Playing games on CDTV -- Joystick/Mouse remote

[JC]

I cant figure out how to use the stupid CDTV remote controller as a joystick for using floppy disk based A500 games on my CDTV .

I have connected an external floppy and tried using games such as Ninja Warriors or Lotus 2 .

The games load fine without any problems .

But i cannot get joystick control using the remote ...  If i press Joy/Mouse on the remote i get joystick control for about 5 seconds and then it stops again until i press the Joy/Mouse button again .

On Lotus 2 i actually managed to play for a whole 1 minute before it stopped working as a joystick .

I am using brand new batteries on the remote .

Am i doing something wrong ?

You probably need a new remote they don't hold up all that well.