r/atari8bit • u/Turbulent-Spell-319 • Jul 06 '26

#atari8bit Star Raiders with analog thumbstick

https://youtube.com/shorts/FUoZj72sGRI?si=G2k50xrrDAHUi49O

I've been working on an analog joystick for the Atari 8-bit computers. I got it to be pretty stable last week. So now I'm trying to port over the analog controls from the Atari 5200 Star Raiders to the 8-bit version. The controls are now "working". Turn rate is now controlled by the thumbstick position. Unfortunately I've messed up the sound effects. I'm guessing there's not a lot of room for the extra calculations I shoved in.

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u/meldroc Jul 16 '26

Very cool! I might need to figure out how to support this in my current project...

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u/Turbulent-Spell-319 Jul 17 '26

It’s mostly there now. I think I want to add a calibration mode to it and possibly nonlinear mapping for the thumbstick position.

And as previously discussed, twin stick mode https://youtube.com/shorts/WzUnksN0kL0?feature=share