Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 http://www.cyberniklas.de/pongmechanik/video.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Neat, but... Joysticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcv Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 It's neat... but... The video says they use the original controller types? Huh? They're using joysticks. Also, closeups of the game show that the collision and physics aren't quite perfected. Pretty cool, though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 That's an insane feat of retro electromechanical engineering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 Neat, but... Joysticks? My thoughts exactly. Shouldn't have been a big problem to use paddles instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 That was actually very interesting and educational. I like the picture of Nolan Bushnell and the other guy, what's-his-name? Quite comical... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimsterAA Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Those joysticks look remarkably similar to the Commodore 64 Plug-n-Play handheld I purchased last year. Very distinctive look (all black, ball-topped stick, two red buttons on top). Didn't look like generic joysticks. --Timster-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Those joysticks look remarkably similar to the Commodore 64 Plug-n-Play handheld I purchased last year. Very distinctive look (all black, ball-topped stick, two red buttons on top). Didn't look like generic joysticks. --Timster-- Those are Competition Pro Joysticks. They're legendary amongst C64 users, that's why their design (unfortunately not the quality) was mimic'd for the C64 DTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSprinter Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Gotta agree with Cybergoth on that one. Though from what I remember, it wasn't just the Commodores it was legendary for over in Europe. It (as well as the Zip Stick) was a very popular joystick for any 8-bit or 16-bit computer at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimsterAA Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Hmmm... the joystick favored by me and my 8-bit playing friends back-in-the-day was the WICO stick. Anything by WICO seemed to last forever (I still have a few that work as good as day one). I never saw the joystick the DTV was based on until I bought a DTV. A euro thing, maybe? --Timster-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Gotta agree with Cybergoth on that one. Though from what I remember, it wasn't just the Commodores it was legendary for over in Europe. It (as well as the Zip Stick) was a very popular joystick for any 8-bit or 16-bit computer at the time. Almost agree. Just not with "at the time", as they're still produced: Classic C64/Amiga compatible Modern USB Variant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Humbug Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Gotta agree with Cybergoth on that one. Though from what I remember, it wasn't just the Commodores it was legendary for over in Europe. It (as well as the Zip Stick) was a very popular joystick for any 8-bit or 16-bit computer at the time. Almost agree. Just not with "at the time", as they're still produced: Classic C64/Amiga compatible Modern USB Variant great link, didn´t know they are produced again. And for the quality: the old ones were great, mine are still working!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 great link, didn´t know they are produced again. Die USB Variante kriegt man eigentlich schon seit geraumer Zeit (2-3 Jahre) in jedem Saturn/Mediamarkt und kostet nur 1/4 von einem Stelladaptor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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