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javeryh's Small-ish Bartop ["Jack Attack!"]
JDFan:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2019, 11:06:46 am ---Any ideas?
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Maybe wire both to the same input rather than trying to make 2 different buttons act as the one ? ( ie. hardware change rather than software )
javeryh:
--- Quote from: JDFan on November 28, 2019, 11:24:45 am ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2019, 11:06:46 am ---Any ideas?
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Maybe wire both to the same input rather than trying to make 2 different buttons act as the one ? ( ie. hardware change rather than software )
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I think that would work but I'm trying to just do this for the NES emulator. With 6 buttons on the CP and only 2 on the NES controller I have 4 extra unused buttons. Lots of games used Select and Start in game (like the star punch in Punch-Out!! and it is reall awkward to have to hit the front of the cabinet for those things. If I rewire, I'd lose functionality for the other emulators. Maybe the answer is to ditch the NES completely.
PL1:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2019, 04:21:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: JDFan on November 28, 2019, 11:24:45 am ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2019, 11:06:46 am ---Any ideas?
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Maybe wire both to the same input rather than trying to make 2 different buttons act as the one ? ( ie. hardware change rather than software )
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I think that would work but I'm trying to just do this for the NES emulator. With 6 buttons on the CP and only 2 on the NES controller I have 4 extra unused buttons. Lots of games used Select and Start in game (like the star punch in Punch-Out!! and it is reall awkward to have to hit the front of the cabinet for those things. If I rewire, I'd lose functionality for the other emulators. Maybe the answer is to ditch the NES completely.
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You could use a DPST or DPDT switch to switch between "NES Mode" and "Normal Mode".
Wire the two poles like this
P1B4 input ______/______ Select input
P1B5 input ______/______ Start input
Switch open (Normal Mode)
- All four inputs are separate.
Switch closed (NES Mode)
- Pressing either P1B4 or Select grounds both inputs, triggering both outputs. NES Emulator ignores P1B4.
- Pressing either P1B5 or Start grounds both inputs, triggering both outputs. NES Emulator ignores P1B5.
Scott
Mike A:
Ditch the NES. Play NES games on a couch in front of your TV.
J_K_M_A_N:
--- Quote from: Mike A on November 28, 2019, 11:27:43 pm ---Ditch the NES. Play NES games on a couch in front of your TV.
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I would agree with that. My first bartop, I put everything on there with USB so I could play NES and stuff. I NEVER play it on there. Just get some NES/SNES controllers and another cheaper PI and hook to the TV.
J_K_M_A_N