rietveld Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Just wondering what is needed to get a Sega joypad working on a Colecovision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, rietveld said: Just wondering what is needed to get a Sega joypad working on a Colecovision? You can play 1 button games without any mods just like with a 2600 joystick. For two button games, You would have to extensively rewire the insides according to the ColecoVision pinout and add diodes to both lines going from pin 6 to Pins 8 and 5. Pressing button 1 should connect pins 6 and 8 and pressing button 2 should connect pins 6 and 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, rietveld said: Just wondering what is needed to get a Sega joypad working on a Colecovision? Blasphemy! ? 18 minutes ago, Swami said: You can play 1 button games without any mods just like with a 2600 joystick. For two button games, You would have to extensively rewire the insides according to the ColecoVision pinout and add diodes to both lines going from pin 6 to Pins 8 and 5. Pressing button 1 should connect pins 6 and 8 and pressing button 2 should connect pins 6 and 5. And as mentioned, depending on the functionality wanted/required, either none, some, or much re-wiring is required, and either no, some, or up to 34 diodes may be required...again depending on what you want it to be able to do (1-4 "game" buttons, and 0-12 keypad buttons). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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