oH boy! this is what EVERY gamer wants for their Amiga + Cd32

[lempkee]

brian:well i dont recall about the genesis/MD but as far as  MasterSystem goes it should be identical to any amiga,weird that they didnt force 2button controllers/pads onto amiga like they did on consoles

i really dont remeber the 6 buttons on the Genesis , same as saturn

[Cyberus]

Genesis was the name for Megadrive in Far East (and possibly also US(?))

[Ross_Geller]

Genesis was the name for Megadrive in Far East (and possibly also US(?))

Yep, Genesis was what they called it in the US as well... who knows why...

[sdesros]

i really dont remeber the 6 buttons on the Genesis , same as saturn

The 6 button controller for the Genesis was introduced back when Street Fighter II was all the rage.  Back then a lot of systems started to get 6 button controllers as soon as Street Fighter II was ported to their systems: PC Engine, Genesis.  Other systems had controllers were buttons were moved to a more appropriate postition for playing SFII (3D0 and SNES got their shoulder buttons repositioned as face buttons, etc.)

I don't think that the 6 button Genesis controller matches the 6-button CD32 pad button configuration.  I've got both, so I guess I can try it out if anyone is curious.

[lempkee]

please try it on your cd32 with cd32 games that support more than 2 buttons!

thanx

[Damion]

Well this POS adapter arrived today and it
doesn't work AT ALL on the amiga...go figure
There must be a significant difference somewhere
in the pinouts between amiga/genesis...I'm
looking into it, hopefully not $20 out the
window.

[Damion]

OK...the pinouts are similar, but the major
difference is that pin 5 on the genesis is
+5V, whereas this is pin 7 on the amiga. I'm
thinking swapping the lines should fix it.

[Damion]

...and indeed it did. Simply peel back the
sticker, open the case, swap the RED and
the YELLOW wires, and voila. This will give you
analog as a d-pad and two fire buttons which
do the same thing...more to come when I figure
out how to get it CD32 compatible.

[Damion]

It seems the CD32 pad has special circuitry, so
this adapter is not CD32 compatibile, at least
not with my limited skills.

If anyone else ordered this thing (lempkee?)
here's what I found to get it operational as
a two button joystick:

open the case

remove RED and YELLOW wires from their pads
(wires at VCC and SEL)

solder the RED wire in place of the YELLOW
(RED to VCC)

attatch a jumper wire on the board from SEL
to VCC (important, otherwise the controller
will act erratic)

if you want, build a solder pad on the board at
SP4, and hook up the YELLOW wire, this will
give square on PS pad as mouse button 3
(probably useless)

So there ya have it...despite not working
as a CD32 pad, the analogs and "rapid
fire" make it somewhat an interesting waste
of time..

[Bezzen]

Genesis was the name for Megadrive in Far East (and possibly also US(?))

Just for the record, I think the Genesis name was only for the North American market (I don't know about South America).

In the Far East it was called the Mega Drive.

For some reason many platforms felt the need to rename themselves when entering the U.S. market. Turbografx instead of PC-Engine and so on.

[lempkee]

-D-:  i owe you a beer , see you at a show soon

btw i think i am in love..... lol

LOVE IS IN THE AIR..... damtamtaaaaaaa

hehe
ok errm..you made me abit happy  thats all , i will do this RIGHT away...

cheers

pps:i only need 2 buttons for now anyway

[lempkee]

-D: whats an Jumper cable ? , u mean a crossing ? , ie connected to 2 points at same time?  ... oh btw i aint a hw engineer

cheers

[Damion]

lempkee wrote:
-D-:  i owe you a beer , see you at a show soon

btw i think i am in love..... lol

LOVE IS IN THE AIR..... damtamtaaaaaaa

hehe
ok errm..you made me abit happy  thats all , i will do this RIGHT away...

cheers

pps:i only need 2 buttons for now anyway

LOL, no prob. Thanks for posting about it in the
first place, it's fun as hell with the analogs!
Especially with older stuff like XP8 and Roadkill.

[Damion]

lempkee wrote:
-D: whats an Jumper cable ? , u mean a crossing ? , ie connected to 2 points at same time?  ... oh btw i aint a hw engineer

cheers

Just a small regular wire from VCC to SEL will do
fine. Apparently SEL needs +5v or the controller will
do all sorts of weird things. Found that one out by
blind luck, actually.

-D-

[lempkee]

didnt take long , all ok now...

i have 2 buttons + analogue controllers working + DPAD  (prefer the analouge sticks ofcourse)

all i did was..

i cutted the yellow cable as high as possible from the board , attached yellow cable (which is still attached to the board onto the red wire. )

no soldering needed

for now ...

THANX for all help -D-

cheers

[Damion]

lempkee:

Ah, right on! Just moving the one wire is the
same thing only better and easier (now why
couldn't I think of that!!)

Latron,

-D-