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| oldgamerz:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on March 12, 2021, 05:46:47 pm --- --- Quote from: gummo on March 12, 2021, 04:50:03 pm --- --- Quote from: snyderec3 on March 11, 2021, 09:51:49 pm ---Personally, I'd take Intellivision over Atari 2600 any day. There's a much more interesting variety of games, IMO. --- End quote --- Although the Intellivision games were great , the controllers sucked the worst out of the big 3 consoles IMO and the fact that you could not just go out and buy a better one for it hobbled it . They sold those joystick kits for the stock controllers , but it was like putting a Band-Aid on a knife wound . I picked up a TandyVision One last year and those controllers certainly bring back bad memories . --- End quote --- Can you plug a Sega Genesis controller into it and use It? You can on the Atari 2600. --- End quote --- I would imagine no. Most Intellivision games I've played. Even on the Intellivison Flashback it required more then 6-or 8 buttons to play most the games. the Intellivison controller has 3 or 4 side buttons, and a circle like disc object for a d-pad than and 12 telephone like other buttons on it. it made usage of all those 17 buttons, and quite a few Intellivision games had a vary complex in game menu option. They also used plastic or paper overlays the games, that would slide into the controller. It told the player what buttons to press, and how to play these vary complex video games, for this console The Colecovision console and controller setup, was about the same as the Intellivision. Except the Colecovision was 8-bit instead of having a 16-bit processer like the Intellivision (this is what the Mattel Intellivision controller looked like) (if anyone is curious this is what the Atari 2600 controller looked like) |
| burningdoom:
Oh man, THAT controller. I remember it, now. I hated it as a kid. Not intuitive at all. They had these cards you'd slip into it over the buttons that would act as a control guide for each game. They didn't help. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on March 11, 2021, 02:43:44 pm ---Atari 2600 sucks. --- End quote --- |
| gummo:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on March 12, 2021, 05:46:47 pm --- --- Quote from: gummo on March 12, 2021, 04:50:03 pm --- --- Quote from: snyderec3 on March 11, 2021, 09:51:49 pm ---Personally, I'd take Intellivision over Atari 2600 any day. There's a much more interesting variety of games, IMO. --- End quote --- Although the Intellivision games were great , the controllers sucked the worst out of the big 3 consoles IMO and the fact that you could not just go out and buy a better one for it hobbled it . They sold those joystick kits for the stock controllers , but it was like putting a Band-Aid on a knife wound . I picked up a TandyVision One last year and those controllers certainly bring back bad memories . --- End quote --- Can you plug a Sega Genesis controller into it and use It? You can on the Atari 2600. --- End quote --- Nope , some models/model (I know the model II at least) used the same 9-pin as the Atari , but nothing else was compatible . The original and model III , you can't remove the controllers without disassembly of the console . The Colecovision had some other choices including a trackball . |
| mrkonasoni:
I don't know if more people have this thought but I think the charm of the Atari 2600 was the same of the Game & Watch. Pretty arcade and simple games but with an addictive gameplay for play it just trying to get a high score. I think it worked smoothly for some games but some other games are certainly kinda unplayable. |
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