Joystick UP and Down doesn't work in Atari 800 emulator

MrAtari

The Joystick works well with MAME, SNES and all other Emulators. Only in the Atari 800 Emu it doesn't work for UP and Down. I played with the entries in the Atari 800 menue for Controller set-up, but wasn't successful. Any idea how to configure the Joystick for the Atari Emu?

hansolo77

This is something I'm eager to figure out myself. Atari 800 was THE gaming system of my childhood until the 16-bit era. I have a LOT of games I want to play, but can't with the way the Atari800 does the controller. I even bought 2 original joysticks to use.

Swampy

Perhaps this will help you:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1686/up-down-y-axis-not-working-in-3-8

I had the same problem with my dragonrise joypad in non libretro emulators.

hansolo77

That might help @MrAtari but for me, it's a matter of not being able to remap ANYTHING inside the Atari800 program.

Swampy

Maybe you can change the values in /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/atari800.cfg in the bottom area.

MrAtari

...in all other System the Joystick works...only Atari 800 UP and DOWN is the Problem.

MrAtari

@Swampy: not sure what I should change here

mediamogul

@MrAtari

It's undeniably frustrating, but if the Atari800 emulator doesn't automatically grab your controller correctly, there is very little to be done about it. The joystick can be configured in /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/atari800.cfg to assign any SDL keyboard code to the various direction and trigger functions, but your controller would then also have to be mapped to those same keyboard keys to make use of it.

MrAtari

I checked my Joystick with jstest command and I have Axis 0 and Axis 3 used. Axis 3 is for UP and DOWN...-32767 (up) and 32767 (down). How can I use Axis 3 in the atari config file?

MrAtari

I added now an additional Joystick via USB (Competition Pro - Speedlink) - with this Joystick it works perfectly.
But as I have build an Arcade Bartop using "Zero Delay Arcade USB Encoder to Joystick for Mame Jamma PC Fighting Games AC425" I really would like to get it working without using a second external Joystick.

mediamogul

@MrAtari

I really would like to get it working without using a second external Joystick.

As mentioned above, one solution (perhaps the only solution) is to key-map your controller to keyboard input. From there you can add those key assignments to the Atari800 config. I've put together a guide detailing how to key-map using xboxdrv, which can be installed directly from the RetroPie setup script. Other key-mapping software can be installed separately as alternatives. Two to consider are JoyMap and Linux Joystick Mapper.

hansolo77

@MrAtari How did you get your Competition stick to work in Atari800? I have a LEGIT Atari controller and can't get it to work.

MrAtari

@hansolo77 : I just pluged it into USB port...working fine without any configuration.

hansolo77

It's probably not working then because I have mine connecting to a Mayflash adapter (converts 2 DB9 controllers into a single USB plug) that is connected to a hub. The /dev/input/js# for the Atari Joystick isn't 0. This is why I'm going to have to go in and figure out if I can get either xboxdrv to work, or maybe swap the js# on the fly. It's a work in progress. I tried the swap method for Streets of Rage Remake but wasn't successful.