Robotron - 2 Joysticks Control

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I have finally managed to set the controls to play Robotron with two joysticks in my cab. Just for clarity I use two usb zero delay encoders.The trick was to re-assign the default keys for fire up, fire down, fire left, fire right to the second stick. Job done! I am so pleased that I can now play it with both sticks! This game makes you sweat a lot, you really feel knackered after a playing session :mrgreen:

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Yes a great classic game that is not so easy.
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Nice! One of the best games ever. I’ve got a full size Multi-Williams arcade and it stays on Robotron 90% of the time.
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Vic20-Ian wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:45 pm Yes a great classic game that is not so easy.
Indeed, not easy at all!
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mhartman wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:22 pm Nice! One of the best games ever. I’ve got a full size Multi-Williams arcade and it stays on Robotron 90% of the time.
Yup, I am playing it a lot now that I have got both joysticks working! Enjoy your arcade cab as well!
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I've been trying to get my X-Arcade Tankstick to work for dual joystick input for Robotron but no luck.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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I submitted a patch to add 2 joystick support to Robotron. It is available now when you update MiSTer.
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JaguarLV wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:34 pm I submitted a patch to add 2 joystick support to Robotron. It is available now when you update MiSTer.
That's awesome, many thanks for that!
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JaguarLV wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:34 pm I submitted a patch to add 2 joystick support to Robotron. It is available now when you update MiSTer.
You are a God in this world! ;)

Now I can have the full-bodied sweat-soaked Robotron arcade experience of my dreams!
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retrodroid wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:32 pm
JaguarLV wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:34 pm I submitted a patch to add 2 joystick support to Robotron. It is available now when you update MiSTer.
You are a God in this world! ;)

Now I can have the full-bodied sweat-soaked Robotron arcade experience of my dreams!
:lol:
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Thank you !!
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JaguarLV wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:34 pm

I submitted a patch to add 2 joystick support to Robotron. It is available now when you update MiSTer.

Will this patch work with the Logitech F310 which has dual analog joysticks?

I would like to have the full-bodied sweat-soaked Robotron arcade experience but am having some trouble.

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Have had it working on my cab for years. Its simple to use a joypad with 2 sticks on it to run robotron in mame on a pc, is this possible on mister? Never tried it.

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Yes - depending on how your controller presents the right stick, a menu option is available to account for 'separate' controls merged together for this (specific to this core).

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