Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Consoles => Topic started by: xwildzerox666 on April 03, 2005, 01:52:04 pm
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Hello,
My MAME cabinet has a bunch of console controls feeding out of it either on adaptors or altered with USB leads that I've gotten in various places. But I've never seen these for a Sega Megadrive/Genesis or Sega Mastersystem. Does anyone know of anyone selling these that they could direct me towards?
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http://www.sealiecomputing.com/retrozone/genesis.html
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Building Genesis joystick ports onto your control panel might be a good idea, since old Atari and most 8-bit computer sticks will also work with the same port.
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Yeah, I remember I used to use a genesis pad on my old Amiga computer.
How would I build that kind of joystick port on? Can you get adaptors for that kind of port?
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I thought the Genesis pads plugged into the standard Game/MIDI port on sound cards.
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I thought the Genesis pads plugged into the standard Game/MIDI port on sound cards.
No. That connector (the old PC gameport) is a 15 pin D-sub connector (female on the host).
Genesis pads (and also Master System pads) are more or less compatible with the Atari 2600 controller connectors: a 9-pin D-sub connector (male on the host) with the controllers containing switches between different pins on the connector and ground. In the Genesis' case, since it has too many controls in a single gamepad for the 9-pin connector (at least if they want any left over for light guns, etc.) they multiplex some of the lines.
I'd recommend going with the Retrozone kit as crashwg suggested.
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or use a microsoft side winder
looks and fells close enough
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Genesis pads (and also Master System pads) are more or less compatible with the Atari 2600 controller connectors:
Ooooh yeah, that's right.
I knew the were compatible with some other system. I just couldn't remember what.
I had a Gravis gamepad system for PC, that used the same jack as the Genesis/Atari/Commodore, which is probably at fault for my confusion. I never tried actually plugging the Genesis pads into that thing, but it was always in theback of my mind. :)
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http://w5.cs.uni-sb.de/~stahl/com/index_uk.html
For readymade stuff - I've found this, which is for an Amiga, which means It'll dothe two button support for a master system pad, but not the third button on a megadrive pad. I'll let you know anything else that turns up.
There's also some 'how to build' stuff on here for those who like that kind of thing.