bsw (12/16/82)
Can Different joysticks be hooked up to the Colecovision or the Intellivision ? Ben Walls -cbosgd!bsw
benw (12/16/82)
Colecovision will accept all Atari 2600 compatible joysticks. There are 2 problems, though. Games which use both fire buttons for different purposes (e.g., Cosmic Avenger) will lose the use of one of the buttons (the right one, I think) and games that use the keypad (e.g, Mousetrap) lose that control. Also, at least one Coleco controller must be plugged in when selecting the game/skill level. Otherwise, the other joysticks work fine (I hear the WICO joystick is particularly good). I have not heard of any Intellivision compatible joysticks. If there are any, they too would lose the multiple fire button and keypad capabilities, used in many Intellivision games. PS-The new Atari 5200 SuperSystem will not accept Atari 2600 Compatible joysticks at all. Ben Weber Western Electric @BTL, Piscataway