twilitezoner Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 I bought 2 of these to use with a 2600-dapter D9. The problem is that these controllers have nubs on the D9 connectors that prevents them from connecting to the adapter? Does anyone know the reason for this? Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 I don't see any nubs on my Sears controllers. Can you post pictures? Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilitezoner Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 32 minutes ago, RickR said: I don't see any nubs on my Sears controllers. Can you post pictures? Here you go. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 You should probably wait for someone else here to chime in, but I honestly don't recall mine having those bumps. You probably don't want to shave those off. If it was me, I'd just get a standard Atari joystick and use that with your adapter. My guess as to why the nubs exist is to prevent the usage of the controller on anything but a System 2. Because the paddle portion would not work on any other machine. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 I didn't realize the paddle portion would only work on the Sears System II. I've always liked these controllers because of the dual function. Justin 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 It's because there's only one paddle per connector instead of two (like a real set of paddles). I think it's the button that is wonky and not recognized by a real 2600. The Coleco Gemini controllers are the same way. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilitezoner Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Well I actually bought them to use with the 2600-dapter D9 which they're supposed to be compatible with. The problem is that the "nubs" are preventing me from connecting them to the adapter. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Well, I think you need to decide if you want to shave those nubs off or not. It may lower the value of the controller for some collectors. Honestly, I'm not sure it would really be compatible beyond just the joystick portion. Hopefully, you can find someone else that has gone though this here or over at AtariAge. @Scott Stilphen, do you know more about all this? Good luck! Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilitezoner Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 I appreciate the replies guys. I guess I will leave them as-is for now. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 How about modifying an extension cable to accept the nubs ? https://console5.com/store/atari-sega-commodore-6-1-8m-joystick-controller-extension-cable-cord.html RickR and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 The nubs fit into holes that are in the controller jacks on the 2600 JRs, Sears Video Arcade II, 2800, and 7800 systems, with the intention likely being to make the controller plugs fit more securely in the jacks, to keep them from falling out during use. The same design was also used on the 5200 jacks and controller plugs. The easy 'fix' to making them fit the older-style jacks is to simply file them down RickR, TrekMD and Justin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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