Configure Two joysticks in Galaga
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I'm trying to get Galaga to switch to the second controller when it's player 2's turn.
When I open retroarch from inside the game, port 2 (the confirmed proper port for the player 2 controls) seems to have player 2 assignments as I'd want them. The coin and player 2 start buttons work as they should, but the joystick and fire button for player 1 still control the ship.
I tried setting it for "cocktail mode" but that changed nothing.
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I don't think that's possible - the original game had only 1 set of inputs and 2 players were playing consecutively (not simultaneously). If you're using
advmame/mameas emulators (and not a libretro core), you may be able to set both both gamepads to control P1 just for galaga. -
You can do it in the mame menu, by dual mapping both joysticks to the directions..... However both joysticks will always be active so it's not ideal.
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@mahoneyt944 Well, this way you could share the controls with one person steering the craft and another one shooting, or switch controls quickly if one player gets tired. I played a lot of 1P or alternate 2P games with my buddies this way in our childhood.
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@clyde said in Configure Two joysticks in Galaga:
@mahoneyt944 Well, this way you could share the controls with one person steering the craft and another one shooting, or switch controls quickly if one player gets tired. I played a lot of 1P or alternate 2P games with my buddies this way in our childhood.
I used to do this with girls at the arcade. I'd move, she'd fire. With pinball games we'd each take a flipper. It was a great way to 'date' while playing games.
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@thorr69 Absolutely! When my girlfriend came to my home for the first time more than two years ago, she was very surprised by my RetroPie upright arcade cabinet (subsequently, she told me that she thought "okay, kissing later"), and soon after that, we played together next to another. 😊 We held hands for the first time when we looked up special moves for Street Fighter II Champions Edition online. 💞😄
(Her interest in playing retro games waned over time, but she still likes my "Automat" – German for "machine" – up until this day.)
Sorry for the off-topic, but this triggered some fond memories … 😇
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