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Arduino joystick/gamepad/other USB-adapter
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Why not a simple double paddle with 1 buttons for each one? #9

Open Denara68 opened 5 years ago

Denara68 commented 5 years ago

I'm so happy for your retrojoystick adapter (Atari/Msx with 2 buttons), so I would suggest a similar things for 2 paddles.

My idea is based on 1 potentiometer + 1 button for each paddle in a similar way of double joystick adapter. Do you think it's doable?

Denara68 commented 5 years ago

I'm wrong, best solution is a Rotary encoder NOT potentiometer.

truglodite commented 4 years ago

Well, you have to use the right tool for the game, and a rotary (Atari driving, tempest, etc) is very different than a paddle (pong, breakout, etc). Paddles are analog devices that have end stops, where as rotaries are digital devices with no endstops.

As far as Atari paddles go, they come in pairs so you connect player 1 and 2 paddles to a single db9. This allows up to 4 players using both ports, however the selection of 3-4 player atari games is very slim, and I haven't seen code yet that works for 4 paddles (just up to 2).