PS3 (kempston) mapping for zxspectrum

[blueythesheepdog]

Hi all,

1st - a huge thank you for the work. It certainly has rekindled time misspent in earlier years!
2nd - I do need some help with setting up ps3 (kempston) mapping for zxspectrum. i completely messed up the original build so re-installed everything again.

i've got a raspi4 running successfully with retropie. i believe this is not officially supported yet, but mame is working without issue (that I can see) so far.

the retroarch options i've seen include the possibility of configuring things in many sections and its this I find confusing. all I need is to use kempston joystick. having tried multiple different options and writing files at various locations i'm not clear what is the easiest to use and where.

appreciate a very simple guide if someone has one.

thank you.

[mitu]

You don't need to write any configuration file, just open the RetroArch menu (pressing Hotkey + X) and open the Controls -> Port 1 Controls sub-menu. Change the Device Type option to Kempston Joystick, then close the RetroArch menu and check that the game works fine. If it' ok, then open again the menu, go to the same Port 1 Controls menu and use the 'Save Core Remap File' so the configuration is saved.

[blueythesheepdog]

@mitu thanks a lot. yes , this is the very 1st first thing I did initially and while the config is definitely saved I launched a game (quazatron) and it simply doesnt work. (the d-pad right pauses the game and i think the X button or the Y resumes. another game like dan dare works with the dpad just fine, admittedly havent tried a load of games as trying to keep it simple and understand how/why its working on one and not another. i've launched retroach while the game is loading attempting to configure it per game but the config doesnt display properly (i think this might have to do with running retropie under buster and rpi4?). any other ideas when you have the time would be much appreciated.