8-Bit Show And Tell | Joysticks In The Form of Trackballs: The Wico Command Control and the Roklan Un-Roller Controller @8_Bit | Uploaded August 2021 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
The Wico Command Control and the Roklan Un-Roller Controller are both Atari & Commodore-compatible joystick substitutes in the form of a trackball; one is an actual trackball with extra logic to simulate a joystick, while the other is more of a giant d-pad in the form of a trackball! I put them to the test with a couple rounds of GORF on the Commodore 64, and then we take a look inside to see how they work, and view my typical clumsy efforts at maintenance and repair on them.

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Index:
0:00 Intro
0:49 Wico Command Control box & controller
3:03 Roklan Un-Roller Controller box
5:13 Choosing GORF: happy birthday to Eric Cotton!
6:43 Playing GORF with Command Control
9:57 Playing GORF with Un-Roller Controller
12:27 Quick thoughts on which is better
13:19 Inside the Command Control
16:42 Inside the Un-Roller Controller
22:17 Conclusion & Thanks to my patrons!