Retro Gamer Builds 'Super Stick'; Freud Rubs Eyes In Disbelief From Heaven

GAMERTELL.COM: A super sized Atari 2600 joystick
Posted September 16, 2007 at 06:43 PM by PJ Hruschak

In the latest issue of Make magazine, there is a page (18, if interested) devoted to a project that would make any retro gamer drool.

Titled “Super Stick,” the brief article describes an oversized Atari 2600 joystick made for the I Am 8-Bit museum exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, CA. The joystick, created by Jason Torchinsky, measure 5 feet tall, approximately 15 times larger than an original joystick. It’s made of fiberglass, coiled hose and meal plates and took a month to build.

And yes, it works.

Attendees to the gallery opening were able to jump on the joystick and give it a go, stomping on the red button and enjoying the four direction goodness, playing an unnamed game projected onto a wall.

If you’ve not heard of or read Make, it’s a DIY magazine for gadget geeks featuring things like customizing your bike, LED sweaters and mobile movie theaters. It retails for $14.99 US, but worth the hefty price for all the fun projects it offers. It comes out four times a year.