I have had the opportunity to play the Atari 2600, Activision, and Namco Joystics.. After playing the Atari joystick I went right home and unearthed my old Atari 2600 from the closet and plugged it to the tv (a little difficult today because of the RF modulator). I couldn't really tell a difference between the old games and the new ones (with the exception that some of them use paddles which obviously isn't available as the controller). I played "Adventure" and I found the same Easter Eggs I could find in the original cart in the new game..
If a C-64 joystick comes out and these things only cost $20-25 I will run out and get it because of the quality of the already developed "retro packages". The intellivision 25 product is awesome as well. Now if they just come out with a colecovision controller I will be happy.
Anyway, this discussion seems silly to me after having played these games, and seeing tons of emulation products (like the VICE emulator). This is just downright "silly" to question the quality of these products, they are fun and they look good. Folks here need to learn you probably will never have your original equipment back but you don't need to, to still enjoy the games.. If you are worried about carrying something, play test it yourself. These are really cool things that they are doing. Even if they use a processor that is 1000x better than the original equipment, if the spirit of the original is there who cares.
Personally I think these "tv games" are great.. Whoever thought of them and the marketing concept was great. Don't knock it until you try it. I hope the joystick they do bring out isn't a replica of the original Joystick hardware from commodore, I hated it and put a 2600 style controller in there instead..
