Extended version: Watch as I build a ZX Spectrum Atari Joystick Adapter

This is the extended version (30 minutes) of my Atari Joystick adapter build for the ZX Spectrum. The goal is to use Atari wired joysticks on the computer without modifying the motherboard or the joystick.

In this 30 minute long video, watch as I discuss the plan, destroy a perfectly good light phaser, question myself, and spend a lot of time tinkering with wire leads and a soldering iron. The end result is a working proof of concept that I demonstrate playing Dizzy. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXSzRlM62eM