stick

[celerystalker]

So, one of the things I have hated about the 2600 was those spongy joysticks. The tops would come off, and I always felt like I was really mashing on the things to get my directions and diagonals right. My parents hated them as well, and we had a few aftermarket controllers like Gemsticks to try something else, but they all felt goofy to me. I don't know why I never thought of doing so earlier, but I decided to wire up a real arcade stick using some spare parts I keep on hand for actual cabinets, and it worked tremendously... even easier than I suspected, requiring no soldering. It felt awesome to play some games with a real arcade stick and button, and it didn't take but a few minutes and about $10 worth of parts. If anyone is interested, I'll post some pics and a tutorial. I have to make another one for my mom anyway.

[Stringfellow]

sounds interesting. I wouldn't mind seeing some pics

[o.pwuaioc]

Why not just nab a Competition Pro or Wico Command? They're not that expensive, although I don't think you can get them for under $10 anymore (at least not online).

[Gameguy]

Why not just nab a Competition Pro or Wico Command?

You beat me to it. The Wico joysticks were built using arcade quality parts, I would go with these.

[Gamevet]

I have a Wico Command sitting around here somewhere. It's pretty cool, but it takes a little while getting used to playing those 2600 games using a better controller.

[XYXZYZ]

I thought about making a more conventional arcade joystick for the VCS but I don't play it enough to justify building it.

[treismac]

This works for me.

[bb_hood]

When I play atari 2600 I use an Amiga Power-Stick. Its a joystick so small you can play games using only one hand.

[BlastProcessing402]

This works for me.

Are there any 2600 games (other than the obvious ones like paddle games) that don't work right with Genesis controllers? I only ask because of the way a few Master System games don't even work right with them,.