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| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on March 01, 2005, 04:36:39 pm --- --- Quote --- And would I need to change the version of MAME I'm running in order to read the analog directions? --- End quote --- I THINK that 49-way support is built into command line MAME, but will be corrected by someone shortly if it isn't. --- End quote --- you will have to reread one of my replies on uses for this. 49way support is not built into mame. The games that used 49way joys that are in mame are the williams driver (sinistar), the pigskin/arch rivals driver, and blitz. Out of those, everything but blitz uses a hack to convert an analog joystick (IE your analog gamepad you have hooked up to your USB/gameport) to 49way approximation. That is why this interface will work with mame. The Wiz49 takes the 49way joystick and converts it to an analog joystick signal for the PC. Mame can then read that and within the driver for the game convert back to 49way inputs. That said, you could use this interface as a pseudo analog joystick input for games that used analog joysticks. It's not going to have the precision but is more useful than an 8way joy to play those few games. BTW, to get analog stick support for pigskin I think urebel and I made the changes in the late .60s of mame. Otherwise before that only sinistar had the analog stick hack. |
| 1UP:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 01, 2005, 02:58:00 am --- --- End quote --- |
| Grasshopper:
It's a nice product that fills a gap in the market but I think there's room for improvement. The main problem for me is that it's USB only. I realise that USB is the future but I'm not yet ready to commit to a USB only solution because I still occasionally use DOS. It would be nice to have a ps/2 mode like the Ipacs, even if analogue wasn't available in that mode. Also, what about game consoles? A lot of people want to interface their console to arcade controls but cannot do so because some games require an analogue joystick. This board might provide a solution if it could emulate a playstation gamepad (no need to emulate gamepads for other consoles as converters are available). Ok, I know a 49 way stick isn't true analogue but it might be good enough for many games. I'd also like to reiterate what others have already said. There needs to be a way of changing the joystick's mode through software as well as by pressing buttons. And programmable customised grids would also be very useful. One final thing. I agree with Paige. It's a bit silly of you to say the 7*7 grids you have used are proprietary and thus secret. It's not us, the ordinary customers, you need to worry about but your competitors. They will reverse engineer your boards whether you like it or not. And somehow I suspect your threat to stop producing any new products if anyone spills the beans will not deter them. Hiding legitimate (and easily obtainable) information from potential customers is poor marketing IMHO. It's also poor marketing to ask for 'constructive comments' and then complain when you get them. |
| Flinkly:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on March 01, 2005, 02:33:14 pm --- --- Quote from: Flinkly on March 01, 2005, 02:04:32 pm ---like that dang minipac....maybe i'll just desolder that too.... --- End quote --- The minipac uses standard headers. --- End quote --- |
| NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on March 01, 2005, 05:21:09 pm ---49way support is not built into mame.........That is why this interface will work with mame. --- End quote --- Which means that YES, command line MAME does support the 49-ways directly--in the context of the original question. |
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