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Nothing says “1980s gaming” like a black joystick with a single red fire button. But if you prefer better ergonomics, you can connect modern gamepads to your retrocomputers thanks to …read more Continue reading Bluetooth Interface Adds Rumble Feedback to Commodore 64 Games
Joysticks are great for gaming, but sometimes it’s hard to find one that suits your personal playstyle. [Nixie] developed the TinkerJoy to suit their own needs, while giving it a …read more Continue reading Building a Modular Joystick For Star Citizen
With the rise of the gamepad courtesy of several generations of game consoles, the joystick has become an almost forgotten peripheral, sidelined into the world of flight simulators with its …read more Continue reading Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: A Joystick Like They Used To Make
What’s more fun than playing video games? Designing your own video game hardware, of course! If you’ve followed these pages long enough you’ll have seen dozens of great examples of …read more Continue reading Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals: The GameBug Turns Your Breadboard Into a Game Console
While most computer users make do with just a keyboard and mouse, power users often have multiple additional input devices. Gamers use joysticks or dedicated mice, CAD engineers have specialized …read more Continue reading Modular Multi-Input Macro Keypad Integrates Mouse and Joystick
These days, live music performance often involves electronic synthesizers and computers rather than traditional instruments played by hand. To aid in his own performances, [alekappa] built a special interface to …read more Continue reading A Gameport Joystick to USB-MIDI Converter
One of the biggest reasons for playing older video games on original hardware is that emulators and modern controllers can’t replicate the exact feel of how those games would have …read more Continue reading Retro Gaming With Retro Joysticks
If there’s anything you can guarantee about a video game system, it’s that in 20 years after one suffers a commercial failure there will be a tiny yet rabid group …read more Continue reading N-Gage Controller Uses All The Buttons
The Competition Pro joystick is often considered to be the pinnacle of input devices, at least as far as the 1980s gaming goes. But the design isn’t perfect, and time …read more Continue reading Refining the Greatest Joystick of the 1980s
Over the last two years, [benkster] has been perfecting their ideal flight controller. Like many people, they started out with a keyboard and mouse and eventually moved on to a …read more Continue reading Custom Joystick Build Guide Should Point You in the Right Direction