Gamepad controller for ATARI VCS or Commodore 64

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And geeks play retro video games.

On retro computers.

And sometimes, their retro arcade style joysticks aren’t well suited for the side-scroller platform retro-game.

What is a geek to do then?

Today we look at making – or modding – a gamepad controller that works on the Commodore 64

2023/10/022023/09/06 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, C64Mods, Commodore 64, Computers and technology, Games, Geekyness, Retrocomputing, RetrogamingTags: Atari, Atari 2600, Atari VCS, BYO game controller, C64, commodore, Commodore 64, Commodore 64C, Commodore alteration, controller, DIY, electronics, Game controller, gamepad, games, Geek, joystick, personalize your commodore, retrogaming, video games

Altering Commodore’s Kernal

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And geeks enjoy their retrogaming.

Sometimes this means building their own computer.

The Kernal, Commodore’s Kernel ROM, has apparently been named Kernal after one of the engineers made a typo on the Kernel name, and all of Commodore Business Machine ran with it, naming it Kernal even in documentations.

Talk about owning their mistakes!

The Kernal is in charge of operating the various aspects of the computer – it is similar to the operating system of modern computing, but is on a chip, on the motherboard. It has routines for loading, displaying and pretty much everything.

And, similarly to today’s OS alterations and mods, Commodore’s Kernal can be modified.

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