RangerG Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 I just got a Starplex controller from an Ebay win and I have enjoyed playing Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Phoenix. This is the joystick that uses buttons for right, left, up, fire, and hyperspace. The joystick is much smaller than I thought (I thought it was more like one of those Fire Command box sticks), but it a smooth, nice controller with the all-important woodgrain . Any other suggestions for good games to play with the Starplex from those who have this controller ?? Also, did anyone figure out what the battery compartment is for? Thanks! RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Track and Field and Decathlon might work well for this controller. I'd really like to get one of these controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Any other suggestions for good games to play with the Starplex from those who have this controller ?? Also, did anyone figure out what the battery compartment is for? I think the battery would be for the auto-fire option (the picture here labels it as Astroblast), although that's just a guess. Other good games would be: Gravitar (a must-have!), Galaxian, Demon Attack, David's Midnight Magic, Space War, Combat, etc. Anything with similar controls will do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted October 21, 2003 Author Share Posted October 21, 2003 You are right - Demon Attack rocks and the battery is for auto-fire. It takes awhile to get used to the button control, but the controller and fire-buttons are nice and it is great for Asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 The funny thing about the Starpex is that they put so much effort into making a battery compartment .. when they could have used a +5v line from the console instead! The Starplex is a five button controller setup like an Arcade Asteroids control console! Starplex works with all Asteroids/ Gravitar/ Thrust/ Space War games! What I call LRTF/LRHTF games! It also works with all Death From Above games like Space Invaders, Galaxian, Megamania, etc. With circuit adapters it will work with a variety of classic consoles including: O2, Astrocade, Atari 8 bits, Atari 5200, Intellivision, and the Vectrex! The Starplex rocks with the Vectrex (Minestorm, Gravitrex, Space Wars, Star Castle, YASI!). NOTE: I wore out the fire button on my Starplex controller. It was binding and not popping up. I took the switch out .. and apart .. cleaning did not restore the spring up. Finally I modified it by removing a small amount of plastic .. and it now works great! Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Here is a picture of my Starplex w/ Box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I found that using the Starplex controller made getting to, and getting around, the secret kingdom in Mountain King a whole lot easier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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