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Mister framework provides only one mouse input, and there's not much I can do about that. Thanks! Do the Mr. Spinners allow more than one spinner, or do they take up the one mouse input? Can you have two driving controllers using two Mr. Spinners? What I am suggesting is that you could have up to three if you used X, Y, and Z and the three buttons...

Sounds reasonable, except I have one more question. What if someone wants 2-4 paddles using spinners? Aren't they recognized as a mouse, and I think there is a limit of one mouse so they would conflict with each other? I really hope the maker can provide an alternate firmware. As it is right now, the D9 only works for movement on one paddle and no...

TLPD-AVW wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:52 pm I assume that 7800 bios should be disabled to play Starpath Supercharger games, is that right?

It's best to keep it disabled all the time unless you really like having it pop up. It's primary function is to apply copy protection and sort out 2600 games, which isn't really necessary in the core at all.

Issue 1) Paddles with the 2600daptor D9 are two Atari paddles that act a single analog joystick with two buttons and use one db9 port. One paddle is the Joystick X-axis and Button 1, the other is the same Joystick's Y-axis and Button 2. In the core, it is not clear what setting a port to "Paddle" does. For example, if a user has a spinne...

Please let me know if this resolves the star raider problem (and hopefully doesn't break any other input). I also added some keys for the switches, but they're a little different than stella, because it's a lot easier for me to make them work the same as the buttons. Thanks!! I will give it a go tonight and let you know. Did you add support for th...

There is a tester rom for 7800 for the keypad and other controllers. Via the keyboard at least, the keypad appears to work fully. If there's a specific game not working with it, let me know what that is. Hello Kitrinx, I finally hooked up my real Atari 2600 and did extensive testing with Star Raiders and the keypad. Something is definitely broken ...

I got a chance to try the paddles with the D9 and I have a couple of issues. In order to get them somewhat working, I tried Joystick and Paddles for the setting, and Paddles allows movement. - I don't know why but the buttons don't work. When I set the port to Paddles, I can move back and forth with one of the two paddles but I can't use the butto...

Is it still not possible to use keyboard for switches and joystick for input? (Ideally, I'd like to use a legitimate 7800 controller, but that'd be difficult for some 2600 games that used the switches as input.) This would be great. Select and start are already mapped to F1 and F2. It would be great to have Left A/B, Right A/B and the Colour/BW sw...

Just out of interest, how is the bankswitch detection done, has the core some kind of database for the different roms? I was also curious about this. Based on what I can make out of the source code , it appears to use elaborate guesswork with inspiration from software emulators. Anyhow, +1 thank you to Kitrinx. Alan wrote the module that does the ...

I can't wait to try out the new core release with Paddle support! I hope it works well as a joystick using the 2600daptor D9, but if not, I will probably build a Mister Spinner adapter for my paddles. I found the link here: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Retro-Controllers-USB-MiSTer/tree/master/PaddleTwoControllersUSB Unfortunately you need to mo...

In all seriousness, if the only thing bothering you is the term "7800" vs "2600", just add an entry to names.txt to change it to something that suits you better.

The Megadrive plays Mastersystem games, so should we get rid of the Mastersystem core ? Real SNES can play Gameboy games via the Super Game Boy Adapter, not sure about the core, but if it does then should we get rid of the Gameboy core ? WonderSwan Color, can play Wonderswan mono games, hey lets get rid of that pesky Wonderswan core, right ? Oh, b...

It doesn't make a lot of sense to keep them separate IMHO. The only valid argument I can see in favor of it is "I like seeing the number 2600", while from a practical standpoint they use all the same accessories and controllers and three of the same chips. Dividing up the development of it just for the sake of vanity is a bit foolish.

Atari7800: - add 2600 support with an entirely new implementation - Autodetection of 2600 bankswitching mode (Alanswx) - Many 2600 bankswitching types supported including Starpath supercharger - Flickerblend, de-combing, and video stabilization for 2600 - Load starpath supercharger tapes using ADC - Support custom palettes - Toggle buttons for diff...

Get standard official designed SDRAM from a trusted seller, like MisterAddons for USA or Ricardo(Ultimate Mister) for europe. Avoid any non-standard designs and you wont have to worry about it. 128mb is fine and it's what most mister owners have, so it will work for any official core.

YUV to RGB is not really an issue. There's plenty of ways to tackle it. The actual blockers: -It's an unpopular Japanese system and documentation is fairly sparse and in a foreign languages, so a PITA to use -It uses many very complex, custom, unimplemented chips -The library is not well liked (to the point of ridicule) and just finding any interes...

It may be your television just not liking the odd signal from tapper, it's very close if not identical to 480i, where each field alternates between a full scanline and a half scanline when the vsync begins. Does real hardware do this with that game on that television? No real hardware on that same tv looks fine just with a softer image because it ...

I have added start and select for you as F1 and F2, as I don't think those keys will interfere with the POKEY keyboard input. Before release, I will be fixing the proper paddle input for mouse, analog sticks, and actually-official "mr spinner" compatible adapters. Ricardo makes a very nice spinner if you're interested in a quality paddle...

Off isn't the right word. The video is perfectly accurate, especially if you turn off the stabilization feature. The problem is the console wasn't well designed, and the game code had to worry about the vertical video timings, so they do chaotic things. The stabilizer does it's best to understand the intent of the games and make them work on a mod...

Thanks! If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. Maybe you can create a tester core and I can press the buttons and let you know what it says/does. Here is a picture of the inside: https://the-liberator.net/site-files/retro-games/hardware/Atari-2600/atari-2600-keyboard-controller/Atari-2600-Keyboard-Controller-003.JPG and here is...

he bigger problem is that the video on the current core is still off. I use Tapper as the benchmark, and while playable it has a very jittery look which isn't apparent on real hardware. So for now I am sticking to the games that are joystick and that display well like frogs and flies. Keystone kapers, Demon Attack and Spider Fighter. The core has ...

I have added start and select for you as F1 and F2. Kitrinx, I am home and finally got a chance to try this. First of all, congratulations on an AMAZING job well done. This is officially the best way ever to play Atari games, with a few exceptions. I put it through all of my standard stress tests and most things work perfectly. Great job! Here are...

Additionally, and just as an "Ackshyually" moment regarding "lightning fast", a lightning strike lasts around 60 microseconds, while the mister spinner type adapters have a latency of around 650-700 microseconds (0.7ish milliseconds). While it's not technically as fast as lightning it's only about 10 times slower.

There is already an official Atari 2600 SNAC adapter available that I am using right now with an unofficial 2600 core. They use the ADC jack in combination with the GPIO pins. There is also a switch or jumpers (I have a switch) to select between Paddles and Joysticks connected to the adapter. You can purchase the adapters right now: As far as I kn...

I've heard the 7800 core might be better for 2600 games at the moment. You can try this pre release version. Woah, I have been greatly looking forward to this core with 2600 support! Unfortunately I am having two major issues with it: - I can't get it to use the keyboard to press Reset and Select. I can map the keys, but they don't work. - SNAC is...

@hostile, several commits in that repo from this user: https://github.com/MiSTerFPGA From reading that profile, I assume that user is not related at all with the MiSTer project, right? Correct, they have no association with the project, and in fact are trying to damage it. I think it would behoove anyone who comes across it to properly report them...

Also, it's spelled Rysha. Thanks.

There's only one game that uses the spinner, super circus atari, and it does work with spinners currently. The ultimate spinner needs a firmware update to make it work properly with mister.

New Core: Intellivision by Grabulosaure
- Supports Intellivoice
- Uses raw int/bin style roms, not ROM/INTV headered roms
- Please read the readme for required bootrom setup: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Intv_MiSTer
Todo:
- PAL timings need some work

Newsdee wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 11:56 pm Are there any paddle games native to the 7800? Or is it all just the 2600 games?

almost none. Super circus atari is the only one I know of out of hand. There a test rom made to test paddles too that uses them, it just shows a number.