I agree.
It is impossible to recreate the feel of a paddle using buttons. Period.
And without a paddle, all paddle games would suck.
It's kind of interesting... I always thought the paddle was an excellent
controller and I have yet to see it recreated since the Atari 2600.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruffin Bailey" <rufbo@xxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: [stella] Paddles
>
> >My humble suggestion is that you take advantage of 6 of the positions on
> >the d-pad. That is:
>
> Just to give Matt a hard time...
>
> Forget it. If you don't have an actual paddle controller, it's a
> waste. Unless someone can wire up an adapter, please don't include
> KABOOM!, Video Olympics, Warlords, Breakout, or what have you. The people
> who have never played these would never appreciate these games like they
> should. There's nothing more fun than playing KABOOM! with a thumb and
> forefinger only... the control a paddle gives ya can't even be
approximated
> with the stock GBA controls.
>
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