VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoPlaying Asteroids (2600) on Atari VCSlemmus.orgimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoHow did that work? The dial was analog left right and a button. The thrust on asteroids was digital- on or off forward, left, right and back on the joystick was hyperspace jump. You couldn’t move or hyper jump if you used the dial.
minus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI don’t think Asteroids was a paddle game at all.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt wasn’t but you could sort of play some joystick games with the paddle.
How did that work? The dial was analog left right and a button.
The thrust on asteroids was digital- on or off forward, left, right and back on the joystick was hyperspace jump.
You couldn’t move or hyper jump if you used the dial.
I don’t think Asteroids was a paddle game at all.
It wasn’t but you could sort of play some joystick games with the paddle.