OK #RetroComputing fans, I was gifted an #Atari 2600+ & have finally gotten around to unboxing & connecting…
Pros:
Cons:
- only includes 1 joystick 🤪
- 1.5m joystick cable means sitting close to the big-arse TV with old knees & crook’d neck
- crappy selection of games in included cartridge (IMO)
- cartridge label faces away from you (WTF? is this how the original cartridges were designed? it’s been so long I forget…)
- additional cartridges are bananapants expensive & they don’t seem to do many multi-game cartridges? way to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, Atari! 🤦♀️
so… I’m looking for #recs for not-ridiculously-expensive options for
- adding a second joystickadding 1-2 wireless joysticks
- connecting 1-2 modern controller(s) either wired or wirelessly (powered DB9 - USB adapter? 🤔)
- sourcing 2 x 3m+ DB9 extension leads
- best additional games to get?
I’m sure I could figure out how to get hold of a cartridge with 3,275 games on it were I so inclined (I’m not, Your Honour) so no need for recs in that area, thx 🙃
#boost4reach pls 🙏