Joysticks and the A500

[giZmo350]

Hi again all, I bought this joystick from a guy on, you guessed it, ebay. He sold it as an Amiga joystick. It looks like this.    (this dirty thing is not the actual one) Well, it doesn't seem to work. I started poking around the internet and it seems to be for an Apple. Could this be a wiring problem? If so, can this be rewired to work on my A500? Thanks in advance for any help.

Awe, never mind...  I found the pinouts for each but they seem to be completely different.   :-(

[Dr_Righteous]

I can see why it wouldn't work... If the one you have has the same connector... DB9 male pin stick on a DB9 male connection won't help!

Heh, I use one of my Genesis pads for my miggys.

[odin]

Did Gravis ever make digital joysticks with the 9-pin 8/16-bit era connector? I only remember Gravis for their mice and lame PC joysticks.

[xaccrocheur]

odin wrote:
Did Gravis ever make digital joysticks with the 9-pin 8/16-bit era connector? I only remember Gravis for their mice and lame PC joysticks.

The famous Gravis GamePad was used as a reference by Infogrammes back when they develop Amiga Games. you bet your life Gravis made Amiga Joysticks.

Nothing beats the Konix SpeedKing, thu

You weird joystick looks fine, tke it apart, clean/change the microsticks and try it again. Must be a Sega *drive controller, and it's pin-pin compatible.

[cv643d]

I have exactly the same joystick that I used successfully on my Amigas.

There is a PC version to but it is gray and is an analogue joystick. I always thought that the Amiga version was analogue to but it isnt, it just feels like it is.

Though it is a horrible joystick, I woudnt use it for any games on Amiga.

[lauri_t]

cv643d wrote:

There is a PC version to but it is gray and is an analogue joystick.

Actually both the red and gray versions are at least PC joysticks, I've had both of them. The gray has a trigger and a rudder.