![]() Like a good game system, the Dreamcast joystick is really minimal. And strangely, one of the most responsive Dreamcast sticks I have found yet. ![]() But this was not useable to me (readily) for hacking. At least not as readily as this one.Ī Performance "Astropad". I was not impressed with this as a controller, but opening it up was a wealth of wires, basic pads, etc. I *LOVE* Atari800DC on the Dreamcast, and use the 5200 mode for the 5200 High Score Thread contests.Īlways thought it would be cool to have a regular Atari 2600 on the Dreamcast for this though, so I started looking around.Eventually I got to looking the D-Pad on this controller and realized that it was just a midget version of the circuit board in the 2600 controller: I opened up the typical Dreamcast joystick.Īnd just looked at that. Eventually I got to looking the D-Pad on this controller and realized that it was just a midget version of the circuit board in the 2600 controller: I was not impressed with this as a controller, but opening it up was a wealth of wires, basic pads, etc. So I worked on this, connecting the Atari 2600 stick to this D-Pad was almost wire for wire. And then I put the Dreamcast Astropad controller and the Atari 2600 controller together. Though I think I will take another Astropad, or with this one, just add a nine pin port to connect Atari 2600 joysticks up directly to the controller itself, or put the Astropad into a base and let the controller connect to that.īut it is nice to know one way to connect an Atari 2600 joystick to a Dreamcast.Ī little different different from what you have done, but thanks to bigo for help with it I am using a interact 3rd party dreamcast controller on my atari 5200 now. It woks pretty well on most games I have played except popeye which it won't go up or down. This whole project started because I wanted a good controller with the 5200. So how do you have to do the conversion process for the interact controller and which one specifically was it? I got a few of those. Well to start with it is wired with a 15 pin connector thru my pc joystick adapter. the interact dc controllers use pots in the thumbstick instead on the hall effect on the origional dc controller mine is called a quantum fighter u can pick them up on ebay for a few bucks. ![]() ![]() right now I have it wired to use the thumbstick which is 100k pots but only about 80k range actually works. ![]() I don't have my exact wiring scheme with me now but I can get it for you tomorrow. right now I only have the b button wired up as primary fire and a button as 2nd fire button, but As soon as I get some 15 conductor wire I am going to wire up the buttons in the center as start pause reset and see if I can use the auto fire in the x y and z buttons. If you need me to give detailed instructs on it let me know and I will get it to you tomorrow. BTW I don't have the digital pad working just the thumbstick and I have only tried it on about 10 games If you need me to give detailed instructs on it let me know and I will get it to you tomorrow. Sweet!! I like that! Yeh share those details here when you get the chance.Ītari 2600 to Proformance Astropad for the Dreamcastġ) find a 9 pin serial port male connector cable. ![]()
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