Colecovision controller alternatives?

Postby **VideoGameCritic** » March 29th, 2009, 6:28 pm

Were there ever any good third-party controllers made for the Colecovision? The normal one is pretty uncomfortable, and the Super Action Controllers don't work with all the games. Considering the games are arcade-quality, a nice arcade style joystick would be nice.

Devon · Postby **Devon** » March 29th, 2009, 6:54 pm

According to the AVGN, you can use a Genesis or Atari 2600 controller.

Adamant1 · Postby **Adamant1** » March 29th, 2009, 8:09 pm

There are two popular third-party controllers that use joysticks in place of the original's... weird... thing.
The Amiga Power Stick and the Wico Command Control.
Never tried any of them myself, though.

Lance · Postby **Lance** » March 30th, 2009, 11:28 am

Just about any controller that works with an Atari 2600 will work on a Colecovision, provided that the CV game doesn't require a 2nd button function or something needing the keypad. I don't recall there ever being a dedicated 3rd-party controller for the CV. I do remember buying the little joystick 'stick-ons' for the standard controller (stuck on top of the CV 'knob', much like the joystick stickie for the Intellivision).

Postby **VideoGameCritic** » March 30th, 2009, 6:00 pm

[QUOTE=Lance]

Just about any controller that works with an Atari 2600 will work on a Colecovision, provided that the CV game doesn't require a 2nd button function or something needing the keypad.

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Umm... EVERY Colecovision needs the keypad to select your game variation. There's no way around that.

Have you actually tried this or are you just assuming it will work?

We get a lot of that around here!

Adamant1 · Postby **Adamant1** » March 30th, 2009, 7:49 pm

Don't know if it's the case with all games, but you can generally use the keypad on the second controller to select the game variation. If you're playing alone, you shouldn't need a keypad on the controller you use to play the game.

Protoman · Postby **Protoman** » August 4th, 2009, 3:35 pm

Use the CV controller to select a variation, and then plug in a Genesis controller.

chrisbid1 · Postby **chrisbid1** » September 16th, 2009, 10:43 pm

use the keypad in the second controller port to select your game

there is also a hard-to-find keypad with a passthrough port

chrisbid1 · Postby **chrisbid1** » September 16th, 2009, 10:44 pm

http://www.geocities.com/djslacker1/images/colecovision_controllers_champ_keypad.jpg

its called the champ keypad, i have one and its great