DaytonaUSA Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 So, having a new XEGS 8-bit Atari computer, I'm really digging into the library. Choplifter just came today, and I'm glued! But there's one game that stands above all the rest. That's Robotron 2084 (I'll be 99 years old if I see the day, haha). And unlike oh-so-many home versions of Robotron, this one at least attempts to do the control right.... kinda. If you plug in an Atari joystick into player 1 slot, another into player 2 slot, and set the joysticks in the tray that's apart of the box the game comes in, you can have dual joystick control. There's some problems here, though. 1. Most don't have a box. 2. If you have a box, you probably either don't want to be rough-housing it or it's too brittle to work right. 3. 2600 controllers simply aren't the most accurate things in the world, and it's just not the same, control wise. Otherwise the game is awesome. The graphics are good for an Atari 8-bit game, and the sound... the sound is where it's at! But the control is just not perfect. I've come up with the perfect solution. Years ago, I had a Virtual Boy go bust on me. A friend of mine took it for parts, and I kept the controller. I've literally had no use for the thing until this week. It's the only controller (that I can think of) that has 2 d-pads, one for each hand, and has plenty of fire buttons. So, the controller is being modded so that the controller outputs to two 7800 controller port connections. Player one, and player two. The left d-pad is player one, the right d-pad is player two. In addition, so that I can play other games with the controller, B & A will be fire 1 and fire 2 for player one, and L & R will be fire 1 and fire 2 for player two. So no matter how I want to control a game, I'll have a way to play it, with (in my opinion) the best dpads Nintendo ever produced. I love this controller, and it's quality far outshines the system it's attached to. I think it'll live on well with my XEGS, and be better put to use. It should be done in a bit, and I'll show you all once its done. SO excited, and I can't wait to play Robotron with this thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRTGAMER Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 That is a nice idea. I came up with a few others myself on various consoles that might be of interest. The most surprising is the PS1 version not needing any sort of hardware mod! Twin Stick Mod Guide: Console Arcade Method - http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=290325#p290325 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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