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[Omegamatrix]

psquare75, on Thu Dec 9, 2010 7:32 AM, said:

A button phasers
B button warp

down direction photon.
up direction impulse power.

Yes, warp is the issue.

The 2600 can use buttons B and C on the Genesis controller. Which button would you like to be phasers, and which would you like to be warp? This should be easy enough to do.


Genesis controller:

[psquare75]

B phaser and C warp would work.

[Omegamatrix]

Here try this:

 StarTrek(SegaGenesis).zip   32.98K   59 downloads

[Omegamatrix]

I did a disassembly of Enduro almost a year ago. I made a 2 button hack from it.

Button B on the Sega Genesis Controller is acceleration. I moved the brakes to button C instead of pressing down. There's still 76 bytes free in this disassembly.


 Enduro(2button).zip   18.63K   64 downloads

[RevEng]

Nice work Omega!

I've added both Enduro and Star Trek to the first post.

[psquare75]

Oh sweet! I didn't see these. I'll try em when I get home tonight. Thanks!

[nems]

Here is one I have wanted for a long time. It is a suggestion for the awesome homebrew Man Goes Down: Keep all control as is, but also map the right/east control to button C.

This will enable play using independent thumbs for left (on left arrow of the D-pad) and right (on button C) movement. This will increase your accuracy and improve response time when playing. If you are lucky enough to make it to the bubble in the game, then you can still use your left thumb on the D-pad to navigate the bubble in all 4 directions.

Last version of this brilliant but still unfinished game is here. I hope someone with skills (not me) can map the right movement control to button c.

Edited by nems, Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:04 AM.

[rorysl]

This is a REALLY interesting thread, I must say, and one of the first concepts to really attract me to buying a Harmony cart. I had thought of mentioning the 2600 version of Ghostbusters thinking the second button on a Genesis controller could be used to activate the map screen and bait the Marshmallow Man but had forgotten that those activities are linked to the difficulty switches not a button press or move on the joystick...

[Omegamatrix]

Try this for Ghostbusters:


 Ghostbusters(2button).zip   30.89K   27 downloads


I don't have my Genesis controller with me though, so this is largely untested! You should be able to exit the menu screen by pressing C, and you should be able to bait the Marshmallow Man by pressing and holding C when he appears. Note, I think you have to select at least one trap to exit the menu screen.

[c_t_f]

I have a suggestion for a 2-button game... In Plaque Attack, instead of having to use the joystick to face/shoot up or down, you could use button 1 to face/shoot up, and button 2 to face/shoot down. That way, you could move around however you want and still be able to shoot in the direction that you need to.


@CTF@

[toiletunes]

I have a request: Quest for Quintana Roo. It's a bit awkward to keep reaching for the console to hit select mid-game.

Edit: Another request- Pole Position. Currently the fire button is the brakes and up/down shifts gears. Sometimes I accidentally shift gears. If someone could make button 1 shift up and button 2 shift down, and down on the joystick could be the brakes (like enduro) that would be great.

[toiletunes]

One more (unless it's already been done) - Tomarc the Barbarian. Currently, pressing down switches between the two playable characters. It's too easy to switch accidentally.

[stephena]

I've added ROM properties for the ROMs in this thread to Stella; they will be in the next release. If anyone creates more ROMs such as these, please let me know so I can update Stella.

[the.golden.ax]

Would anyone be interested in some NES/2600 two button themed controllers? They don't mess with harmony. I was thinking red with redbox style 2600 logo in white. Similar to these DK7800 pads I did.



I'm trying to gage interest before proceeding with dye and that kind of thing. Someone here had asked me to make a standard grey (looks just like an NES pad) and those go for $15.00. A red with overlay would run about $29.

Thanks,
AX