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BillTheGalacticHero Apr 11, 2016 @ 6:33pm
Using a Real paddle
I have a real Atari 2600 paddle and joystick, and a USB adapter for them. Neither works with any of these games. Is there any hope that they ever will? Using a joystick/keyboard/mouse to emulate a paddle doesn't cut it IMHO.
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FleetCommand Apr 12, 2016 @ 1:39pm 
Does a paddle controller exist at all for the PC? I mean, an original one? That would be also fun to use...
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BillTheGalacticHero Apr 22, 2016 @ 9:40am 
I don't think you can buy them new but used ones are available EVERYWHERE. You can buy usb adapters to connect them to your PC. They work fine in emulators like Stella.
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Code Mystics Apr 22, 2016 @ 11:55am 
Have you tried a virtualiser driver like vJoy? If you could map the paddle input to an analogue stick axis and set the game to use the absolute position of that input, it should work.
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cimerians Apr 23, 2016 @ 6:50pm 
Tried just about every adapter and driver nothing works properly for me. Not sure why paddle games always show up in compilations when they are barely playable if at all. Someone someday needs to also develop these games for a specific adapater that exists out there (there are many of course).
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Code Mystics Apr 23, 2016 @ 7:36pm 
Originally posted by cimerians:
Tried just about every adapter and driver nothing works properly for me. Not sure why paddle games always show up in compilations when they are barely playable if at all. Someone someday needs to also develop these games for a specific adapater that exists out there (there are many of course).

Again, one of the things you have to do to prepare the game to work with a paddle is to go into the game's Options->Controls and set the control to Absolute instead of Relative. After that...

As to compatibility, newer games and newer operating systems these days have standardised on the XInput interface. Drivers do exist, though, that bridge the gap to XInput. If you can map the paddle to the left stick axes in a legacy controller support driver once you've set the game to "Absolute" mode, it should work. You will probably be best off using the newest beta to accomplish this though.
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pmar.prj Sep 3, 2016 @ 1:13pm 
coulda just had hidden native support for something like that like Yak did in T2K on the Jaguar
but then again INFOGRAMES doesnt give two damns about him
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