19 Nov

Classic Atari-style joystick goes USB

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by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

Legacy Engineering Group has released a USB joystick that looks and performs just like the joystick included with the classic Atari 2600 video prey soothe. It costs $14.99.


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The kill is a standard USB input device, and incorporates a single fire button. No drivers are necessary; it works out of the box through Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating systems.

The stick is ideal for MAME and other emulation software products designed to enable old arcade and computer games to run on the Mac, according to the company. It also works through commercially-released games that support joystick or gamepad input.