Intellivision Core (INTV)

[rhester72]

Last time I did it on MiSTer, this worked for me:

http://www.2600-daptor.com/2600-daptor%20D9.htm

[panik]

Last time I did it on MiSTer, this worked for me:

http://www.2600-daptor.com/2600-daptor%20D9.htm

Did all 16 directors work on the intellivision flashback controller?

[rhester72]

I'm not sure that I confirmed that, I really only played some Astrosmash. LOL

Is there a diagnostic cart that clearly shows all 16 directions independently?

[rhester72]

Never mind - there is, and it does.

See this post:

viewtopic.php?t=598&start=120

(particularly the very important part about the need to define the analog axes at the very end of MiSTer main controller setup!) and be aware that Action Up is the top set of buttons, Action Left is the bottom left one, and Action Right is the bottom right one.

After that - yep, it's an Intellivision!

[panik]

rhester72: I'm relatively new to MiSTer so please pardon my ignorance. How do I do MiSTer main controller setup and define the analog axes?

noted on actions! Thanks

[panik]

The controller (I think accurately?) shows multiple button presses for each keypad key or direction disc press.

This is exactly what I'm seeing too! Why does this happen? Is there a way to work around it?

I can get the flashback controller gamepad working, with all 16 directions (thanks for all the help here!) However, I cannot get the numberpad to work: most of the inputs end of mapping to multiple outputs. (There's an intellivision test cartridge I'm using to verify this)

[PistolsAtDawn]

The controller (I think accurately?) shows multiple button presses for each keypad key or direction disc press.

This is exactly what I'm seeing too! Why does this happen? Is there a way to work around it?

I can get the flashback controller gamepad working, with all 16 directions (thanks for all the help here!) However, I cannot get the numberpad to work: most of the inputs end of mapping to multiple outputs. (There's an intellivision test cartridge I'm using to verify this)

It was because of the physical design of the circuitry in the controller. It has a film the circuit is printed on that folds over itself, and the original console expects to receive both button presses for certain buttons on the number pad.

There is no way to work around this that I know of using the Retronic adapter.

[panik]

Yeah— I figured out the same thing reading the thread on intellivision dracula: viewtopic.php?p=61163

The retronic adapters simply don't work, even after you map the keys. Bummer. What are these things even for?

The good news is that the ultimate PC interfacer (V2) I ordered shipped very fast, and it totally works! I spent 4 hours last night fiddling with the settings (it took forever to get the 2 joysticks mapped correctly— you need to hold down 0 so the autosense in the adapter recognizes the controller, then plug it into the mister usb, then map all the buttons including the sticks for both joysticks in the mister main core, then fire up the intellivision core and map all the buttons for the core, then SAVE the settings, and then fire up the test rom to confirm all 16 directions are working.). It was a lot of trial and error, but I now have BOTH joysticks working and I can play baseball with my dad! I've tried a bunch of games and they all work, and I've also confirmed that all 16 directions work. Im also gonna try some of the updated roms like baseball: http://intellivision.us/intvgames

The only issue I'm having now is that the core doesn't support the center disc button. This feels like something that shouldn't be too hard to add to the core— I've been a software engineer for years. Any idea where in the code I should start poking around? Here: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Intv_Mi ... er/intv.sv ?

[Lightwave]

The only issue I'm having now is that the core doesn't support the center disc button.

You're most likely having that issue because there is no center disc button on the Intellivision

[panik]

The only issue I'm having now is that the core doesn't support the center disc button.

You're most likely having that issue because there is no center disc button on the Intellivision

Wait: so how do games like atlantis and super pro skiing that require a disc press to start the game work? Are they just looking for input from any of the 16 disc directions?

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Intv_MiSTer/issues/16

[rhester72]

rhester72: I'm relatively new to MiSTer so please pardon my ignorance. How do I do MiSTer main controller setup and define the analog axes?

https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_M ... ds-buttons

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Wiki_Mi ... ck-Mapping

[thorr]

The only issue I'm having now is that the core doesn't support the center disc button.

You're most likely having that issue because there is no center disc button on the Intellivision

Wait: so how do games like atlantis and super pro skiing that require a disc press to start the game work? Are they just looking for input from any of the 16 disc directions?

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Intv_MiSTer/issues/16

Good timing. I was thinking about making my own Intellivision controller and didn't realize there was a center disc button functionality. From what I know about the controller and would guess, pressing down the center disc probably presses multiple directions at the same time and when it detects that, it knows you pressed it down.

[Lightwave]

The only issue I'm having now is that the core doesn't support the center disc button.

You're most likely having that issue because there is no center disc button on the Intellivision

Wait: so how do games like atlantis and super pro skiing that require a disc press to start the game work? Are they just looking for input from any of the 16 disc directions?

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Intv_MiSTer/issues/16

Yes. There is no physical button under the disc of an Intellivision controller. Games can only detect directional movement of the disc.

[n0xlf]

Does anyone have 16 way controls working with BOTH controllers? I took the plunge and got an Ultimate PC interface and flashback controllers (side note, the actual flashback hardware is horrible - sound issues and other bugs..)

I can get one or the other controller to work in 16 way depending on which I calibrate last in the main MiSTer menu, but not both when testing with handtest. The controllers work fine in games, other than the 16 way issue. Both controllers show 16 way when testing on Windows.

[Ashfall]

Does anyone have 16 way controls working with BOTH controllers? I took the plunge and got an Ultimate PC interface and flashback controllers (side note, the actual flashback hardware is horrible - sound issues and other bugs..)

I can get one or the other controller to work in 16 way depending on which I calibrate last in the main MiSTer menu, but not both when testing with handtest. The controllers work fine in games, other than the 16 way issue. Both controllers show 16 way when testing on Windows.

I'm seeing the same as you with the flashback controllers. Player 1 gets all 16 directions and Player 2 only gets 8. Tried 2 different controller test roms. And I tried with the 2600 Daptor, Ultimate PC Interface, and the Retronic Design adapter.

[n0xlf]

I suspect this is a MiSTer issue and not the core, since the 16 way recognition seems to take place in the main menu config and not in the core. As I mentioned, both controllers do work with all 16 controls on Windows, so it's not the adapter.

If there are any MiSTer devs watching this, here is what the adapter gets recognized as in Linux (not my MiSTer - I plugged it into a different server):

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[2270778.579970] usb 7-2: new full-speed USB device number 29 using xhci_hcd
[2270778.750710] usb 7-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04d8, idProduct=d4e2, bcdDevice= 0.22
[2270778.750722] usb 7-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[2270778.750727] usb 7-2: Product: Ultimate 2600-daptor
[2270778.750731] usb 7-2: Manufacturer: Microchip Technology Inc.
[2270778.775197] input: Microchip Technology Inc. Ultimate 2600-daptor as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:07.1/0000:25:00.3/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/0003:04D8:D4E2.0003/input/input3
[2270778.775498] hid-generic 0003:04D8:D4E2.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microchip Technology Inc. Ultimate 2600-daptor] on usb-0000:25:00.3-2/input0
[2270778.787141] input: Microchip Technology Inc. Ultimate 2600-daptor as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:07.1/0000:25:00.3/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.1/0003:04D8:D4E2.0004/input/input4
[2270778.787429] hid-generic 0003:04D8:D4E2.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Microchip Technology Inc. Ultimate 2600-daptor] on usb-0000:25:00.3-2/input1
[2270778.799146] input: Microchip Technology Inc. Ultimate 2600-daptor as /devices/pci0000:20/0000:20:07.1/0000:25:00.3/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.2/0003:04D8:D4E2.0005/input/input5
[2270778.799428] hid-generic 0003:04D8:D4E2.0005: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Microchip Technology Inc. Ultimate 2600-daptor] on usb-0000:25:00.3-2/input2

And the hexdump of my (probably related) configs:

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# hexdump -C Intellivision.CFG
00000000  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000010

# hexdump -C Intellivision_input_04d8_d4e2_v3.map
00000000  01 03 00 00 00 03 00 00  03 03 00 00 02 03 00 00  |................|
00000010  20 01 00 00 21 01 00 00  22 01 00 00 c1 02 00 00  | ...!...".......|
00000020  c3 02 00 00 c2 02 00 00  28 01 00 00 29 01 00 00  |........(...)...|
00000030  2a 01 00 00 2b 01 00 00  2c 01 00 00 2d 01 00 00  |*...+...,...-...|
00000040  2e 01 00 00 2f 01 00 00  c0 02 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..../...........|
00000050  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000080

# hexdump -C input_04d8_d4e2_v3.map
00000000  01 03 00 00 00 03 00 00  03 03 00 00 02 03 00 00  |................|
00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000060  00 00 02 00 01 00 02 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000080

[Grabulosaure]

@Ashfall, @n0xlf

Did you try the "swap joystick" menu option? What occurs?

[n0xlf]

I did - It just swaps A <> B but the functionality is the same (16 on one, 8 on the other). The 16/8 stays with the physical controller on the swap setting.

[insanityprawnboy]

I have the Ultimate PC interface and a Flashback controller.

While playing Deadly Discs I realised that I can't run northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast.

How do I fix this? Or do controllers on the Intellivision core not work in those directions?

[BabaYaga326]

Okay, I messed up my INTV core today when I went to update my ROMs and now all I have is a black screen when I go to launch a game. The last time I remember the core working was when I was still using the Analog I/O board. I recently upgraded to the Digital I/O Board for dual SDRAM capability. All my other cores seem to be working fine.

When I replaced the ROMs (and didn't back them up) I may have deleted the boot roms that should be in there, but not sure.

I have the latest Intellivision_20230310.rbf core.

I have tried multiple .int ROM sets from Archive.

I have tried putting ECS, exec, grom, and ivoice bins in the ROMs folder, but I'm still getting a black screen. The github says something about renaming (or converting) the bins to boot0..3 rom files, but its not clear how I do that? I tried zipping the bin files up, renaming them, ...I'm at a loss, can anyone help me out? Thanks.

EDIT: Found the boot roms posted earlier in the thread. I'm all fixed up.
/media/fat/games/Intellivision

[BabaYaga326]

Great to hear, well done!

I used to play Auto Racing with my friend who had an Intellivision. It is also featured on Knight Rider as a kind of radar system of KITT

https://youtu.be/uBo2YKIHatI?si=czFJui3wIUiMLcV4

[t2dxk0]

hello, I'm using the ultimate pc interface with the intellivision flashback controller. I can map the buttons ok but can't get it to function in a game. Any ideas? thanks nevermind figured it out, had to set up controller in main mister menu. working now

[BabaYaga326]

Asking for a friend….

Can anyone suggest an alternative to the (now) out-of-production ‘Ultimate PC interface’ adaptors for original INTV controllers?
http://www.intellivision.us/interface.php

[Lightwave]

Asking for a friend….

Can anyone suggest an alternative to the (now) out-of-production ‘Ultimate PC interface’ adaptors for original INTV controllers?
http://www.intellivision.us/interface.php

If you are looking to use Intellivision II or Intellivision Flashback controllers, the 2600daptor D9 (made by the same guy as the Ultimate PC interface) works pretty much identically:

https://www.2600-daptor.com/

It will also work with original Intellivision controllers, you just need to purchase an additional $4 adapter sold from the same shop.

[BabaYaga326]

Asking for a friend….

Can anyone suggest an alternative to the (now) out-of-production ‘Ultimate PC interface’ adaptors for original INTV controllers?
http://www.intellivision.us/interface.php

If you are looking to use Intellivision II or Intellivision Flashback controllers, the 2600daptor D9 (made by the same guy as the Ultimate PC interface) works pretty much identically:

https://www.2600-daptor.com/

It will also work with original Intellivision controllers, you just need to purchase an additional $4 adapter sold from the same shop.

On that website…..** I have stopped making adapters. Only have Jaguar adapters left. **

[rhester72]

On that website…..** I have stopped making adapters. Only have Jaguar adapters left. **

Oh wow. That's (bad) news.

[LamerDeluxe]

On that website…..** I have stopped making adapters. Only have Jaguar adapters left. **

Oh wow. That's (bad) news.

I hope they can license out the design to other hardware sellers, like the ones selling MiSTer accessories.

[rhester72]

@LamerDeluxe The truly unfortunate part is that over the years he's done a LOT to improve the functionality and operation of them via firmware. There's nobody to really take that over.

[LamerDeluxe]

@LamerDeluxe The truly unfortunate part is that over the years he's done a LOT to improve the functionality and operation of them via firmware. There's nobody to really take that over.

Good point, would be good if the software part could be licensed or open-sourced as well. Maybe someone developing Commodore accessories could continue development.

[BabaYaga326]

On that website…..** I have stopped making adapters. Only have Jaguar adapters left. **

Oh wow. That's (bad) news.

I hope they can license out the design to other hardware sellers, like the ones selling MiSTer accessories.

I queried MisterAddOns a few days ago about the development of INTV adapters for the Reflex Adaptors. I informed them that INTV Ultimate Interface for PC adaptors were no longer in production. The response, ‘There are some technical hurtles preventing integration at the moment but maybe in the future.’