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All Atari-compatible digital joysticks with ''Single Fire Button and Four Direction switches'' should be usually working with the CPC. For example, classic Competition Pro joysticks. | All Atari-compatible digital joysticks with ''Single Fire Button and Four Direction switches'' should be usually working with the CPC. For example, classic Competition Pro joysticks. | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 29 January 2010
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Technical
The CPC joystick port is (more or less) based on the Atari-standard, for details on the pin-outs (and differences between Amstrad CPC and normal Atari/Commodore ports), see:
At software side, the joystick port is part of the keyboard matrix, accessed via the general purpose I/O port in the PSG chip, which is itself accessed indirectly via the 8255 chip.
Official Amstrad Joysticks
For the CPC+/GX4000, Amstrad seems to have also made Joypads (which work identically as joysticks).
Compatible Standard Joysticks
All Atari-compatible digital joysticks with Single Fire Button and Four Direction switches should be usually working with the CPC. For example, classic Competition Pro joysticks.
Incompatible Standard Joysticks
- Joysticks that do require 5V/GND supply (eg. for built-in auto-fire circuits) won't work on the CPC.
- Joysticks with 2-3 buttons may also be problematic (in the Atari standard, 2nd/3rd button are wired between POT0/POT1 and 5V).
- And, in lack of the POT inputs, any kind of analog devices (like Atari paddles) won't work on the CPC.
- Newer joysticks with PC-style 15pin or USB connector obviously won't fit to the CPCs 9pin port (unless one eliminates the electronics inside of those joysticks, and re-wires their botton/dirction switches directly to the CPCs joystick port).
Y-Cable
The original CPC models have only one joystick port, but can be used with 2 joysticks when using a Y-cable:
The CPC+/GX4000 have two digital joystick ports (which work equivalent to the Y-cable).
Is this true?
Some modification occured, especially for the PLUS range as Amstrad aimed the console market (GX4000) and used a politic of "Exclusive Hardware" like all console manufacturers of the time.
As a result is may be a problem to find proper Joysticks for your PLUS/GX4000 WHAT? The digital joystick should be same as ever? Theoretically, only the new analog joystick port is nonstandard?
Joystick Related stuff... Sega Controllers...
Analog Joysticks
The CPC+/GX4000 additionaly have an Analog Joystick Port.
