This node assumes you have at least a basic understanding of electronics.
Maybe you ve always preferred authentic arcade controls to the classic Atari 2600 joystick. Maybe you need another set of paddles so you can play some 4-player Warlords. Whatever your reason for wanting a custom Atari controller may be, you re in luck, because they re incredibly easy to make.
In most modern videogamesystems the controller is a rather sophisticated device. With all the buttons, analog joysticks, LEDs, vibrating motors, and other doodads controllers have these days a microchip is necessary for the controller to communicate with the console.
The Atari 2600 is