Star Raiders question

[Algus]

I grabbed a few 2600 games today, including Star Raiders ($0.50/ea at the local used everything store ) and I'd like to dive into it but I find myself without the touchpad since they just had the game cartridge. I was wondering though if anyone know if I can use a Genesis gamepad in place of the Star Raiders touchpad? If so, is there a control map somewhere I could get pointed to?

 

If this isn't a possibility does anyone know if there's an alternative to using the touchpad and still have full controls in the game? Its looking like the touch pad isn't THAT expensive on the Internet but with the holiday approaching I figure it'd be a couple weeks or more before I actually got my hands on the touch pad thanks to shipping.

[A.J. Franzman]

The Video Touch Pad, Keyboard Controllers, and Kid's Controllers are electrically equivalent; you can use any of them for any game that requires one of them. Overlays and carts needing two of the controllers (BASIC programming, Synthcart, etc.) are about the only complications, though Star Raiders is simple enough to memorize the buttons and play without an overlay.

[R.O.T.S]

Overlays and carts needing two of the controllers (BASIC programming, Synthcart, etc.) are about the only complications, though Star Raiders is simple enough to memorize the buttons and play without an overlay.

I don`t suppose there is anyone who reproduces these touchpad overlays or a section on the forum where people upload a scan that can be printed and cut to shape as a repro?

[Ransom]

Your friendly AtariAge database has what you want right here.

[R.O.T.S]

Ransom!,thanks for that

[Minos]

Maybe I shouldn't be resurrecting such an old thread, but the OP had a great question that I don't think was answered:

 

"I was wondering [...] if I can use a Genesis gamepad in place of the Star Raiders touchpad? If so, is there a control map somewhere I could get pointed to?"

 

Would this work? Just curious. I have a touchpad, anyway, but would (say) hitting B turn your shields on/off? (Haven't tried this myself just because I know Genesis gamepads can be dangerous on a Commodore 64, so I'm cautious.)

[Tinman]

3 minutes ago, Minos said:

Maybe I shouldn't be resurrecting such an old thread, but the OP had a great question that I don't think was answered:

 

"I was wondering [...] if I can use a Genesis gamepad in place of the Star Raiders touchpad? If so, is there a control map somewhere I could get pointed to?"

 

Would this work? Just curious. I have a touchpad, anyway, but would (say) hitting B turn your shields on/off? (Haven't tried this myself just because I know Genesis gamepads can be dangerous on a Commodore 64, so I'm cautious.)

If you're playing on an emulator, this is very easy.  On actual hardware, I have no idea how you'd do such a thing.

[AtariSphinx]

49 minutes ago, Minos said:

I was wondering [...] if I can use a Genesis gamepad in place of the Star Raiders touchpad? If so, is there a control map somewhere I could get pointed to?

The touchpad/keypad/kids controller work differently than that.  Plus you need 3-5 buttons (depending on level) on the touchpad for Star Raiders to be played.

[Raiu]

Genesis controllers map to the Atari Joystick (IIRC, the B button is the Atari joystick button, the other extra buttons are non-functional), not the Keyboard/Touchpad/Kid controllers.

 

(I admit, I don't have 100% perfect information on whether the A, C, and Start buttons do anything when connected to a 2600, but they're definitely not a the Keyboard controller)