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Reading SNES joypad on NES
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:28 am
by never-obsolete
Here's a rom (with source) to test out a SNES controller on the NES. It's been tested on the powerpak.
snesjoytest.zip
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:33 am
by tepples
A, X, L, and R correspond to Four Score player 3's A, B, Select, and Start.
Does anyone sell the cable for this, or does each user have to solder one? I want to make a mouse demo, and I'm pretty sure it'd use the same cable.
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:40 am
by never-obsolete
I've checked locally, but could not find anything. I ended up just making one. I'm going to contact the Nestopia/Fceux dev team to see if they'd mind adding support for the SNES controller. I'm currently working on a Zelda-esque adventure game that will require one.
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:22 am
by tepples
never-obsolete wrote:I'm going to contact the Nestopia/Fceux dev team to see if they'd mind adding support for the SNES controller.
Four Score support should suffice in emulators. I'm more concerned about whether hardware built from
instructions like these is available for sale.
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:38 pm
by Xious
tepples wrote:never-obsolete wrote:I'm going to contact the Nestopia/Fceux dev team to see if they'd mind adding support for the SNES controller.
Four Score support should suffice in emulators. I'm more concerned about whether hardware built from
instructions like these is available for sale.
I've never seen them for sale commercially: Not enough demand I guess, so like myself, you'd need to build it.
That's very interesting about the extra buttons though: Pretty rad, being able to actually utilize them in custom games.
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:06 am
by koitsu
Moved thread to SNESdev forum.
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:24 pm
by tokumaru
koitsu wrote:Moved thread to SNESdev forum.
Technically, this is NES development, don't you think? He's just using a piece of hardware originally made for the SNES, but this is still a NES project IMO.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:35 pm
by koitsu
tokumaru wrote:koitsu wrote:Moved thread to SNESdev forum.
Technically, this is NES development, don't you think? He's just using a piece of hardware originally made for the SNES, but this is still a NES project IMO.
Somehow I missed that part of it -- you're absolutely right. Moved thread to NESdev forum. :)
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:16 am
by tokumaru
To be honest, at first I also failed to understand what this was. Only after the thread got moved I noticed what it really said.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:34 am
by Super-Hampster
The Retro Duo uses Super NES controllers for its NES side. I wonder if it will read all buttons on its NES side. I'd test it with the test rom but unfortunately the powerpak doesn't work on the Retro Duo which is why it mostly gets used for Super NES games.