Sega Master System controllers on an Amiga?

[Coolhand]

You have to be playing games that support that extra button of course.

assuming you are, you should have a working B and C buttons, this is true for the 6 button pads too (which I use) Some games which should support the extra button in WHDload don't seem to support this very well however, and one of the faster Master System emulators also does not support it, despite saying it does.  So perhaps something does need to be done to the pads to make them work consistently.  I recall one post somewhere, where someone suggested it was because the rubber contact pad has different resistance properties to a microswitch, but in this case i would have thought that no buttons or directions on a pad would work reliably.

[Coolhand]

I have a 6 button megadrive pad and when I play sf2 etc.. the 2 buttons that work do the same thing

Is that the WHDload version though?

Like i said, a lot of people here have reported issues with that software, issue that they don't get with the disk version.

Banshee AGA is another one, "C" on the pad should activate a special weapon but it works about once per level, and only right at the start of the level, then the button is dead and you have to hit spacebar instead. weird stuff...  Not sure if it helps if the copy is registered, I haven't got round to that yet but some games are restricted/unplayable until you pay.

[Coolhand]

Don't most Amiga games just use one button though ? I come from a c64 background so seriously asking..

yeah most are only single button, the most comprehensive controller would be a CD32 pad, or something fully compatible with it....

most games are single button (with up to jump, fire as fire for example, like the 64 games)

some games support one more button, like SF2, Banshee.

CD32 games may support more buttons, depending on title, but you can't use all those without an actual CD32 pad or a proper adapter for something like a Ps2 pad.