Comments on: The Stickeroo Joystick Interface http://www.trs-80.org/stickeroo-joystick-interface/ TRS-80.org is a source for information about the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of computers, hardware, and software, with articles, interviews, and more! Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matthew Reed http://www.trs-80.org/stickeroo-joystick-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Matthew Reed Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:22:38 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/stickeroo-joystick-interface/#comment-4532 As I recall, they advertised the Stickeroo pretty heavily in 1982. Two things about the advertisements always stuck in my mind: the name Stickeroo itself and the fact that the game pictures and descriptions were otherwise identical to the Alpha Products advertisements. As I recall, they advertised the Stickeroo pretty heavily in 1982. Two things about the advertisements always stuck in my mind: the name Stickeroo itself and the fact that the game pictures and descriptions were otherwise identical to the Alpha Products advertisements.

]]> By: Mark McDougall http://www.trs-80.org/stickeroo-joystick-interface/comment-page-1/#comment-4527 Mark McDougall Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:42:33 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/stickeroo-joystick-interface/#comment-4527 You have some interesting articles on this site Matthew, that's for sure! Despite living in Australia, avidly reading Micro-80, and especially pouring over the advertisements each month, I _still_ don't recall ever seeing the Stickeroo (and with a name like that, I wouldn't think I would forget it!?!) Hmm... I'm pretty sure my father ended up adding an Atari joystick adapter to one of his Model I's by wiring it into the keyboard arrow/space keys... but the irony is that the actual Atari joystick was such a crappy joystick that it was much more preferrable using the keyboard! Not to mention there was simply no way you could play Penetrator with a joystick! Now if only we had the Wico or Star Cursor joysticks back then... I have promised myself one day to get a TRS-80 emulator running in my arcade cabinet so I can play Robot Attack & Donut Dilemma using real arcade controls... You have some interesting articles on this site Matthew, that’s for sure!

Despite living in Australia, avidly reading Micro-80, and especially pouring over the advertisements each month, I _still_ don’t recall ever seeing the Stickeroo (and with a name like that, I wouldn’t think I would forget it!?!) Hmm…

I’m pretty sure my father ended up adding an Atari joystick adapter to one of his Model I’s by wiring it into the keyboard arrow/space keys… but the irony is that the actual Atari joystick was such a crappy joystick that it was much more preferrable using the keyboard! Not to mention there was simply no way you could play Penetrator with a joystick!

Now if only we had the Wico or Star Cursor joysticks back then…

I have promised myself one day to get a TRS-80 emulator running in my arcade cabinet so I can play Robot Attack & Donut Dilemma using real arcade controls…

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