Competition pro usb

[Harrison]

I don't own the new USB version of the competition pro, but I've heard that it is a very nice joystick for Amiga emulation, and other retro games. Very faithful construction. Plus you can use it for any PC and emulated games that can use a digital joystick. It also has 4 fire buttons which is useful for more recent games.

Instead I used a USB adapter and connect up my original Amiga joysticks to the PC to play Amiga games. I've currently got an original Black/red competition pro connected up to one of my PCs for this purpose. I also sometimes use a Competition Pro CD32 gamepad which also works well. My USB adaptor was from a US company called Retrozone. They no longer make this adaptor and are now focusing instead on direct game controller conversions, selling USB converted original gamepads for the NES, SNES, Megadrive etc... They do however sell USB conversion kits, including an Atari RetroKit for $17 USD if you fancy doing the conversion on an existing Amiga joystick.

But any USB to Atari Joystick converter will work with Amiga joysticks. The Stelladaptor will work perfectly well for example. You can find that here.

Or you could build your own adapter if you are handy with a soldering iron. A good example of such a project can be found here.

And regarding X-Arcade controllers. These are great for using with all emulation. I've got the standard X-Arcade two joystick controller and this works perfectly will WinUAE. The emulator even has support for it built in. And I have to say that if you want the best and most accurate joystick control for retro gaming get the X-Arcade. You won't regret it. The control is much better than any Amiga joystick. The controller is more solid and responsive and makes Amiga games feel suddenly nicer to play than you remember from years ago. However I still use the real Amiga joysticks with my USB adapter a lot for that retro feel, even tough I also have the X-Arcade. The other reason is that the X-Arcade is very large and takes up a lot of desk space. I only use that when I'm spending a whole day playing loads of games in MAME, WinUAE and other emulators. If I just want a quick game I just use the AMiga Competition Pro joystick.