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I have a 5 yr old nephew who loves Mario Bros. on the Atari 7800. He happens to be left handed. And I have a 12 yr old nephew who loves to build projects in the summer.
Atari joysticks don't have any circuitry so it's easy to interface them with arcade hardware. So I decided to build a little dedicated controller setup for the Atari 7800.
Works great with those 10 dollar zippyy controllers.
Then it occured to me that there was enough room in the box for a switcher and a 19-1 Jamma board. So I mocked up a little removable monitor/speaker frame.
Should be interesting this summer to see what the older nephew decides to design and have us build for the arcade cabinet. I'll suggest a miniature cabaret but he's quite creative, who knows what it'll turn into. I'm going to disassemble it down to the individual pieces so he can experience the process of figuring every aspect of it out.
The buttons are configured so it can do simultaneous atari mario bros. 2 player, 19-1 as 2 player side by side for Mario Bros. and Joust, and 3 button Defender.
Atari joysticks don't have any circuitry so it's easy to interface them with arcade hardware. So I decided to build a little dedicated controller setup for the Atari 7800.
Works great with those 10 dollar zippyy controllers.
Then it occured to me that there was enough room in the box for a switcher and a 19-1 Jamma board. So I mocked up a little removable monitor/speaker frame.
Should be interesting this summer to see what the older nephew decides to design and have us build for the arcade cabinet. I'll suggest a miniature cabaret but he's quite creative, who knows what it'll turn into. I'm going to disassemble it down to the individual pieces so he can experience the process of figuring every aspect of it out.
The buttons are configured so it can do simultaneous atari mario bros. 2 player, 19-1 as 2 player side by side for Mario Bros. and Joust, and 3 button Defender.
