Watched a review video recently about the Hyperkin Ranger Joystick & Paddle. It seems really good, and it think it's awesome looking, tho I haven't gotten around to buying one for myself yet. My favorite vintage 3rd party joystick is the Wico Command Control bat-type with the top button. I actually use a home-made controller built out of a cheap clone NES controller more often than any others now that I made it.
I like the Genesis controller for a quick replacement. I prefer the joystick. More "authentic" I suppose.
One thing I've started doing is taping a piece of paper on the back of my carts to keep up with my scores. I used to take photos but then I'd lose track of the pictures. Much easier this way. It's really satisfying to be able to strike through and write down a new score.
opa wrote:One thing I've started doing is taping a piece of paper on the back of my carts to keep up with my scores. I used to take photos but then I'd lose track of the pictures. Much easier this way. It's really satisfying to be able to strike through and write down a new score.
I'm interested in getting a PlusCart, a new multi-cart that connects to the internet (!) and automatically uploads high scores to a website.
A new 2600 game from some the old guys from Activision, now called Audacity games. YouTube some gameplay.
You mentioned tapping high scores on the cart, this game had as a qr code at the end of the game that you scan that goes back to their servers with your score.
A little plug here for an Atari 2600 writing project we've started on. If you're interested in contributing a bit, just let me know viewtopic.php?uid=2&f=6&t=53533&start=0
One of the best things about it: easily accessible and readable inventory screens, which was something developers had a huge issue with (to put it lightly) back in the old Atari days.