Haven’t posted here in a while:

I’m off work for the holidays, so I figured it was a good time to make a #USB joystick for my AIO emulation TV.

My main design goal here is to exclusively use parts I already have. In this case, it’s the electronics from a very cheap USB controller that came in a pack of 2 for $5. I’m housing it in the storage case from a Sony Betamax video tape, with a microswitch joystick, buttons, wires, and breadboards leftover from other projects.

I have the parts tested and working, and now I’m dremeling out the holes, and mounting the rest of buttons and circuits on the bread board. The dremeling sucks because Sony went overboard on this case. Aside from protecting a tape, I’m pretty sure this thing could stop a bullet. 😆
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#retrogaming #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #emulation #joystick #videogames #sony #betamax #trashtotreasure #retroaesthetic #1970s #1980s #1990s

I just started playing the new #C64 port of “Eye of the Beholder” I never played the original, so it’s cool to see it with fresh eyes.

It’s also a great excuse to use the USB adapter feature on my SavYour device. It works great with this Fujistsu ball mouse. One of the few USB mice I’ve seen that aren’t optical. Works flawlessly here.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #1980s #1990s

A few years ago my wife found a box of old comic books in a room she was cleaning out at work. None of them were worth anything, but they had these excellent early video game ads on the inside covers.

They look great framed on my office wall. I have a bunch of others, including a whole series of M&M ads, but I haven’t figured out where to hang them yet.
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#retrogaming #popculture #starwars #comicbooks #1980s #dungeonsanddragons #videogames #atari

A mini game controller I made a while back. It’s wired for Atari/Commodore standard, and the second button is mapped to “up” for games that use that for jumping. The black knob on the left is a five-way directional joystick. The joystick “click” is mapped to the fire button, so technically this can be used with one hand.

I gave this one away as a gift, but I may build another one soon. It was really fun to use.
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#retrogaming #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #diy #atari8bit #commodore #commodore64

My #commodore64 setup from a few years ago. Featuring Q*bert.
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#c64 #vintagecomputer #retrogaming #desksetups

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