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New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:42 am
by JudgeDrokk
I fancy trying this new forthcoming pad from Retro-Bit, but are the thumbsticks any use on the MiSTer FGPA?
Will anything utilise them now or in the future?
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Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:10 am
by grizzly
Are they of much use on the mister now?
No!
In the future?
Maybe!
When or IF cores with analog controllers start showing up like playstation then YES!
Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:27 am
by JudgeDrokk
grizzly wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:10 am
Are they of much use on the mister now?
No!
In the future?
Maybe!
When or IF cores with analog controllers start showing up like playstation then YES!
I think I'll keep my pre order 'on' then - I do like them and the sticks could prove their worth in the future!
Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:34 pm
by FoxbatStargazer
You can use the sticks for mouse emulation. Also some arcade cores use analog sticks.
Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:44 pm
by akeley
I use the left stick in most games which originally had only d-pad/keyboard/joystick control. Feels way better to me, even though I know it's an anathema to many people.
Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:27 pm
by aberu
grizzly wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:10 am
Are they of much use on the mister now?
No!
In the future?
Maybe!
When or IF cores with analog controllers start showing up like playstation then YES!
You can use thumbsticks for (as someone else said) mouse emulation, you can also use it for a replacement for the d-pad (or simultaneously in most cores actually). I've also used the right analog on my dual analog device for the wonderswan core's TATE layout games.
Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:12 pm
by JudgeDrokk
aberu wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:27 pm
grizzly wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:10 am
Are they of much use on the mister now?
No!
In the future?
Maybe!
When or IF cores with analog controllers start showing up like playstation then YES!
You can use thumbsticks for (as someone else said) mouse emulation, you can also use it for a replacement for the d-pad (or simultaneously in most cores actually). I've also used the right analog on my dual analog device for the wonderswan core's TATE layout games.
Thanks for the tip - i'll explore the possiblities when it arrives!
Re: New RETROBIT pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:13 pm
by JudgeDrokk
aberu wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:27 pm
grizzly wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:10 am
Are they of much use on the mister now?
No!
In the future?
Maybe!
When or IF cores with analog controllers start showing up like playstation then YES!
You can use thumbsticks for (as someone else said) mouse emulation, you can also use it for a replacement for the d-pad (or simultaneously in most cores actually). I've also used the right analog on my dual analog device for the wonderswan core's TATE layout games.
Thanks - I'm try those!
Re: New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:24 pm
by thorr
in a word, Robotron
Re: New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 8:08 pm
by JudgeDrokk
thorr wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:24 pm
in a word, Robotron
Now were talking!
Re: New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:05 pm
by deepthaw
thorr wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:24 pm
in a word, Robotron
And Xenocrisis
Re: New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:48 pm
by darksakul
Thumb sticks are useful now for the Apple II Core, as the Original machine only accepts analog input.
Also it's useful in twin stick games like Robotron, Smash Tv and Xeno Crisis
Re: New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:51 pm
by rhester72
darksakul wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:48 pm
Thumb sticks are useful now for the Apple II Core, as the Original machine only accepts analog input.
You might be just the person to ask, then. Have you found *any* analog stick that allows play of Karateka on the II? When I need to run, I can't make it happen.
Re: New Retro-Bit pad - Thumsticks: yay or nay?
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:10 pm
by darksakul
I think that game is keyboard only