Amiga + Mayflash MF Mega Drive Genesis Controller Adapter
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Has anyone tried connecting Amiga controllers to UAE4Arm using a Mayflash MF Mega Drive Genesis Controller Adapter and does it work?
Additionally, would an Amiga mouse be compatible with this device considering the connector on Amiga and Megadrive are the same?
I remember being able to use a Sega Megadrive controller on an Amiga 500 back in the day, hence why I am asking.
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I dont believe it will because it doesnt support master system controllers. This one does, but just so you know button 1 & 2 are reversed on sega master system from amiga. And neither will support a mouse
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on happiga with UAE4ARM work perfectly, under the section joystick you can see directly the adapter and I play with my albatros ball 2 joystick.
On retropie I can't use it because under joystick i can't see the adapter -
I know this thread is a bit old, but I can confirm that the Mayflash Genesis / Mega Drive adapter does indeed work with Retropie / UAE4ARM for Amiga emulation. I haven't had a chance to play with it too much but I was able to play Datastorm in simultaneous two player mode with two original Konix Speedking joysticks. I could move around happily and fire my guns - cool! I didn't have time to try out any other games or joysticks, but initial results are good. The Mayflash adapter is way cheaper than any other 9 pin adapter I could find (especially dual) so this was a real win.
Couple of things to mention though...
-Configuring the input confused me for while because I wanted to set the fire button to B. However I discovered that you can't skip button A during setup. I therefore set fire to A and assumed I would need to edit it manually in the config file afterwards. However when I launched the game, the fire button worked just fine, so no need to change. Button settings are below.
-Bizarrely even though I had configured the input, pushing the joystick right in the Emulation Station screen, opens up the EmulationStation menu, as though I have pressed Start/Select. Works fine in the game though. This is not really a problem as I can use the keyboard to navigate or just cycle left though the menu!
-In UAE4ARM you will need load the rp-a500 config and set input Port 1 & Port 2 to the Mayflash and save.
D-pad Up - Button 12
D-pad Down - Button 14
D-pad Left - Button 15
D-pad Right - Button 13
A / Fire - Button 0
(Oddly these mappings differ to what is shown on the Mayflash packaging)
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