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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: c64_d0c on June 03, 2006, 07:55:46 PM

Title: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: c64_d0c on June 03, 2006, 07:55:46 PM

is it possible to use a normal 2 button joystick, instead of cd32 joypad on cd32 machine?...

i am asking becouse i can get hold of an cd32 but there is no joypad controller included...

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Title: Re: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: Matt_H on June 03, 2006, 10:46:05 PM

It should work, but if the games use any buttons other than Red and Blue, you probably won't get too far in them.

Title: Re: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: Chain on June 03, 2006, 10:49:48 PM

Lots of games needs also other buttons, but some are playable just with a stick.

Go for it!

Title: Re: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: Tomas on June 04, 2006, 12:00:28 AM

You could also get a sega megadrive controller i think, which should be fairly easy to get hold of. I believe alot of games support the buttons on it, but i am not 100% sure there.

Title: Re: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: foleyjo on June 04, 2006, 12:21:44 AM

For a while I was without a CD32 controller and I found some games work fine without it. Things like superfrog where u only need one button.
However some games I couldnt do anything without a CD32 controller. Darkseed was one of these. The cursor wouldnt move at all no matter what i tried. Not even using mouse helped

Title: Re: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: amigakit on June 04, 2006, 12:34:02 AM

It is possible to use normal joysticks with some games but a lot use the extra buttons on the CD32 pad.

If you need a new official Amiga CD32 pad (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=323) we have them in stock.

Title: Re: normal joystick instead of pad on cd32?
Post by: Lonewolf10 on June 04, 2006, 12:47:58 AM

Yeah a joystick will work for most CD32 games.


Also, you can use the CD32 controller on any Amiga game that requires a joystick. Just simply use the d-pad for the directions instead of the joystick, and the red button in place of the fire button. I find this is just great for platform games, especially as I have become so accustomed to using pads now that I actually hate using joysticks!

(I played pretty much all my Spectrum games using a joystick back in the early 90's)


Regards,
Lonewolf10