WTB C64 Paddles

[AtariLeaf]

Looking for a nice working pair of Commodore 64 paddles. Not sure what they're worth so perhaps I should have led with that question. My other question is which ones are better - I've seen two styles - one that looks like regular atari paddles with a more tan/beige color scheme and then there's these others that have a longer black base with grey knob and a big red button at the top.

 

Is one designed for the Vic-20 or do both work with the C64? Trying to play games like Clowns and Pinball Spectacular with atari paddles is an epileptic nightmare of jitteriness.

[Rybags]

The ones with the rectangular button are an ergonomic joke. Atari style much better.

 

Not sure about Vic-20 but C64 paddles use 500K pots where Atari ones use 1M.

What that means is on Atari, C= paddles won't generate the full range of possible values, Atari paddles on C-64 the available values will appear in a smaller area so the paddles will have a greater dead zone.

[Mayhem]

Yeah, it's better to use Atari paddles on the C64 than the official ones.

[AtariLeaf]

I remember using atari paddles that work great on a 2600 were a jittery mess on a vic. Is the C64 different?

[AtariLeaf]

I'm going to hold off purchasing paddles for the C64 at the moment. Standard Atari paddles seem to do just fine after all.