On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Greg Troutman wrote:
> - build a custom cable to connect a Genesis controller to both joystick
> ports and use two buttons (just kidding ;)
Speaking of building a custom something-or-other, I will ask this question
because I know very, very little about programming stella. Is it possible
to program a game which checks for joystick combinations that are not
naturally possible, like pushing left and right at the same time? If so,
a custom keyboard/control panel thing could be made with one button or key
representing:
up, up/left, up/right, up/down, up/button, up/left/rt, up/left/down,
up/left/button, up/rt/down, up/rt/button, up/down/button, etc... How do
you calculate the number of combinations? It's 5!, right? If so, in
theory, a 120 button control panel device could be made for the 2600.
There must be a reason why Atari didn't do this. Please enlighten me.
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