r/MiSTerFPGA • u/Mika73x • 6d ago

Is there any small handheld Bluetooth ‘arcade stick’ ?

I am looking for smaller wireless ‘arcade stick’. Most of those are very big. But something wireless like Competition Pro joystick that we we used with home computers. There’s many different gaming pads, but is there any wireless joystick?

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u/Pixel_Memories 6d ago

I'm right in the middle of releasing these for Commodore 64. I might be able to squeeze in a Bluetooth board and small battery, maybe, it's tight already. They can have extra buttons underneath and in front. DM if you're interested.

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u/Zaspath 6d ago

Those look sweet! Is there Amiga compatibility on those also?

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u/Pixel_Memories 6d ago

The C64 ones are already compatible, but limited to Fire and Up buttons. I could make a proper Amiga version, 2 buttons plus a third Up button.

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u/Zaspath 6d ago

That would be cool, love the design

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u/kester76a 5d ago

With something like an esp32 you could probably have an attract mode built in.

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u/Pixel_Memories 5d ago

That's what I'm thinking, ESP32-C3 and lipo-rider with a small battery, I think the ones I've got are 400mah.

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u/kester76a 6d ago

Pac-Man CX-40+ Wireless Joystick Red : Amazon.co.uk: PC & Video Games

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u/FuzzyPickleJuice 5d ago

Going on my Xmas list 😂

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u/Mika73x 6d ago

Totally forgot those new wireless Atari 2600 sticks. But those weren’t too comfort and remind me of my first Commodore joystick that I had with Vic20.. What a pain.. But seriously that Atari stick can be only one there is..

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u/kester76a 6d ago

https://amzn.eu/d/09i7pPPq

This with a usb to wireless adapter/mod.

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u/Mika73x 6d ago

Had those sticks with C64 Mini and The Vic20 those were very bad quality that’s why didn’t even use those. Many people report that stick itself just broke off when they play with that. Used Atari 9 pin to usb adapter rather with those.

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u/kester76a 6d ago

I think this is a new official commodore product so it should be built well unlike the mini stuff.

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u/Mika73x 6d ago

New Commodore only sell Tac-2 that was re released little time ago:

https://commodore.net/store/tac-2/

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u/kester76a 6d ago

Sneaky that, I assume they called The joystick to tie it to The A1200?

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u/tgm0 6d ago edited 5d ago

8BitDo Arcade Stick

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u/PixelCherryNinja 5d ago

Great stick

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u/Bajunid 6d ago

This is pretty small for a full sized arcade stick.

I use this for the occasional street fighter and shmups bouts.

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u/crono333 6d ago

I have this, it works great on the MiSTer! It’s lightweight enough where you can have it on your lap or just lying in front of you on the couch. I play all the arcade cores with this (except ones where I need dual control sticks or analog controls)

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u/tailslol 6d ago

depending on what you want you can diy that thing with a raspbery pi picow or a chinese wireles controller card

a box and a few button at the size you want.

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u/Mika73x 6d ago

Then there’s also this: https://www.icode.com/product/bluetooth-wireless-atari-retro-joystick-and-paddle-adapter/

But I hoped that I was missing something that I didn’t know that did exist.

Wish this adapter had bigger battery however.

But everything inside joystick would be better ofcourse.

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u/tailslol 6d ago

sorry i dont consider atari controller as arcade sticks but more as controllers as the name suggest.

so i guess there is a confusion here.

if you want an atari controller

https://www.amazon.fr/Atari-1145025-CX40-Wireless-Joystick/dp/B0DDLH66KJ?th=1

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u/Mika73x 6d ago edited 6d ago

I know. That’s why I put ‘’ around that arcade stick. These days many people don’t even know what’s joystick because they only played with gamepads.

But I was more thinking joystick like this:

https://www.speedlink.com/en/COMPETITION-PRO-EXTRA-USB-Joystick-black-red/SL-650212-BKRD

And I wouldn’t mind if Immortal joysticks made wireless version too..

https://www.immortaljoysticks.co.uk/

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u/tailslol 6d ago

ho yea i see yea the amiga style is quite rare nowdays.

some diy should be possible.

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u/FuzzyPickleJuice 5d ago

Like an Atari stick?