bohoki Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) i was thinking as i play my game with my digital converted joystick which games actually use the analog porportional control and which just haev a threash hold for absolute directions games like frogger,mr do,montezumas revenge,berzerk just seem to be absolute direction control definatly missile command,super breakout,star wars have absolute positioning is there a list that i missed? yep definatly gorf galaxian is very playable with digital but i guess it helps popping the little guys with the sword when you can move more slowly Edited October 11, 2008 by bohoki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Galaxian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Galaxian. I am guessing Gorf also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasaturn Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Yes, Galaxian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Pole Position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight8 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Pole Position kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Star Raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 i was thinking as i play my game with my digital converted joystick which games actually use the analog porportional control and which just haev a threash hold for absolute directions games like frogger,mr do,montezumas revenge,berzerk just seem to be absolute direction control definatly missile command,super breakout,star wars have absolute positioning is there a list that i missed? yep definatly gorf galaxian is very playable with digital but i guess it helps popping the little guys with the sword when you can move more slowly I guess you could also ask that out of those that do use the analog nature of the Atari 5200 joystick, how many use it on both axes since you could always wire up an Atari 2600 paddle controller for one-axis analog motion and definitely works better than the Atari 5200 stick for games like Super Breakout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 (edited) IIRC, Rescue on Fractalus! uses analog control too. Edited October 16, 2008 by Kr0tki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Pole Position kaboom Megamania and Kaboom work great with an Atari 800 Paddle controller since they only use one axis. Speaking of controllers, the frogger game works great with a trackball using the keypad mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 i guess what i was really asking is which games require the analog like missile command,superbreakout,gorf ,kaboom,star wars ones that had absolute positioning not like say galaxian where a little push makes the ship move a little faster in that direction hmm i wonder how that game would be if all the way left was all the way left center was center and right was right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 i guess what i was really asking is which games require the analog like missile command,superbreakout,gorf ,kaboom,star wars ones that had absolute positioning not like say galaxian where a little push makes the ship move a little faster in that direction hmm i wonder how that game would be if all the way left was all the way left center was center and right was right You may be interested in this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=320313463370 I get higher scores when I use this over the Atari 5200 stock controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Choplifter is great with analog control! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV Gus Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Missile Command. Star Raiders. Notice how moving the stick a little turns you slowly, while moving it more moves you more quickly. Pole Position. Super Breakout. Except for Star Raiders, none of the above can be properly played with a digital controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Missile Command. Star Raiders. Notice how moving the stick a little turns you slowly, while moving it more moves you more quickly. Pole Position. Super Breakout. Except for Star Raiders, none of the above can be properly played with a digital controller. i have no problem playing pole position with digital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Choplifter is great with analog control! It really is. Best way to play the game on an Atari for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Choplifter is great with analog control! It really is. Best way to play the game on an Atari for sure! yea but them sonavabichin satelite thingies pizz me off so bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Missile Command. Star Raiders. Notice how moving the stick a little turns you slowly, while moving it more moves you more quickly. Pole Position. Super Breakout. Except for Star Raiders, none of the above can be properly played with a digital controller. i have no problem playing pole position with digital What digital controller did you use-- trackball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) Missile Command. Star Raiders. Notice how moving the stick a little turns you slowly, while moving it more moves you more quickly. Pole Position. Super Breakout. Except for Star Raiders, none of the above can be properly played with a digital controller. i have no problem playing pole position with digital What digital controller did you use-- trackball? i have a couple one offs one i made and one i adapted autofire is so cool on joust Edited October 25, 2008 by bohoki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV Gus Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 The problem with Pole Position is that you skid every time when you use a digital controller- the more gradual turning isn't possible. This is why it plays so well with a paddle controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 The problem with Pole Position is that you skid every time when you use a digital controller- the more gradual turning isn't possible. This is why it plays so well with a paddle controller. It's also hard to keep the car from going straight with a digital joystick as sometimes joystick is not exactly centered. On the Atari 800 however, the digital joystick works good as there's an exact way to read center position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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