I've owned a Sears Video Arcade II for years, but have used it with more common controllers.
I found a working Sears controller on eBay for a reasonable price and ordered it.
It arrived Thursday and I've tried it with a few games:
- Ergonomically it's comfy to hold, but with one big caveat,
- The 8-way joystick works reasonably well, about the same as a stock Atari joystick.
- The paddle function actually works great, and easily as good or better than a stock Atari paddle.
It works very well for a game like Kaboom!
- The caveat - the fire buttons are in a terrible location and don't work too well.
To play a shooter that requires a lot of fire button action is awful.