Gonzo Gadgets » mame http://www.gonzogadgets.com gadget tech news and reviews Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:24:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Atari Classic USB Joystick for PC http://www.gonzogadgets.com/atari-classic-usb-joystick-for-pc http://www.gonzogadgets.com/atari-classic-usb-joystick-for-pc#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:10:53 +0000 BrettC http://www.gonzogadgets.com/?p=343

Legacy Engineering has released a fun retro gaming joystick with the carefully-named "Classic USB Joystick Controller", an affordable and fitting tribute to old-school gaming. This lets you play Atari 2600 games on your PC or Mac.]]>

The wizards at Legacy Engineer are keeping the Atari 2600 spirit alive with the Classic USB Joystick Controller – not only cool but surprisingly affordable. And they offer discounts if you purchase two or more. You can buy the Classic USB Joystick Controller direct from Legacy Store for $14.99. So you can play your favorite Atari 2600 games like Defender and E.T. on your PC with popular emulators such as MAME.

No word on whether these work with the PlayStation 3. We can just imagine playing Resistance 2 (PS3) with one of these things.

Until now the only game in town was the Stelladapter – a USB-to-Atari convertor allowing you to use real, vintage Atari joysticks on a PC (review here, buy online at AtariAge). However, at $39.95 this option is best for only the Atari purist … who nonetheless is playing Atari games on PC? Yeah, that doesn’t sound quite right to us either.

Kudos to Legacy for what looks like a great product.

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