[Coco] Joystick alternatives

[Al Hartman]

Megabugs is another that would work OK with the Atari Adapter.

I have one, as well as several joysticks, and a Wico Trackball.

-[ Al ]-

-----Original Message----- 
From: John W. Linville

They work great for Fahrfall... ;-)

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 06:48:47PM -0400, Al Hartman wrote:
> Owning one of those, and having sold lots of them at Spectrum Projects, 
> and
> Zebra Systems...
>
> They are no replacement for a real Coco joystick. Coco games are written 
> for
> the potentiometer joystick and expect values along the line from minimum 
> to
> maximum. This adapter only indicates full left, full righ, full up, and 
> full
> down, because that's all an Atari-type joystick can provide.
>
> This will work with some games, but games like Polaris are better with the
> potentiometer joystick.
>
> There is a Coco joystick on eBay now, and usually always Apple ][ and IBM
> sticks which can be adapted.
>
> -[ Al ]-