{"id":120536,"date":"2020-11-11T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/random_playing_switch_with_a_1977_atari_joystick_is_neat_if_a_little_impractical"},"modified":"2020-11-11T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:30:00","slug":"random-playing-switch-with-a-1977-atari-joystick-is-neat-if-a-little-impractical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/11\/random-playing-switch-with-a-1977-atari-joystick-is-neat-if-a-little-impractical\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Playing Switch With A 1977 Atari Joystick Is Neat, If A Little Impractical"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The two pieces of tech may well be 40 years apart, but it’s possible to play on a Nintendo Switch with a 1977 Atari joystick.<\/p>\n

YouTube channel Will It Work?<\/a>, which we’ve featured on the site in the past thanks to a project which got a Wii Nunchuk working with Mario Kart Tour on mobile devices<\/a>, has shared a new video which shows the joystick in action.<\/p>\n

The controller only features the joystick itself and a single button, but despite this, it’s still possible to get it working on Switch and jump into a number of games \u2013 as long as you have the necessary adaptors and a second controller at the ready to navigate pesky in-game menus.<\/p>\n

The video takes us on a tour of Donkey Kong<\/a>, Tetris 99<\/a> and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a>, all of which can be played to varying degrees using the 40-year-old controller. Make sure to check it out below:<\/p>\n