A way to remap those 4 player adapters so that they can be used in ordinary games?

gulliver · 16 April 2012, 03:42

Hi, I currently have an Amiga that has been terribly butchered (not by me). It has its joyport literally cut. The cia is working good, but I have no way to use joysticks with it.

Is there a way to remap those 4 player adapters so that I can use the joystick on common games despite having no joyport?

Minuous · 16 April 2012, 03:50

I don't think so, as the games are generally hardcoded to access a specific gameport. You are probably stuck playing only games that explicitly support the 4-way adapter. :-( Eg. Gauntlet 2, Worm Wars, etc.

mfilos · 16 April 2012, 09:59

Hey Gulliver mate

Why don't you just find the Joy traces and solder some wires to an DB9 connector to put in the original place instead?
As Minuous said, it's not possible to use a 4-way adapter as normal as the games that supported it had the code inside to use it.

gulliver · 16 April 2012, 18:46

Thank you both for your answers

I will have to resort to soldering traces. I suck at it

16 April 2012, 03:42	#1
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	A way to remap those 4 player adapters so that they can be used in ordinary games? Hi, I currently have an Amiga that has been terribly butchered (not by me). It has its joyport literally cut. The cia is working good, but I have no way to use joysticks with it. Is there a way to remap those 4 player adapters so that I can use the joystick on common games despite having no joyport?

16 April 2012, 03:50	#2
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,630	I don't think so, as the games are generally hardcoded to access a specific gameport. You are probably stuck playing only games that explicitly support the 4-way adapter. :-( Eg. Gauntlet 2, Worm Wars, etc. Last edited by Minuous; 16 April 2012 at 11:34.

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16 April 2012, 09:59	#3
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	Hey Gulliver mate Why don't you just find the Joy traces and solder some wires to an DB9 connector to put in the original place instead? As Minuous said, it's not possible to use a 4-way adapter as normal as the games that supported it had the code inside to use it.

16 April 2012, 18:46	#4
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Thank you both for your answers I will have to resort to soldering traces. I suck at it

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