C64 joystick Plug'N Play thingie

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:33 pm 0

mamemeister wrote:
Ely wrote:Now I'm tempted to have a look in TXMaxx and ToysRUs on the way home! I don't need one of these, but for Â£12.99 it'd be silly not to have look
Ely, you might want to have a look for the Dragon 32 one they're giving away for nought with the 64 one!

Cheeky old git

Post by **Muttley** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:59 pm 0

Ely wrote:
mamemeister wrote:
Ely wrote:Now I'm tempted to have a look in TXMaxx and ToysRUs on the way home! I don't need one of these, but for Â£12.99 it'd be silly not to have look
Ely, you might want to have a look for the Dragon 32 one they're giving away for nought with the 64 one!
Cheeky old git

Awww, don't feel bad Ely. At least they don't pay YOU to take them like they do with the Speccy ones

Muttley

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:03 pm 0

Muttley wrote:At least they don't have to pay YOU to take them like they do with the Speccy ones and then laugh at you as you walk out of the store

Fixed that for you

Simon

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:26 pm 0

Just given this a whirl and the emulation (is it emulation?) is spot on.

The only thing that struck me is.........why the fuck did I buy it when I have an Xbox plugged into the telly that can play the 30 games and some.

Sometimes I buy stuff I really dont need.

If anyone wanted it from me they can have it for cost price plus postage.

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:54 pm 0

mamemeister wrote:
The only thing that struck me is.........why the fuck did I buy it when I have an Xbox plugged into the telly that can play the 30 games and some.

I talked myself out of even going to see if TKMaxx even had them. Looks like I made the right decision.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:10 am 0

Seen them around but not been tempted since I don't really like any of the games on them.

Hacked to accept an SD or something with some games I actually like, that'd be a different thing altogether

.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:20 am 0

Wasn't randomdude supposed to be doing that? I put me name down for one any everything...

TheMysteriousSirPaul · Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:25 am 0

Yeah, I nabbed me one of those about 6 months back. I have to say, that thing's pretty sweet. There are only 2 rants I have about it though: the controller feels a little on the loose side, and using the joystick to work around in BASIC is a little cumbersome.

I know, I could hack it and pop a PS/2 port into it, but I'm not very secure in my soldering skills.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:47 pm 0

Jeri Ellsworth interview (possibly long and boring unless you're a fan

)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0448851979

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:54 pm 0

Top stuff! Downloading now. Thanks kalmar!

xav · Post by **xav** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:20 pm 0

I picked one of these up in Toys'R'Us for a tenner at the weekend. Well, actually I deliberated over it for just long enough for my gf to give in and buy it for me

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:30 pm 0

Wow! That was the best telly of the Easter weekend by far! Well worth a watch!

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:05 pm 0

i luv teh jeri!!!!1111

she's awsum

its kinda funny 20 yrs on after i used to open up my c64 to check out what was inside and do the "replace the internal fuse with a 13amp one after blowing it up shorting pins" i still think about that when ive got 2 or 3 laptops in pieces on the workbench making 1 perfect machine out of them and putting them back together

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:23 pm 0

Firefox wrote:Cherry do some really nice little keyboards that have a PS/2 interface.

I've got one of those, they're absolutely lovely

Stone

lis0r · Post by **lis0r** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:16 am 0

For all your DTV/SD hacking pleasure: http://www.pyrofersprojects.com/order.php

I ordered one the day after the first batch went on sale, have yet to hook it up. Need to get me a diddy keyboard, an LCD tele, and a rechargable battery pack, then I can start on my C64 laptop.