RetroHQ Mega Multi Prototype Testing & Preview

This time I get to look at an amazing upcoming product from RetroHQ!

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Quick notes (that I didn’t get chance to show):-
There is an LED on the device which shows what mode you are currently in. If you hold down START on the MD pad for a couple of seconds the LED will flash white and you can change the mode by pressing up or down and the submode by pressing left or right. The number of times the LED flashes white indicates which sub-mode you are in. Pressing START again returns you back to normal use.

The modes and submodes are:

Green – Compatible
1: 1 button
2: 1 button with B pressing UP (UP for jump games)

Blue – Extend+ (typically C64)
1: 1 button (as Compatible)
2: 2 button, logic high is pressed (pin 9)
3: 3 button, logic high is pressed (pin 5)

Purple – Extend- (typically Amiga)
1: 1 button (as Compatible)
2: 2 button, logic low is pressed (pin 9)
3: 3 button, logic low is pressed (pin 5)

Yellow – CD32
As Extend- but also implements the shift register for extended CD32 buttons.

Red – Light Phaser
1: Trojan, fire as left
2: Actionware, fire as button 3 (pin 5)

When used on an Atari ST in the joystick port it detects it is connected to an ST and locks to compatibe mode as there are possible issues with driving other pins and the ST cannot read them.

If you try and select light gun mode (press START to return when LED is red) it will return you to the last selected mode. You have to plug in a light gun and point it at the CRT for a couple of seconds to enter light gun mode in the selected submode.

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