Inspired by this site, I going to buy my first raspberry pi kit. :-D My first goal is to set up everything an make the 'Metal Slug' series work with two joysticks.
Unfortunately, I do not have the patience nor skills to build cases for these Sanwa sticks and buttons. I would like to buy some joysticks.
- What set of joysticks with some buttons can you recommend me?
My big questions is: - Are two of these Mayflash sticks working with PiMAME and its emulated systems? Do I have to expect a big hassle and recompile every driver?
Good value for the money for a beginner like me who wants a compact solution.
I am using a "Typ B"-board(Rev. 2, 512MB RAM) and the "0.8.0 Beta 3"-SD-image.
I tested the neogeo game 1. with a keyboard. Result: Keyboard key input of player1 does work from default :-D 2. with a keyboard and 1 joystick. Result: It didnt work the first time. But when I somehow pressed some Joystick buttons when booting up it did work. That means: Both, the keyboard keys and some of the joystick buttons do work from default! I was able to play the game. :-D Awesome work from Shea Silverman!
The next steps would be: - Making tests with two of such "joysticks" - Re-mapping of the inputs because * the joystick layout is not very good for this game. * when using a keyboard and a joystick I could only trigger inputs of player 1 from both devices. I believe this will be the same case when using two joysticks.
So, is there a guide to how to config the mapping of the neogeo inputs? Do I have to recompile the emulator with a different resource file? Or am I missing an existing config file?
Also, is there a wiki with guides, lists of compatible devices etc? I would like to contribute and document my changes for others that try to do the same.
[edit]: After reading some other forum post, I understand that I might better tryout FBA and the other MAME-emulators that should be easier configurable.