The ATARI Joystick Ball-Top I've Been SEARCHING FOR! 🕹️ (and then some)

[@Channeloftheyars]

Jeremiah is an absolute legend for lending this item.

[@cre8iveone699]

Steal from Jeremiah to pay Paul.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

Woohoo! I got mentioned in a GenXGrownup video. Although the video did make me a little sad. Hearing all that talk about Battlezone and knowing it is missing from Atari's current catalog. But Paul's products look great. I think I will have to get one of his ball tops for comparison.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Hey, J! Thanks again for your help with the project and your generousity toward me. Paul's going to be sending a little something your way as a thanks from us both.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

​@@GenXGrownUpOh, thank you. Unexpected but appreciated.

[@jl8138]

That Battlezone set-up is Nobel prize worthy

[@neugey]

The 80's had MacGyver, this decade has Paul.

[@GenXGrownUp]

You said it. ✅

[@mfeldsher]

John, this is one of my favorite videos. I have been looking for a replacement ball top for years. The Genxgrownup channel keeps on getting better and better! Just awesome. Simply awesome.

[@miked4377]

very cool...thanks to paul! and thanks to you jon for bringing this to the retro scene!

[@jayme69]

Fantastic video Jon and massive well done to Paul! This is exactly why we all love the retro gaming community. I was smiling from start to finish :-) Keep up the awesome work!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You don't know how happy hearing that makes me. This one felt like fun when I was editing it.

[@b.o.4492]

Ordered a couple things from Paul just now. Thank you for showing these items. Awesome.

[@BandoidView]

I'm ordering right now!

[@BuzzGarwood]

This guy's a genius! Great collab, Jon! Awesome video :) Great work at CES as well...man I ate every video you produced. Felt like I was there. Thanks for your coverage!

[@Junofirstdefender3394]

This event is a win for Atari.

[@JB-eh2oj]

Great video and an amazing creation! Thanks to you both.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Many thanks, but all the credit goes to Paul. Without him - no video! 😀

[@GreenTeaViewer]

Finally, in my waning days, I have found it...an Atari balltop. It is complete.

[@RAM512]

Oh Jon!!!!! I wish I knew you loved these joystick 🕹️ ball tops as much as I did! I still have four complete sets!! Stands abd balls!! I would have gladly sent them to you, a gift from me to you my friend!! Yes, they are 100% awesome!! Oh and by the way.... I had Space Dungeon on the 5200, it was sooooo cool how it used two sticks!!

[@KristianWontroba]

Gives me warm a fuzzies when the community bans together to create awesomeness like this! ❤👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ronm6585]

Thanks for sharing Jon.

[@GenXGrownUp]

My pleasure! I hope you enjoyed it.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

Balls and shafts everywhere!

[@tedadamgreen]

Just amazing!! Paul is living in the future and sending things back to us it seems Great Job Jon and GxGang 👊🏻🕹️😎🥳 Ps. Jeremiah is the best for supplying his own to get this done

[@GenXGrownUp]

Jeremiah made it happen!

[@MistaMaddog247]

Oh nice, it makes the GSP controller a proper Atari style joystick! Even with the original CX40 sticks I had the Grabber attachable balls to make them more like arcade joysticks...till I got the Wilco Bat.

[@johnnym196]

Awesome joystick extender. What a nifty idea. Thank you for the video to share this.😊

[@briansellers7673]

Genius. Paul is a wizard. This is what 3D printing is great for if in the right hands...creating nich products that would either not be worth it for big companies to produce or things that they think won't be profitable.

[@philosoaper]

tac-2 will forever be my joystick of choice

[@mikesilva3868]

Great review 😊

[@AD.ArcadeGaming]

This is very creative work. Looks cool!

[@LanceMan]

Wow so many cool items. The CX 78+ set looks awesome. It seems to solve my issues with the tiny little controller.

[@Zaxbox]

These are some great items to have!

[@DaleWiese]

Darn it Jon. Every time you post one of these Paul videos, it costs me money! But not a lot of money. Quite reasonable for a low volume, can't get anything else like it item.

[@miketendopower]

So inventive. 🎉 "I'd buy that for a dollar."

[@BandoidView]

Holy crap. This is a game changer (no pun inteded) for the GSP!

[@GenXGrownUp]

I see what you did there! 😜

[@SevenlivesDesigns]

This is beautiful!!

[@Ben42-Ben42]

I love it. It’s totally nuts 🤣

[@NotMuchHere]

this video is too much fun

[@GenXGrownUp]

I truly appreciate that. I had a lot of fun putting it together and it felt good during the edit. 😁

[@Tinmancr1]

Oh God this reminds me of the Wico I think with a ball top and a smaller button on top that was maybe the best controller ever made!

[@JoystickJohnny]

A lot of people don’t know how great it is to give that ball some attention when you’re tugging away on that joystick.

[@GenXGrownUp]

You are so right! I am glad you enjoy it! 😊

[@francisquinlan344]

For your mate that loves battle zone in sure that those old Atari sticks come in a version with a fire button on top of the stick🤔

[@Popka2bestbuddies]

I never had the ball but a buddy did. The texture may be a good thing. After playing for a couple hours in the summer hear amd your hands perspire that ball.got slick. Sounds like a good thing Jon. Have a blast with it. I will look at Paul's Etay store to get those items for myself if he sells them.

[@MGTSrYouTube]

"aaaahhhhhh, that's the stuff" - Jon

[@GenXGrownUp]

Confirmed.

[@markboley1138]

I remember another kid at school had one of these and I had to have a ball top. I remember going to a store called Nichols and bought a black ball top and if I remember correctly it was from Gemstik. I gotta get one if these

[@consty715]

Looks comfortable. Help with hand cramp

[@GenXGrownUp]

If you have trouble with cramping, I think it just might help, yeah.

[@JackHammer77]

I just ordered the two 40mm ball toppers for the Gamestation Pro joysticks. Looking forward to getting them!

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're going to love it!

[@ThomasFinnerup]

Now I want a pair of eyeball glasses.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Hahahaha!

[@gsantos-li8fd]

How about one for ColecoVision - a longer straight arcade stick, OR a longer ball top style (stick-on OR replacement).

[@Kilroy_5150]

Jon, thank you and send thanks to your friend for making the "effort" to make these things reality. Can you get some word out of the companies about the GSP? Where are we at with the next update?

[@GenXGrownUp]

You're quite welcome. I don't know that there are any pending updates My Arcade owes us for the GSP.

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Neat.🎉🎉🎉 however a grip style gear shifter cover would be cool on classic atari controller.

[@Junofirstdefender3394]

There is no such thing as overkill. Hail Robotron 2084 with twin sticks!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Fair point. 😉

[@Junofirstdefender3394]

​@GenXGrownUp Points for the spaceballs clip by the by 😂

[@tomevil6]

Very nice!

[@michaeljordan6008]

This is awesome - I can’t okay a d pad, need a real joystick and this sure looks sweet.

[@flightofapaullo72]

Super cool!

[@NotMuchHere]

i hear the Maelstrom sound as the top slides on .... (where the bonus gets shot)

[@talesfromthejundlandwastes5498]

MRO - Cheeky Chappies ! 😆

[@BBfanfun]

try the Robotron homebrew for 2600 ! perfect for twin sticks !

[@kungfuhamsta7085]

I'd like to know if it makes the control on the gamestation pro better, if so how. Also be interested if that ball and attachment might scratch up the controll stick in the long run. Btw are you worried that you might break your GSP controller eventualy, particularly on a rougher game. I felt that a little on a couple, unless I moved my fingers down to the base of it.

[@GenXGrownUp]

It's purely a matter of preference. I don't think having a ball on either the GSP or the CX-40 makes it behave differently, but it feels different and I prefer it. I suppose there's a chance of scratching the top of the stick, but I'd only care if I ever planned to remove it. 😁

[@michaelstagg1506]

How much are these diff options for the joysticks ? Great job Paul and Jon !!!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

All different prices for different options. Links to all Paul's stuff in the video description.

[@peterperpetua2974]

Spy Hunter for the 2600 came with a joystick coupler.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Oh, yeah. If I'm remembering right, it's because directions on the second stick served to call the truck or deploy special weapons, right?

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

Only the button on the second joystick was used, for the secondary weapon. So the coupler was made so the right controller's button was next to the left controller's button. Great port by the way. 2600 Spy Hunter is very well done.

[@LanceMan]

Being a lefty the way i hold the original atari controller would freak you out for sure ..lol. i think the ball top would help me out some.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Uh-oh. What's your style? Do you do the reach-around-the-back method with your right hand to reach the button?

[@LanceMan]

@GenXGrownUp i hold the controller in my right hand and use my thumb across the front the hit the fire button. That's actually how I did it in 1980 also... Lol. It's works pretty well for me. Modern controllers were a big bonus for me.

[@jasonharden1091]

MRO!!!! [Jaw drops.]

[@dancero643]

seria maravilloso que Atari sacara un arcade stick con una palanca moderna, un par de botones y ademas un conmutador de dificultad y dos botones mas de select y reset. ¿Romperia la magia de las viejas Ataris? es cierto, pero al igual que los joysticks de ahora no tienen cable ¿por qué no pasar al siguiente nivel? el que quiera dejarse las manos con el viejo joystick, perfecto (es divertido jugar como antaño) pero el articulo que yo digo tendria mucho tirón entre la gente algo mas joven

[@FutureGroupsofRufus]

One of my favorite controllers to use on the Atari 2600 was the Space Age joystick. The stick part still works on ours, but the fire trigger is out. Do you think your friend could recreate the controller?

[@StormSurvivor126]

I just got a game station pro that would be awesome to play mortal kombat on.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Yeah, I know. GSP lacks the necessary number of buttons to properly play MK, unfortunately.

[@JohnWindberg]

Would something like that make using the paddle mode of the VCS classic joystick more bearable? I expect that one does not fit the VCS classic joystick. The VCS really needs better retro controllers, paddles, driving wheel, track ball, spinner!

[@russellbaxley9934]

Hey Jon, where can I get one. Got me thinking of an AC/DC song about now. You know the one.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Right at the end of the video I am sure to remind you that all the links to Paul's stuff can be found in the video description.

[@russellbaxley9934]

@@GenXGrownUp thank you sir

[@Barret-y7c]

ok now make a twin stick for BattleTech on Genesis

[@paulphillips546]

This looks so good but shipping to UK more expensive than actually buying the ball top, will need to think about this 🤔

[@GenXGrownUp]

Yeah, I know shipping overseas can really eat into the value. 🥲

[@melcrose]

If there is a rom hack for crazy climber.. that would be perfect. You don't use the fire button.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Heck, yeah!

[@rushkiss2012]

Where can order these , I tried to find a link in the description?

[@GenXGrownUp]

There are about a dozen links in the video description under the section, "LINKS."

[@NotMuchHere]

is that you or youtube removing comments. (One asking you to compare and contrast to the walgreen red nose, and the links to maelstrom game music/ apt command to install game). Since its links I assume its youtube censors?

[@SmileyOrb]

Did my arcade announced sonic arcade????

[@GenXGrownUp]

Welcome to the video. We're talking about these controller mods. 😉

[@soupcan2037]

Meh. I was interested in the grip for the CX78+ but it's almost $40 shipped. That's the cost of a controller. I'll see if I can just modify a 3d-print for a similar controller.

[@GenXGrownUp]

That's barely over Paul's costs, materials, and Etsy fees. I've yet to see anyone do better for less.

[@soupcan2037]

@@GenXGrownUp I get it. That's why I don't build some of the open source flash carts to resell. Well that and end user support. The trouble is, someone will eventually make these on a mass scale and undercut him. It happened to the custom two button controller makers when Atari released the CX78+. Those controllers were in the $45-$50 range and now you can find them in the $20's.

[@andromedaone3640]

IT donated it and the second one looks abit rude.😅

[@GenXGrownUp]

🤔