Joystick or Gamepad in the Arcade...

[Franko]

Steve Jobs is eating your cookies.  He needs them, though, the scrawny salesman.

I've just had a quick look through my cookies (gawd there's tons of them) Mr Jobbies can't be eating enough of them though as I've got plenty left and he's still a skinny scrawny creep... :roflmao:

[save2600]

Hey Franko, I have yet to visit the games section here, but one invaluable piece of hardware I'd recommend for your Mac is an Atari 2600 joystick to USB adapter. You might still be able to purchase them off atariage.com and it's good for online stuff as well as M.A.M.E. and other emulators. Worth every penny of its $40 asking price...

http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=267

[Minuous]

>If you mean the emulators I'm using on my iMac for the C64 & the SNES, then I don't know what they're are written in and it doesn't matter to me, all I know is they run that games at full screen & full speed without any problems...

Exactly. What I mean is: for performance, use an emulator that is actually written for your operating system. Not interpreted crap running inside a browser.

>But there's no competition with other Amiga.org members offline!

This has nothing to do with what language it is written in. Eg. my emulators support this. Maybe you should ask for improvements to UAE.

[runequester]

I use a little piece of software to map keyboard buttons to a gamepad. Im sure there's something similar for the mac.

[Franko]

Hey Franko, I have yet to visit the games section here, but one invaluable piece of hardware I'd recommend for your Mac is an Atari 2600 joystick to USB adapter. You might still be able to purchase them off atariage.com and it's good for online stuff as well as M.A.M.E. and other emulators. Worth every penny of its $40 asking price...

http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=267

Hi save2600,

I recently purchased the Competition Pro USB version for £12 and it works a treat on the Mac and a SNES USB gamepad for £7 from china which also works fine on the MAC, best of all there was no need for adapters or drivers...

[Franko]

>If you mean the emulators I'm using on my iMac for the C64 & the SNES, then I don't know what they're are written in and it doesn't matter to me, all I know is they run that games at full screen & full speed without any problems...

Exactly. What I mean is: for performance, use an emulator that is actually written for your operating system. Not interpreted crap running inside a browser.

>But there's no competition with other Amiga.org members offline!

This has nothing to do with what language it is written in. Eg. my emulators support this. Maybe you should ask for improvements to UAE.

You've got me totally lost matey... :confused:

The SNES & C64 emulators are written for the mac...
Who's talking about UAE, I don't even use it ...

Im talking here about the Arcade section in Amiga.org which I've just discovered and would like to play without being logged out...

Methinks you've got your wires crossed somewhere...

[save2600]

Hi save2600,

I recently purchased the Competition Pro USB version for £12 and it works a treat on the Mac and a SNES USB gamepad for £7 from china which also works fine on the MAC, best of all there was no need for adapters or drivers...

Glad you're able to make use of those things. To me, there's no substitute for a good old fashioned 2600 joystick. Gameplay and feel using one is incomparable IMO  

Oh and the Stelladapter allows you to use 2600 rotary paddles too. LOTS of games (even in MAME) benefit from that. No drivers needed either with a Mac btw.

[Franko]

SHAZBUTT... Ive just broke me mouse... :cry:

I threw it across the room when I just beat the ruddy high score again in Startship Legend in the arcade and found myself logged out again and losing the high score...:cry:

Do any of the moderators or administrators know why this keeps happening... :confused: :madashell:

[Karlos]

SHAZBUTT... Ive just broke me mouse... :cry:

I threw it across the room when I just beat the ruddy high score again in Startship Legend in the arcade and found myself logged out again and losing the high score...:cry:

Do any of the moderators or administrators know why this keeps happening... :confused: :madashell:

There must be half a dozen threads about this by now. Next time you are logged out, go directly to the following URL:

http://amiga.org/forums/usercp.php

Fill in the log in form on that page and check the "remember me" box, before logging in. Then you get a cookie which logs you in automatically.

[Franko]

Cheers Karlos... :drink:

It worked, one high score easily achieved...

(wish I knew that before I broke me mouse though...)

[Minuous]

>The SNES & C64 emulators are written for the mac...
>Who's talking about UAE, I don't even use it ...
>Im talking here about the Arcade section in Amiga.org which I've just discovered and would like to play without being logged out...

Exactly. To reiterate: I suggest using UAE (or Fellow) instead, I'm pretty sure there's a Mac port...

[Franko]

>The SNES & C64 emulators are written for the mac...
>Who's talking about UAE, I don't even use it ...
>Im talking here about the Arcade section in Amiga.org which I've just discovered and would like to play without being logged out...

Exactly. To reiterate: I suggest using UAE (or Fellow) instead, I'm pretty sure there's a Mac port...

I must be a real diddy here, I still don't get what you mean...

This UAE or Fellow you mention, what does that have to do with the Arcade section here on Amiga.org ?

And what have they got to do with this old iMac I use for the net, please clear it up for me as it's doing my wee brain in... ta...

[Minuous]

Read the Amiga FAQ.

[Franko]

Ok... Just going to do that now...

Had a look, but still none the wiser, methinks my last brain cell is about to implode...

[tone007]

It sounds more like Minuous doesn't get that you're trying to play games in the Amiga.org arcade, and his suggestions of finding emulators will not help to that end.

[Franko]

It sounds more like Minuous doesn't get that you're trying to play games in the Amiga.org arcade, and his suggestions of finding emulators will not help to that end.

I was wondering that myself, but his answers are just totally baffling me...

@ Minuous

Could you please clear up what you are trying to say, be back shortly, I'm of to the ARCADE to try and get a new high score... Cheers