Amiga Joysticks - Revision history

Woody.cool: /* Joystick makes and models */

Woody.cool — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:08:21 GMT

Joystick makes and models

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	:* Cheetah Batman Character Stick		:* Cheetah Batman Character Stick
	:* Cheetah Terminator Character Stick		:* Cheetah Terminator Character Stick
		+	:* Cheetah 125+
	* '''Power Play'''		* '''Power Play'''
	:* Competition Pro		:* Competition Pro

Tiago at 19:55, 13 December 2008

Tiago — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:55:30 GMT

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	{{Infobox Hardware		{{Infobox Hardware
-	\|Image = ~~joystick~~.jpg	+	\|Image = Joystick_Competition_Pro_low_res.jpg
	\|Caption = Joystick		\|Caption = Joystick
	\|Name = Joystick		\|Name = Joystick

Harrison: /* Joystick makes and models */

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:11:13 GMT

Joystick makes and models

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	==Joystick makes and models==		==Joystick makes and models==

-	There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here ~~you can explore~~ the most popular makes and models.	+	There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here is a list of the most popular makes and models.

	* '''Beeshu Inc'''		* '''Beeshu Inc'''

Harrison: /* Joystick makes and models */

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:10:43 GMT

Joystick makes and models

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	* '''Wild Thinks Interactive		* '''Wild Thinks Interactive
	:* Jupiter Advanced Joystick		:* Jupiter Advanced Joystick
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		+	==Joystick Gallery==

	(Images to follow)		(Images to follow)
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		+	==References==

Harrison: /* Joystick makes and models */

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:08:49 GMT

Joystick makes and models

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	There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here you can explore the most popular makes and models.		There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here you can explore the most popular makes and models.

		+	* '''Beeshu Inc'''
		+	:* Ultimate Superstick Joystick
	* '''Cheetah'''		* '''Cheetah'''
	:* Cheetah Alien 3 Character Stick		:* Cheetah Alien 3 Character Stick
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	* '''Euromax'''		* '''Euromax'''
	:* Euromax Ace		:* Euromax Ace
		+	:* Zip Stik
	* '''Flashfire'''		* '''Flashfire'''
	:* Flashfire		:* Flashfire
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	* '''Suncom'''		* '''Suncom'''
	:* Suncom Slik Stik		:* Suncom Slik Stik
-	* ~~Zip Stik~~	+	* '''Wild Thinks Interactive
		+	:* Jupiter Advanced Joystick

	(Images to follow)		(Images to follow)

Harrison: /* Joystick makes and models */

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:01:25 GMT

Joystick makes and models

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	There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here you can explore the most popular makes and models.		There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here you can explore the most popular makes and models.

-	* Competition Pro	+	* '''Cheetah'''
		+	:* Cheetah Alien 3 Character Stick
		+	:* Cheetah Annihilator
		+	:* Cheetah Batman Character Stick
		+	:* Cheetah Terminator Character Stick
		+	* '''Power Play'''
		+	:* Competition Pro
		+	:* Competition Pro Extra
		+	* '''Delta'''
		+	:* Delta 2000
		+	* '''Euromax'''
		+	:* Euromax Ace
		+	* '''Flashfire'''
		+	:* Flashfire
		+	* '''Spectravideo'''
		+	:* Archer Shot (Tandy branded Quickshot 2+)
		+	:* Quickshot 1
		+	:* Quickshot 2
		+	:* Quickshot 2+
		+	:* Quickshot V
		+	* '''Quickshot'''
		+	:* Quickshot Professional Tabletop
		+	:* Quickshot Sphere
		+	* '''Suncom'''
		+	:* Suncom Slik Stik
	* Zip Stik		* Zip Stik

	(Images to follow)		(Images to follow)

Harrison at 02:48, 12 December 2008

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:48:18 GMT

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	By standard each switch is in position open or not enable, then if you press it, it will make contact beetween the pin color 1,2,3,4 or 6 and the ground pin 8 going to close or enable and computer is informed about the instruction.		By standard each switch is in position open or not enable, then if you press it, it will make contact beetween the pin color 1,2,3,4 or 6 and the ground pin 8 going to close or enable and computer is informed about the instruction.
	If you press two at the same time, example up and right, both will "make contact" with ground and computer will know the diagonal movement.		If you press two at the same time, example up and right, both will "make contact" with ground and computer will know the diagonal movement.
		+
		+	==Joystick makes and models==
		+
		+	There were many different joysticks produced by many companies during the Amiga's lifetime. Here you can explore the most popular makes and models.
		+
		+	* Competition Pro
		+	* Zip Stik
		+
		+	(Images to follow)

Harrison at 02:45, 12 December 2008

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:45:49 GMT

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	==The Amiga Joystick design==		==The Amiga Joystick design==

-	:* 9-pin connector	+	:* '''9-pin connector'''
	Pinouts are as follows:		Pinouts are as follows:

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	:9 - not connected		:9 - not connected

-	:* Five switches inside	+	:* '''Five switches inside'''
	The switches used within a joystick can come in different forms depending of manufacturer, but their function is always to activate the direction up,down,left,right or fire. The switches work as two pairs so that you cannot use both (up and down) or (left and right) at the same time. This is not controlled by circuits, it's only hardware, if you move the stick forwards(up) it will press the up switch, and the down switch will be unavailable until you return to a center position.		The switches used within a joystick can come in different forms depending of manufacturer, but their function is always to activate the direction up,down,left,right or fire. The switches work as two pairs so that you cannot use both (up and down) or (left and right) at the same time. This is not controlled by circuits, it's only hardware, if you move the stick forwards(up) it will press the up switch, and the down switch will be unavailable until you return to a center position.

-	:* Cables,	+	:* '''Cables'''
	usually 6 color cables:		usually 6 color cables:
	:1 color for ground		:1 color for ground
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	:1 color for fire button		:1 color for fire button

-	:* 9 Pin schematics	+	:* '''9 Pin schematics'''

	X Right		X Right
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	X		X

-	:* How it works?	+	:* '''How it works?'''
	The concept is simple:		The concept is simple:
	each switch is connected to the Ground cable that goes to pin 8 and each of them is also connected to the respective pin		each switch is connected to the Ground cable that goes to pin 8 and each of them is also connected to the respective pin

Harrison at 02:43, 12 December 2008

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:43:44 GMT

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-	==Amiga ~~Joystick~~==	+	==Amiga Joysticks and how they work==

-	Amiga uses ~~the same type of Joysticks~~ as ~~other computers like:~~ Atari~~, Zx Spectrum and others~~.	+	The Amiga uses a standard joystick connection known as the Atari 9-pin Joystick connector. The first commercial system to use this standard of Joystick was the Atari 2600 video games console in the late 70's. It became so popular that most of the 8-bit and 16-bit computers and consoles released in the 80's adopted this simple Joystick system, and so it became a standard joystick interface across many different makes of system throughout the decade.
-	The first commercial system to use this standard of Joystick was the Atari 2600. It ~~went very~~ popular ~~and~~ most of the ~~80s~~ computers ~~adopt~~ this simple Joystick system.	+

-	==The Joystick ~~has:~~==	+	With many different makes of computer and console using the same joysticks it meant the user had a large range of controllers to choose from, and the majority of joysticks produced at the time worked with the Amiga. The exception are joysticks using this port, but made for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, which used a different pinout configuration in the connector.
		+
		+	==The Amiga Joystick design==

	:* 9-pin connector		:* 9-pin connector
-	Pinouts ~~goes like this~~	+	Pinouts are as follows:

	:1 - Forward		:1 - Forward
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	:* Five switches inside		:* Five switches inside
-	~~This~~ switches ~~could have~~ different forms depending of ~~manufactur~~, their ~~funtion~~ is to activate the direction up,down,left,right or fire. The switches work as two pairs so that you cannot use both (up and down) or (left and right) at the same time. This is not ~~controled~~ by circuits, it's only hardware, if you move the stick ~~forward~~(up) it will press the up switch, and the down switch will be unavailable until you return to a center position.	+	The switches used within a joystick can come in different forms depending of manufacturer, but their function is always to activate the direction up,down,left,right or fire. The switches work as two pairs so that you cannot use both (up and down) or (left and right) at the same time. This is not controlled by circuits, it's only hardware, if you move the stick forwards(up) it will press the up switch, and the down switch will be unavailable until you return to a center position.

	:* Cables,		:* Cables,
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	:* 9 Pin schematics		:* 9 Pin schematics
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	X Right		X Right
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	\| Ground		\| Ground
	X		X
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	:* How it works?		:* How it works?

Harrison: Joystick moved to Amiga Joysticks: Title name change

Harrison — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:29:32 GMT

Joystick moved to Amiga Joysticks: Title name change

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