how to make Arcade stick work on PC for blueMSX

By qxb265

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09-08-2010, 10:08

Recently I happily found out the MSX blue emulator to play the retro games from the 80s I enjoyied back then. I bought a 9-pins Arcade joystick to use it on the PC for playing games, but (like I could have figured) that is nog gonna work instantly. I got an option to change the 9 into a 15-pins connector, but then I need a PCI soundcard... (is that the solution?). Anyway, my question is: how can I make my Arcade stick work on the PC for playing games on BlueMSX? Does it have to do with BIOS (IRQ?) or settings in bluemsx itself...?

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By Poltergeist

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09-08-2010, 11:35

That ain't gonna work... PC joysticks are analog, while the MSX joysticks are digital... I've found http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/atari2usb/, which has support for two buttons. Only, if it's the same buttonconfiguration as on MSX, I can't tell you...

By NYYRIKKI

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09-08-2010, 11:39

I think you should check out these ones:

http://www.stelladaptor.com/
http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?cPath=21

If you have soldering skills, then it should be relatively easy to build similar adapter for MSX-joysticks as well. (MSX can actually use 2-buttons while Atari joysticks have only 1-button)

There is also quite a nice selection of digital joysticks available for PC.
Examples:
http://www.speedlink.com/?p=2&cat=313&pid=18089&paus=1&act_lang=en
http://www.legacyengineer.com/store.html

By NYYRIKKI

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09-08-2010, 11:40

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By RetroTechie

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09-08-2010, 13:12

There is another (DIY) option:

  • Buy an el cheapo USB joystick/gamepad that has simple on/off buttons for direction controls (and test function/driver installation).
  • Rip out its circuit board.
  • Wire up a 9 pin contra-plug for arcade joystick, such that joystick contacts have same effect as pressing original buttons.
  • Then you'd use the drivers for that el cheapo controller & software wouldn't see any difference.

Basically re-use that circuit board as USB <-> 9 pin arcade adapter. Of course it would involve figuring out its internal wiring, and some soldering work... Cool

By NYYRIKKI

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09-08-2010, 15:09

Hmm... This adapter seems to accept MSX-joysticks...

http://keio.dk/retroadapter.html