What other joysticks can be used with a Vectrex?

[garryg]

I'm thinking of re-doing the second incarnation of my Vec-wars game (which was never finished enough to release a bin of), but I want to make it dule stick controlled. One stick for movement, the other for 360 degree firing. I had some much impruved movement routines and formations for the enemys, but it just dosn't work with the control system of the original (Stick moves, four buttons fire in different directions), I tryed using the buttons to move and the stick to fire, but it still doesn't work.

So two sticks, I thought... Until I saw the price people are asking for a Vectrex controller nowadays
What happened to Vectrex hardware prices? There through the roof now!

So,after all that grumble,  is there an alternative controller I can use to approximate the use of a second Vectrex joystick?
Right now I'm not sure if this is a deal-breaker for me writing this game or not...

[TrekMD]

Someone just created a new solution for the Atari 7800 that is reasonably priced and is 3D printed to use for games that have dual joysticks. Here is a link to the auction on Ebay for these: Atari 7800 Robotron 2084 Controller Control Pad Gamepad Joystick 2500 Commodore. Maybe something like this can be created for the Vectrex?

[gliptitude]

There have been some really cool alternatives in the last year or so but I'm not sure anything is currently available and I don't think they are going to be any cheaper than the originals. There is the VecAdapt for Sega controllers and the newer add-on for VecAdapt that allows Atari joysticks, but your game sounds like it needs analog.

Here's a perfect looking solution but not currently available or cheap:

www.ebay.com/itm/Vectrex-034-MiniVex-II-034-controller-dual-analog-joysticks-rapid-fire-feature-/223576764326?hash=item340e36afa6%3Ag%3AxLQAAOSwdqFc1ai0&nma=true&si=2flNewgMmDloxn5vgofkjX%252B1kck%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I'm currently trying to sell off my odd Vectrex controllers which I just listed on AtariAge. I might be willing to seperate the working original Vectrex controller and sell for cheaper because of the defect, if the defect is something you could tolerate, but I'm not sure about shipping abroad if it would be worth it:

atariage.com/forums/topic/296105-diy-vectrex-controller-lot-fs/

[binarystar]

If you plug a couple old Atari 2600 controllers in to a Vectrex, you could read them as twin sticks as UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT maps to buttons 1-4. As long as you don't need any buttons, that ought to be a decent and affordable setup (though you'd need to shave the ends a bit to fit the Vectrex ports).