Megumin
New Member
Atari 5200 has a reputation for shoddy and unreliable controller and its biggest fault is the analog stick is not self-centering and some of the games aren't designed well for analog controller like Pac Man and Pitfall!
I would like to use a more common digital controller (such as Atari 2600) instead of analog controller for some games but how would I go about that? The console has 2 input for analog controller, horizontal and vertical plus common. The voltage level determines the controller position. Digital controller works differently by shorting to ground on direction and floating high when none of the direction is pressed. How can I change that so for example, when I press up, the signal goes high. When it's in neutral position, the signal is middle level, and when I press down, the signal goes low?
I've looked around and the schematics I find are for PC analog controller to 5200, which would be easy but it's not digital adapter. There are adapter for digital controller like Sega controller to 5200 but schematic is not posted.
I would like to use a more common digital controller (such as Atari 2600) instead of analog controller for some games but how would I go about that? The console has 2 input for analog controller, horizontal and vertical plus common. The voltage level determines the controller position. Digital controller works differently by shorting to ground on direction and floating high when none of the direction is pressed. How can I change that so for example, when I press up, the signal goes high. When it's in neutral position, the signal is middle level, and when I press down, the signal goes low?
I've looked around and the schematics I find are for PC analog controller to 5200, which would be easy but it's not digital adapter. There are adapter for digital controller like Sega controller to 5200 but schematic is not posted.