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Ultimate PC Interface Ver. 2 (2012)

INTVDave · Serial Parallel Interface
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Catalogue IDHW-0081
ManufacturerINTVDave
TypeSerial Parallel Interface (Interface)
Connects viaUse retro controllers on modern PCs
PlatformADAM
StatusReleased
Manufacturer site http://www.intellivision.us/adam_intfc/adam_intfc.php
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

An adapter letting classic console controllers be used on a modern computer over USB - two controllers at a time through one connector.

What it takes

  • Intellivision controllers, which is where the project started - INTVDave's work is best known in that community.
  • ColecoVision hand controllers, keypad included, which is the part that matters here.
  • Atari 2600 sticks.

Why the keypad matters

  • A ColecoVision controller is not just a stick and two buttons; the twelve-key pad is how its games take options. An adapter that carries the keypad through is the difference between playing an emulated ColecoVision properly and not.

This is the 2012 version; a third followed in 2018 and is catalogued alongside it.