Ancestor of the Wii controller.... for Atari 2600 !!!

jeep · Post by **jeep** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:40 pm

While looking in my Atari stuff, I found a weird controller. At first, I though it was some kind of broken joystick. Then, I realise it was a full joystick. A quick search though me it was a Le Stick joystick with Â«motion sensingÂ». From what I found, Â« It was a sort of 3D joystick, in that it used mercury switches to sense movement of the stick in mid-air. There was no base to this unit. The fire button is at the top of the stick, and is controlled by your thumb.Â» Anyway, this things completly sucks lol. I though I would share with you the FIRST motion sensing console controller

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Best video game poster ever right behind :
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Post by **gannon** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:42 pm

It sucks? Who'd have guessed?

jeep · Post by **jeep** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:44 pm

gannon wrote:It sucks? Who'd have guessed?

Well, I'm having a lot of fun in trying to figure out on what side I should hold it. I'm not even sure how I have to hold it. It almost random moves lol. But it still is funny as hell.

Maybe I should post an action video Â«Red Steel on WiiÂ» style ^^

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:14 pm

Innovation, like the CD-I, remember that? Yea, I do, I have one rotting in my attic. The controller was a dpad on a remote...oh yea...I sure do. Also, that controller...uh...p3n0rz.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:46 pm

demonofaj wrote:Innovation, like the CD-I, remember that? Yea, I do, I have one rotting in my attic. The controller was a dpad on a remote...oh yea...I sure do. Also, that controller...uh...p3n0rz.

could you please give me that CD-I? (im not kidding!

)

Thats awesome I wonder how much its worth

Post by **Triton** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:53 pm

you want to sell your cdi?

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:27 pm

nuh-uh, one day that piece of crap will sell for big bucks

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:45 pm

It looks like a grip off bike handle bars. Or a detonator.

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:46 pm

Wow, mercury switches? Guess you can't play it in Hawaii.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:57 pm

nuh-uh, one day that piece of crap will sell for big bucks

no it wont! sorry to break it to ya but thats the case with lots of old electronics. they dont appriciate in value! what model cd i is it? if you do decide to sell it i may be interested

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:39 pm

I used to (still do, but not so much now that I moved) work at a company that developed CD-I stuff. I'm not entirely sure what, but I'm pretty sure that it's mostly stuff that businesses would use. Although, they did place a bid to do those games you see in a few burger kings (you know how some of them have playplaces, and a couple have games to go with it? That's what I'm talking about) There are still a few random CD-i's around there, I think I once counted 8 different units (with a chance of there being more that I don't know of)

And no, I don't think they're for sale

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:46 am

I could have picked up a CDI with a light gun and a stack of developer demo disks for $30 at a thrift. That store was so disgusting tho that it was prolly filled with roaches/spider eggs/AIDS.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:18 am

Dude, even for an diseased CDI, you still passed up a great offer! (& could of haggled it down to ~$20...)

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:23 am

It's prolly still there but I don't have one of those germ-free doctor spacesuits (like they used it E.T.) to venture into the store again.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:39 am

Hey, over at my local flea market, inside one of the warehouses, there's this really cramped-up bookstore, with roof-high shelves that look like they'll fall over, & the walkways are only 1.5ft wide, & there was torn up green stained carpet loose-layed everywhere, & it smelled, & it looked like something out of a horror movie, but I still ventured into the place & looked around out of curiosity. The point of telling you this story? Grow some testicles, & then grow some hair on those testicles. Don't be a [cat].

...but seriously, Windex (& possibly the wash & bake method, if nessicary) is your friend.