AtariLeaf Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Everytime I pick up stuff from one of my local thrifts, I invariably get some extra "junk" in every deal just because its in a box or sitting around on their back work bench and they want to get rid of it. Anyway, I always put this "junk" in a box or two in my basement. I went through it today and found what looks like an extention cord for any standard 9 pin joystick. It works fine but I've never heard of it before. Rare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Rare? Not at all. Useful though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I have two around here somewhere, but one quit working. I also had a rapid-fire thing you could plug in, but some kid talked me into trading it for a game back in the late 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 they're pretty easy to find since so many systems used the 9 pin. i like the sega genesis ones myself since they're really damn long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarisales Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I have a 9-pin y cord. I can't think of any reason to have 2 joysticks plugged into 1 port, but I have the cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukasa Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I have a 9-pin y cord. I can't think of any reason to have 2 joysticks plugged into 1 port' date=' but I have the cord.[/quote']That would be for the 2600 variants that use the joysticks with built-in paddles, allowing four player paddle games.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Warlords Anyways, yea, they're pretty common, you can even go to a computer shop and get a 9 pin serial extention. I myself don't need it because my current joystick right now uses old Genesis cords, and its a dual atari 2600 joystick. I'll take pics later if you guys want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Gah no edit button... Its not truely dual joystick, its a 8 button PSX arcade joystick and having 4 buttons as directional buttons, same type of layout as the arrow keys on the keyboard, but on the joystick. Really useful with games like Stargate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph3 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I have a 9-pin y cord. I can't think of any reason to have 2 joysticks plugged into 1 port' date=' but I have the cord.[/quote']It is an adapter for the Texas Instruments to have two Atari style controllers hooked up to the system. Factory TI sticks are hooked up together like the Atari Paddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I have a 9-pin y cord. I can't think of any reason to have 2 joysticks plugged into 1 port' date=' but I have the cord.[/quote'] The Y cord can be used for: Short extension cord for Vectrex. Driving Controller and Starpex Controller plugged in at same time for Tempest games. Other custom controller setups with various circuit adapters. Extension cables are great to keep from wearing out your controller port with plugging / unplugging. Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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