I cannot move the paddles in Pong

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I cannot move the paddles in Pong

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I have "Pong (Rev E).mra" inside the directory /media/fat/_Arcade. The game loads and plays fine from what I see, but the only working button is "Start". I have tried with multiple joystick devices and also keyboard. Nothing. I have remapped the buttons and saved the settings. Still nothing. Even keyboard doesn't work. Is this the same for everyone or just me?

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What other button do you need to play Pong?

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jca wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:27 pm

What other button do you need to play Pong?

Right now I can only press Start (which restarts the game).
I need to at least be able to go up and down, so I can move the paddle. I realised that the word "buttons" in the title was misleading so I've changed it now appropriate to avoid any confusion. My apologies. Anyway, I've just came across https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade-Pong_MiSTer which states that reason I cannot use my controller.

-Q: Help! I'm unable to move the paddles using the keyboard!
A: Currently only analog joystick controls are supported.

That said, I guess I need two things:

  1. An Atari SNAC
  2. An Analog controller, like https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Nikou-Consol ... amp&sr=8-6

Right?

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You can build a Mr. Spinner.

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Is Pong only a 2 player came? no computer option to play in one player mode?

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Re: I cannot move the paddles in Pong

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MrMister1985 wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:27 pm

Is Pong only a 2 player came? no computer option to play in one player mode?

That's correct. It was pure TTL, there was no way to build AI logic that long ago.

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