joypad Boomerang for CD32, avoid this crap

s2325 · 23 March 2009, 21:54

Joypad Boomerang by MATT for CD32, avoid this crap: http://www.efunzine.com/fotosy/dc03c...7ebca257da.jpg
- very unresponsive
- very loud, even without microswitches
- lags
- cheap plastic
- very cheaply made plug
Please tell everyone to avoid this pure shit. Thank you.

NovaCoder · 23 March 2009, 22:42

Yep I heard they were rubbish as well, better off with a standard CD32 pad.

Retro-Nerd · 23 March 2009, 22:51

Or the Honeybee/Competiton Pro pad.

humble worm · 24 March 2009, 00:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

very unresponsive

its damn hard to press buttons, fingers hurt after few minutes. I bought it and used only once.

frikilokooo · 24 March 2009, 23:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by humble worm

its damn hard to press buttons, fingers hurt after few minutes. I bought it and used only once.

I agree,the worse joypad ever!

Cammy · 25 March 2009, 00:13

I wonder when AmigaKit will start making/selling Playstation to CD32 adapters. These things have been floating around from time to time on eBay for years. I'd buy a few of them if AmigaKit or AmigaManiac or some other Amiga shop who knows how to make cables made them. Competition Pro control pads went out of stock on Earth YEARS ago, no one likes the Commodore CD32 pad, and I have to agree that the Boomerang is a bit of a nightmare to use, although sticking the thumb stick in there makes it a bit better.

Wouldn't it be good if we could just buy any regular PS1/PS2 pad and stick it in our Amigas to have full 7-button+ support with mouse-stick and button-for-jump capabilities? Or just plug in a massive PS2 arcade joystick! Imagine playing Fightin' Spirit with that instead of a pad, cool!

Just like this - http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...p/Cimg0914.jpg

Shoonay · 25 March 2009, 00:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cammy

Is this a simple cable to cable connection or is some kind of chip involved?

Cammy · 25 March 2009, 00:41

I'm pretty sure it has a PIC chip inside it somewhere to convert the signals around... where it actually fits is anyone's guess. It must be tiny if it fits inside that DB9 plug!

Shoonay · 25 March 2009, 00:50

IIRC, indeed, back in 2003 when I was thinking to do such a connector I couldn't get the signals due to the chip on the PSX pads "mobo".
So I left the PSX2Amy pad as an idea only, and "hacked" some Sega pad by connecting the Amy cable directly to the pad's "mobo".

Now I have a spare broken console, so maybe I'll try that with the double-pad-connector-thingy from that one...

Thanks for reviving the idea, Cammy

---=== EDITED ===---
Nah, impossible, there must be a chip there somewhere, here's what signals appear on the pad's port...

keropi · 25 March 2009, 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shoonay

Is this a simple cable to cable connection or is some kind of chip involved?

there is a pic inside the amiga plug my friend shoon! That pic is mine, there is a thread for these adaptors... once I hear back from the guy making those I will inform you all

It is AWESOME to play games like turrican with the analog stick

those pads work like normal 2-button joysticks OR cd32 pads OR mouse using analog. New version supports button remapping too! (no more UP for jumps!)

Shoonay · 25 March 2009, 01:02

Blast, there's always some pic shit in those pads and there's no way I could get them here or program or... whatever they need to be done to work...

Perhaps I'll try the old "hacking the pad's mobo"...

Retro-Nerd · 25 March 2009, 02:11

Very expensive, but has anybody tested these adapters?

http://www.wolfsoft.de/shop/product_...megadrive.html

edit: Looks like a Tototek PSX to Mega Drive adapter. Fair enough for 15$+shipping.

http://www.tototek.com/pio/main1/SUB...cconverter.htm

s2325 · 25 March 2009, 10:08

D-Pad in my Boomerang is broken (up and right). Seller want 22EUR for original joypad...

humble worm · 25 March 2009, 10:47

Do they sell original pads for CD32?

s2325 · 25 March 2009, 10:54

yes http://efunzine.com/efnz.php?a=pro&i...f36d643aa3b12c but now they have only new

humble worm · 25 March 2009, 11:03

yes it is in offer, but check the red crosses - they dont even have used ones for about 3 years now - I tried to buy the original pad from them, but they had only shitty bumerangs - thats where I bought mine.

things on the site are decieving, they claim to have the stuff, you order it and get an e-mail "sorry sir, we forgot to update" - thats how it was in case of the pad and some other things (ordered boxed game and they sent me used one etc.)

s2325 · 25 March 2009, 11:08

Code:

Witam Pana,
przepraszamy za problem wynikły z naszej winy. Wysłaliśmy pad  
Boomerang, gdyż nie mamy na stanie używanych oryginalnych joypadów  
(mamy jedynie nowe dostępne za dopłatą). Możemy wysłać Panu inny  
egzemplarz (sprawdzony na 100%) lub zaproponować dopłatę do nowego  
joypada oryginalnego - ta jednak nie byłaby niska - są to ostatnie  
dostępne egzemplarze z Niemiec i zapłaciliśmy za nie bardzo drogo -  
cena dopłaty to 99 zł.

--
Marcin Staniszewski
eFUNZINe

humble worm · 25 March 2009, 11:12

LOL, so they got some new stuff from Germany... but the cost

I pray for long life for my original pad
btw most geeky thing I did in my life was succesfully repairing it... TWICE lol

s2325 · 25 March 2009, 11:14

fuck them, Amiga is something more to me, I will find another source

tomcat666 · 25 March 2009, 11:37

Try getting the HoneyBee pad. It just rocks. The abundance of autofires is really not necessary, but they look good ;-) Pad works like a charm though, no problems whatsoever, and it is nice to use the PLAY button as exit for WHDLoad, works in more than 90% of games I tried. Instant gaming machine...

23 March 2009, 21:54	#1
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	joypad Boomerang for CD32, avoid this crap Joypad Boomerang by MATT for CD32, avoid this crap: http://www.efunzine.com/fotosy/dc03c...7ebca257da.jpg - very unresponsive - very loud, even without microswitches - lags - cheap plastic - very cheaply made plug Please tell everyone to avoid this pure shit. Thank you.

25 March 2009, 02:11	#12
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	Very expensive, but has anybody tested these adapters? http://www.wolfsoft.de/shop/product_...megadrive.html edit: Looks like a Tototek PSX to Mega Drive adapter. Fair enough for 15$+shipping. http://www.tototek.com/pio/main1/SUB...cconverter.htm Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 25 March 2009 at 02:21.

25 March 2009, 11:12	#18
humble worm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BP/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 745	LOL, so they got some new stuff from Germany... but the cost I pray for long life for my original pad btw most geeky thing I did in my life was succesfully repairing it... TWICE lol Last edited by humble worm; 25 March 2009 at 11:45.

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23 March 2009, 22:42	#2
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	Yep I heard they were rubbish as well, better off with a standard CD32 pad.

23 March 2009, 22:51	#3
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	Or the Honeybee/Competiton Pro pad.

25 March 2009, 00:13	#6
Cammy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tasmania, Australia Age: 39 Posts: 1,189	I wonder when AmigaKit will start making/selling Playstation to CD32 adapters. These things have been floating around from time to time on eBay for years. I'd buy a few of them if AmigaKit or AmigaManiac or some other Amiga shop who knows how to make cables made them. Competition Pro control pads went out of stock on Earth YEARS ago, no one likes the Commodore CD32 pad, and I have to agree that the Boomerang is a bit of a nightmare to use, although sticking the thumb stick in there makes it a bit better. Wouldn't it be good if we could just buy any regular PS1/PS2 pad and stick it in our Amigas to have full 7-button+ support with mouse-stick and button-for-jump capabilities? Or just plug in a massive PS2 arcade joystick! Imagine playing Fightin' Spirit with that instead of a pad, cool! Just like this - http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...p/Cimg0914.jpg

25 March 2009, 00:41	#8
Cammy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tasmania, Australia Age: 39 Posts: 1,189	I'm pretty sure it has a PIC chip inside it somewhere to convert the signals around... where it actually fits is anyone's guess. It must be tiny if it fits inside that DB9 plug!

25 March 2009, 00:50	#9
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,105	IIRC, indeed, back in 2003 when I was thinking to do such a connector I couldn't get the signals due to the chip on the PSX pads "mobo". So I left the PSX2Amy pad as an idea only, and "hacked" some Sega pad by connecting the Amy cable directly to the pad's "mobo". Now I have a spare broken console, so maybe I'll try that with the double-pad-connector-thingy from that one... Thanks for reviving the idea, Cammy ---=== EDITED ===--- Nah, impossible, there must be a chip there somewhere, here's what signals appear on the pad's port...

25 March 2009, 01:02	#11
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,105	Blast, there's always some pic shit in those pads and there's no way I could get them here or program or... whatever they need to be done to work... Perhaps I'll try the old "hacking the pad's mobo"...

25 March 2009, 10:08	#13
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	D-Pad in my Boomerang is broken (up and right). Seller want 22EUR for original joypad...

25 March 2009, 10:47	#14
humble worm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BP/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 745	Do they sell original pads for CD32?

25 March 2009, 10:54	#15
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	yes http://efunzine.com/efnz.php?a=pro&i...f36d643aa3b12c but now they have only new

25 March 2009, 11:03	#16
humble worm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BP/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 745	yes it is in offer, but check the red crosses - they dont even have used ones for about 3 years now - I tried to buy the original pad from them, but they had only shitty bumerangs - thats where I bought mine. things on the site are decieving, they claim to have the stuff, you order it and get an e-mail "sorry sir, we forgot to update" - thats how it was in case of the pad and some other things (ordered boxed game and they sent me used one etc.)

25 March 2009, 11:14	#19
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	fuck them, Amiga is something more to me, I will find another source

25 March 2009, 11:37	#20
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 51 Posts: 1,646	Try getting the HoneyBee pad. It just rocks. The abundance of autofires is really not necessary, but they look good ;-) Pad works like a charm though, no problems whatsoever, and it is nice to use the PLAY button as exit for WHDLoad, works in more than 90% of games I tried. Instant gaming machine...

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