http://kotaku.com/5475448/sony-files-patent-for-universal-game-controller
With no Commodore or Amiga Inc having any real Commodore tech/licensing, if Sony planning a CD32 emulator? Surely they will need the 3.1 ROMS if they are going to specify CD32 controllers as controllers their universal controller will emulate...
I believe the AGA patents expired.
I think this is another sign of the times. Anything made by Commodore with the name Amiga on it is anyone's for the taking.
Slow down there, cowboy. It's just a controller.
From the original article:
This controller would feature a touch sensitive liquid crystal display that would display various button layouts depending on the consoles. For example, a Nintendo console would pull up a Nintendo controller layout, a Microsoft console would pull up a Microsoft controller layout and a PlayStation console would pull up a PS controller layout.
So this is essentially like the PDA Remote Controls program, only for consoles. It's an LCD touch screen pad that draws a picture of whatever controller you are emulating, and translates your touch inputs to the correct output signals for the buttons of whatever machine it's attached to.
They probably added CD32 compatibility because the marginal cost of adding it is practically nothing, if they already had the 9-pin adapter used on Commodore/Atari. Just write a new program to display a picture of a CD32 pad and output those codes instead of the normal C=/Atari ones. Presto, add CD32 support to the list.
What makes you think Sony is planning a CD32 emulator? And WHY would they plan one, anyhow? It's not like it was a commercial success back in the day, let alone now.
