Yeah, that could be part of it. I think nostalgia is another part of it. Emulators also make it really easy to store and play the games - You don't have to put in a cartridge, just load the ROM and play.
I liked some of the games that I use to play when I had my atari 2600. Wish now I still had it so I could still play the games. To bad there si not a way to play them on my Windows 7 machine and be able to find the games I liked to play.
I liked some of the games that I use to play when I had my atari 2600. Wish now I still had it so I could still play the games. To bad there si not a way to play them on my Windows 7 machine and be able to find the games I liked to play.
Yeah, that could be part of it. I think nostalgia is another part of
it. Emulators also make it really easy to store and play the games -
You don't have to put in a cartridge, just load the ROM and play.
I liked some of the games that I use to play when I had my atari 2600. Wish now I still had it so I could still play the games. To bad there
si not a way to play them on my Windows 7 machine and be able to find
the games I liked to play.
what do you mean? surely there's an emulator for the A2600? and game carts? if you still have the originals, it should be a ""simple"" matter of downloading the ROM code to a file for the emulator to execute...
I have been out of touch wiht alot of this anymore do they make
joysticks still for computers? As most of those games that I liked you needed a joystick to play them with.
I have been out of touch wiht alot of this anymore do they make joysticks st for computers? As most of those games that I liked you needed a joystick to play them with.
Many of the newer, top of the line gaming motherboards come with a PS/2 port on them still - something I haven't seen in quite a while. So one can assume that somewhere out there joysticks and other PS/2 compatible devices are
still pretty popular.
Many of the newer, top of the line gaming motherboards come with a PS/2 port on them still - something I haven't seen in quite a while. So one can assume that somewhere out there joysticks and other PS/2 compatible devices are still pretty popular.
Many of the newer, top of the line gaming motherboards come with a PS/2 port on them still - something I haven't seen in quite a while. So one can assume that somewhere out there joysticks and other PS/2 compatible devices are
joysticks were either serial or usb. i havent seen a ps2 joystick.
Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
Re: Games
By: MRO to Dmxrob on Sat May 05 2018 09:22 pm
joysticks were either serial or usb. i havent seen a ps2 joystick.
I don't recall if I've seen a joystick using a serial port.. PCs used
to have a dedicated joystick port (often called a game port) which joysticks often used. Sound cards used to often have a game port on
them.
Re: Games
By: MRO to Dmxrob on Sat May 05 2018 09:22 pm
joysticks were either serial or usb. i havent seen a ps2 joystick.
I don't recall if I've seen a joystick using a serial port.. PCs used to have a dedicated joystick port (often called a game port) which joysticks
the only place i saw it called a 'game port' is wikipedia
Gela wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Re: Re: Games
By: Tony Langdon to Nightfox on Tue May 08 2018 09:36:00
Actually, I still have a flight stick controller with a game port on
it, and I use it with a USB/Game Port converter adapter to play
stunning modern games like Elite: Dangerous. I remember fondly when gameport controllers were more common. Thankfully, USB is much easier
to use these days.
I don't recall if I've seen a joystick using a serial port.. PCs used
to have a dedicated joystick port (often called a game port) which
the only place i saw it called a 'game port' is wikipedia
i had flightsticks since the early 90s
the only place i saw it called a 'game port' is wikipedia
I'm pretty sure Creative pushed that term. My older Sound Blaster cards (2.0 & 16) and Aureal card refer to it as a Joystick/Midi port, but every Creative device I've had from the AWE32 onward as well as my old CH fighterstick and throttle referred to it as a game port in manuals, drivers and configuration software.
I do also remember it being used for MIDI, although I don't
exactly remember how. There may have been adapters that plugged into
that port and provided MIDI in/out ports, I suppose..
Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
I seem to remember it being called a game port long before Wikipedia
was around. I used to have a few joysticks back in the day, and also a couple of Gravis Gamepad game controllers that used that port.
joysticks were either serial or usb. i havent seen a ps2 joystick.
I don't recall if I've seen a joystick using a serial port.. PCs used to have a dedicated joystick port (often called a game port) which joysticks often used. Sound cards used to often have a game port on them.
I have some old thrustmaster flight sticks with ps2 connectors (along with the joystick port connector) simply because there was so many buttons on the thing it was basically a keyboard.
USB fixed all that as far as large button joysticks are concerned.
Gravis also made an adapter that plugged into the joystick port that allowed you to plug in several of their Gamepad Pro controllers into a joystick port. I'm not sure how that worked, since that would have been
a lot of buttons..
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