RickR Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 For those interested, I've replaced the nubby knob on my original Colecovision joystick with a nice quality ball knob. Check it out. The procedure is easy to do, and easily reversible. Here are the left over parts: There is some great info over on Atari Age in this post. Although the group order is over, there are a few users over there that have leftovers and are selling them individually. And if there is a lot of interest over here, I'm sure we could do our own group order. Justin, The Professor, Chris++ and 1 other 4 Quote
RickR Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Posted July 19, 2016 chas10e, was it you who pointed this out to me? I want to give credit, but don't remember who steered me towards trying this. Quote
chas10e Posted July 19, 2016 Report Posted July 19, 2016 chas10e, was it you who pointed this out to me? I want to give credit, but don't remember who steered me towards trying this. yeah I we were talking about it in chat here it were others in that post that knew about the original CV controller specs, I was messing around with the CV-Flashback RickR 1 Quote
RickR Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Posted July 19, 2016 Well, I just played a few games with it. Verdict: awesome! It's a huge improvement. Much easier to hold and that makes it more accurate. MaximumRD and Justin 2 Quote
Atari Adventure Square Posted July 20, 2016 Report Posted July 20, 2016 I have a Colecovision that could use this upgrade. Of course the last time I tried it, I think it still had its original 'loose cart' syndrome, whereas a nudge (or a dirty look) could knock the ongoing playthrough out of commission. Would need some doctorin' TLC, but knobs are a good start. Quote
Arenafoot Posted July 20, 2016 Report Posted July 20, 2016 And if there is a lot of interest over here, I'm sure we could do our own group order. How large of an order was it? or how large would it have to be for another order? Quote Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne
chas10e Posted July 20, 2016 Report Posted July 20, 2016 How large of an order was it? or how large would it have to be for another order? the shipping was the killer for the phelonic balls unless bought in bulk I recall an interest list was made & order was placed based on that a few more where purchased there were two different thread types he placed an order for 100 knobs http://atariage.com/forums/topic/235405-ball-knob-group-order/?p=3194686 Quote
Starbuck66 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Posted November 10, 2016 When I had my wife's Colecovision modded by Yurkie over on the AtariAge forums, I had him do this mod to the controllers, and I agree, it really does help with responsiveness and overall control. Been happy with ours so far. RickR 1 Quote
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