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  • Re: Do I need a joystick?

    From J. Robertson@jkr7@juno.com to comp.sys.cbm on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 20:37:48
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:09:56 GMT, "Shaddy" <shad0w1@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Greetings everyone. Please forgive me if my questio sounds silly. I am

    Greetings!

    just getting back into the C64 after a long 18+ years, and I just found out

    Welcome back!

    Anyway, I am running the current version of VICE on Windows XP and it works >fine. The only problem I have is that I can't actually start most games.
    It asks me to press "fire", but I can't get the keyboard to respond. When I >use the joystick settings to map a keypad, the game play is quite ackward
    and alot of games won't even respond. I am assuming I must use a PC >joystick? Can anyone reccomend a good one (not too expensive) which I can >find in stores, which also works well with these C64 emulators?

    Alot of C64 games (98%) use joyport #2. So in VICE make sure you have
    your PC joystick assigned to C64 port #2 in the Settings->Joystick
    menu.

    BTW, if you have any other emulation concerns (setup of emulator etc.)
    the comp.emulators.cbm newsgroup would be better for posting those
    types of questions to (people here tend to have the real thing). If
    you have any non-emulation C64 concerns (ie programming, discussing of
    software that runs on a C64, etc.) then by all means stick around ;-)

    Good luck!


    Jason

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  • From Flimbo@bla632672842@talk21.com to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 01:52:26
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:09:56 GMT, "Shaddy" <shad0w1@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Greetings everyone. Please forgive me if my questio sounds silly. I am >just getting back into the C64 after a long 18+ years, and I just found out >about this forum as well as the emulators like VICE and Frodo. I was not >aware of this C64 scene, and the only reason I even found out about all this >is from a recent news article titled, C64 makes a comeback", which detailed >the re-release of Commodore 64 by Tulip Computers.

    Anyway, I am running the current version of VICE on Windows XP and it works >fine. The only problem I have is that I can't actually start most games.
    It asks me to press "fire", but I can't get the keyboard to respond. When I >use the joystick settings to map a keypad, the game play is quite ackward
    and alot of games won't even respond. I am assuming I must use a PC >joystick? Can anyone reccomend a good one (not too expensive) which I can >find in stores, which also works well with these C64 emulators?

    Thanks in advance.

    Remember to map the keys (ie. Keyset A) to the correct joystick port
    (ie. Port 2) and turn OFF the other joystick port as well. I found
    some games acted funny unless the other port was turned off.
    I use the cursor keys and CTRL for fire, frees up the rest of the
    keyboard for any other input.

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  • From Shaddy@shad0w1@hotmail.com to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 02:34:17
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    "J. Robertson" <jkr7@juno.com> wrote in message ...

    Hi JR, thanks for your reply!

    Alot of C64 games (98%) use joyport #2. So in VICE make sure you have
    your PC joystick assigned to C64 port #2 in the Settings->Joystick
    menu.

    I don't have a joystick or gamepad to use, but I want to buy one just to
    play some of these games again. Can you recommend a brand/model which will work with VICE? I am assuming it should not be a newer USB type joystick, right?

    BTW, if you have any other emulation concerns (setup of emulator etc.)
    the comp.emulators.cbm newsgroup would be better for posting those

    Great, thanks, I'll check that newsgroup out : )


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  • From J. Robertson@jkr7@juno.com to comp.sys.cbm on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 23:23:34
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 02:34:17 GMT, "Shaddy" <shad0w1@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    I don't have a joystick or gamepad to use, but I want to buy one just to
    play some of these games again. Can you recommend a brand/model which will >work with VICE? I am assuming it should not be a newer USB type joystick, >right?

    Most any standard PC joystick or gamepad will. I have a Gravis Gamepad
    hooked up currently and am running Win98. As for USB joysticks... not
    sure as I don't have any ;-)

    BTW, if you have any other emulation concerns (setup of emulator etc.)
    the comp.emulators.cbm newsgroup would be better for posting those

    Great, thanks, I'll check that newsgroup out : )

    No problem and have fun! :-)


    Jason

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  • From Carl Woffenden@carl@bigredswitch.co.REMOVETHISBIT.uk to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:57:40
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.cbm

    I don't have a joystick or gamepad to use, but I want to buy one just to
    play some of these games again. Can you recommend a brand/model which will work with VICE? I am assuming it should not be a newer USB type joystick, right?

    I haven't used VICE so I don't know if it's DOS or Windows based or
    what. I have, on the other hand, written software for use with game
    devices on Windows (both DirectX and the Windows API). If VICE is a
    Windows application then any gamepad or joystick will do, be it USB or gameport. I find most of the joysticks overkill these days so I'd
    recommend a digital gamepad such as the Microsoft SideWinder - they're
    dirt cheap (about £15 in the UK) and work a treat with older style games.

    Regards,

    Carl.

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