The new competition pro joysticks.

[lolafg]

Hello ,

I bought a boomerang pad for the CD32 and it works fine with the CD32 , but in my A600 some games as for example Street fighter II can't use the 2 buttons...
So i bought a sega megadrive pad with 6 buttons and all games are working well with it (the 2 buttons recognised are the B and C) so i think it is one of the best pad for the amiga.
This answer just to help people who are looking for a pad !!

[AndyRCM]

On the Sega pad Is there no way of reading the other buttons on the amiga? Surely they must be independant to each other? I have several Sega Megadrive pads and would love to use them on my Amiga or CD32 . . .

Andy

[lolafg]

There is probably a way to do that but how to ?
Sorry i don't know.

[Buleste]

Just found this interesting bit of information for youon how to modify a Sega Megadrive Joypad to work on an Amiga.
http://psygnosisamiga.free.fr/games/...tructions2.pdf goto page 6 and read what it says about modifying the joypad. Warning unmodified pads can lead to damage of the CIA chip. It's not common but better safe than sorry.

[AndyRCM]

Nice one Buleste!

Andy

[woody.cool]

On the Sega pad Is there no way of reading the other buttons on the amiga? Surely they must be independant to each other? I have several Sega Megadrive pads and would love to use them on my Amiga or CD32 . . .

Andy

The CD32 and Sega Megadrive use different methods of accessing those extra buttons.
I think the CD32 is easier to interpret, as it's kind of a direct conection to each button, but the Megadrive is a different beast altoghether. The first two buttons (mapped as B & C) stick to the Atari standard, but as for the rest .... who knows!

[Harrison]

A few games were also written with direct Sega megadrive pad support. This included a couple of the later AGA beat 'em ups.