Joystick from Liksang.com for A1200

[Twin]

Hi

I know sega mega drive (genesis) controllers work on the A1200, will this one work?

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=214&products_id=3017&

I realise I will only get 1 button functionality, but I have read of a hack that will give you all 6 buttons somewhere.

[Twin]

ComputerCity wrote:
Hi,

If you're interested, we still have these in stock:
Competition Pro CD32 Joypad.

Best regards,
Computer City

Sorry, I'm not paying that much for a joystick.

[Twin]

gizz72 wrote:
@Twin
Most likely not. Unless someone did it already. Specially if it's the 6 button joypad. I tried it before, the smaller version. It never worked! return to seller and exchanged it with the 3 button but with Turbo option. Much safer you'd get a 3 button type with a turbo. I got 4 pieces at present.

Tried the Aminet but didn't get much to explore some programs cause I was busy playing then :-P

Cheers!

So are you saying that this one will work:

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=214&products_id=2956&

[Twin]

gizz72 wrote:
Yes. But the buttons are the same size as the regular A B C buttons but they will work and much cheaper. I highly recommend it. Just to be safe. :-D

One hitch, Overtime, leaving it plugged in while typing the keyboard. Not good. Unplug them. Seem to affect some keys(A1200).

What do you mean by "Overtime"? I can't have the joystick plugged in when I type in the keyboard at all?

[Twin]

Jope wrote:
Please read up on the differences between the megadrive joypad port and the Amiga joystick port.

The best idea is to make a short adapter cable between the Amiga and the pad..

Two wires need to be crossed and IIRC one of the pad's buttons shorts +5 to ground, so you shouldn't directly connect it.

Really? Alot of people say that mega drive controllers work fine, and I am using one at the moment with no problems.

Where can I find something outlining the differences between the two?

[Twin]

Acill wrote:
Just do a search for CD32 on lik-sang and you will find a great CD32 gamepad that works well. I got 2 of them not long ago.

Yeah, thats the competition pro, which is my favourite joystick for the amiga, but liksang.com says that it is out of stock thats why I am looking at alternatives.