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The Cult of Amiga Is Bringing an Obsolete Computer Into the 21st Century
Guys, we’re not alone! See this article in Popular Mechanics!
My life in gaming videos
These guys posted very interesting videos about retro gaming video stardards and tricks.
See: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpvtp7mH0Cdq8FQUxcjDq0Q
Using our new RGBS to YPbPr converter, you can display your old gaming console on a new LCD screen. Some caveats might be took in consideration. They explain theses very well!
Video on setting up the joystick adapter on AmigaOS 4.1
Our collaborator Joel Edberg made this tutorial video on how to setup the joystick adapter on Amiga OS4.1
Turrican II on Mac Book Pro using a USB joystick adapter!
Michiel Overeem from Connecting Media in Netherlands did a nice video of Turrican II on a Mac Book Pro using our USB joystick adapter. Reviving memories!
Original Joystick adapter design from 2000
In 2000, I designed a simple Atari numeric joystick to IBM PC analog joystick port adapter. This adapter was simply a voltage switcher that converted joystick movements to 0v, 2.5v, 5v (2.5v is centered stick). Easy you would say, but that was a bet I took with a friend that told me it was impossible to connect an Atari Joystick to a PC. This is where everything started… We are 16 years later and this quest for retro gaming is more present than ever!
As you can see, schematic was pretty simple…
Article about building your own Intellivision Retro Gaming Console out of a Raspberry PI
A complete article written by one of our collaborator, Mike Louie.
Using a Raspberry PI, two Retro Joystick adapters running the new Intellivision controller firmware and Retropie, you can revive your childhood memories with a touch of modernity!
Why Touchscreen Controls Are Useless For Retro Gaming & How To Fix It
Interesting blog post from Christian Cawley
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/touchscreen-controls-useless-retro-gaming-how-to-fix/
Posting about the adapter on stiGGY’s blog
USB adapter tested on Cloanto C64 forever 2013 and Amiga forever 2013
We sucessfully tested the adapter on a Windows 7 machine running both Cloanto C64 forever 2013 and Amiga forever 2013. These emulator/launcher softwares detected the adapter right away and used it by default. Totally “no-brainer” installation!!!
Detection is automatic! Nothing to do here!
Cloanto and Retronic Design, a match made in heaven for your Commodore retro gaming needs!
Cool article on “Code and Life” blog about the USB joystick adapter
Joonas Pihlajamaa wrote an article about the USB joystick adapter on Code and Life blog.
Article about us on Commodore Is Awesome
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Kitty from Commodore Is Awesome wrote a nice article about us:
http://awesome.commodore.me/usb-joystick-adapter-for-9-pin-joysticks/
First adapter shipped!
We just finished the first adapter and shipped it at the post office.
Thanks to everyone for your enthousiasm around this new project!
USB Joystick Adapter has arrived!
Our new USB adapter for Atari compatible joystick has just arrived from the factory!
Final assembly and programming has to be done and they will be ready to be shipped.
It’s live and in color!
We have our first working prototype.
It’s detected properly by Windows 7 without any 3rd party driver. It’s also detected properly by WinUAE. Okay then, it’s time to test it with some “serious” gaming…!
Performance are above expectations. No lag, no bug!
Time to push this baby to production.
New Project for USB Joystick Adapter
Based on the original design from Igor Cesko (http://www.cesko.host.sk/) and Paul Qureshi (http://denki.world3.net/), we are currently designing an USB Joystick Adapter specially suited for Atari compatible joysticks.
We stripped down everything except the Atari connector part and adding a convenient ISP connection to the board. We also stripped down the buttons to three, the maximum possible with this spec.
Here is the final schematic of it:
Source code has been slightly modified to fit this hardware:
Arcade_Joystick_V1.2.asm
Hope to have a prototype soon!
Source code has been slightly modified to fit this hardware:
Arcade_Joystick_V1.2.asm
Hope to have a prototype soon!