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Ralf Niggemann

German retro-computing hardware developer behind OSA-Stick, an open-source multi-system arcade joystick project (osa-stick.com), and guest on the Scene World C64 podcast.

Oct 4, 2026

Scene World – The C64 NTSC/PAL Disk Magazine – Podcast

Scene World – The C64 NTSC/PAL Disk Magazine – Podcast

Ep. #241 - OSA-Stick with Ralf Niggemann

Oct 4 · 1h 21m

DerisionHOST
22:55
The question is, what was your starting point with this project and with computers in general?
Ralf NiggemannGUEST
23:03
With computers in general? Oh, okay.
Ralf NiggemannGUEST
23:06
I wrote my first program when I was eight on a C116, this small rubber pad C16 variant with 60K of RAM and with a data set to save my program on cassettes.
Ralf NiggemannGUEST
23:27
And from there on, a year later, I got my first C64.
Ralf NiggemannGUEST
23:32
I still have it today and I use it on a regular basis.
Ralf NiggemannGUEST
23:38
And from there to PC, Amiga, Schneider, Atari, whatever, I tried to write programs on as many systems I can get.
Ralf NiggemannGUEST
23:50
And I started collecting computers and consoles.

51 MINS LATER

DerisionHOST
74:33
yeah which made you wonder why so why so little um or how to say why so few joysticks were made if if the technology was so simple it already there you know um

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