THE400 Mini & "Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation"
11Atari Day, kind-of. A quick look at a new book I'm reading and also a quick look (and play) of THE400 Mini (much better creators have already made much better videos about the system).
00:25 ... Jamie Lendino's book
03:20 ... unboxing THE400 Mini
05:00 ... THECXSTICK
07:05 ... comparing with other RGL & "mini" systems
10:30 ... dismantling THE400 Mini
12:15 ... dismantling THECXSTICK
15:45 ... comparing RGL joysticks: RGL002, RGL003 & RGL013
17:35 ... customising ... simply changing the power LED
19:00 ... some gameplay with different joysticks ... BOULDERDASH (no commentary)
THE400 Mini has some nice attention-to-detail, especially on the keyboard. It comes with a USB version of the classic Atari joystick design, called THECXSTICK (model RGL013).
I've got some other examples of RGL's (Retro Games Ltd.) joysticks ... or THEJOYSTICKs ... a model RGL002 that came with THEC64 Mini, and two updated RGL003 (with microswitches) that came with THEC64 and THEVIC20.
The other joysticks mostly work ... they don't seem to work on some games, likely the Atari 5200 ones. You also need to restart the machine when changing joysticks.