Amiga 500 Controller Question

[StephenJ]

Hello,
Forgive the newbie question, but I have never owned an Amiga computer.

I may be purchasing the A500 mini...if it gets good reviews from early adopters.

Question is...are most of the games limited to one-button...like the C64?

 

Thanks

 

[+save2600]

Most are limited to single button play, but here's a pretty comprehensive list (from eab) that shows 2+ button support:

1943 (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=?)
ADoom
After the War [Dinamic] (WHDload: 2nd/Blue button=Kick)
Agony (WHDLoad/Original?)
Aladdin
Alien 3
Alien Bash 2
Alien Breed (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Access Intex; CD32 joypad support: Switch Weapon/Pause, Forward+Reverse+Play=Quit to WB, Yellow=Open Map, Forward+Reverse=Quit Current Game)
Alien Breed 2
Alien Breed - Tower Assault (CD32 joypad support)
Alien Breed 3D (CD32 only?)
Alien Breed 3D2 - The Killing Grounds (CD32 joypad support)
Alien Fish Finger (v1.30+)
Apano Sin (2nd/Blue button=Swap ship position, 3rd=Smartbomb, 1+3=Freeze/Slow down, 1+2=Eject capsule when ship is damaged)
Apidya
Arabian Nights (CD32 only, 3 Assignable Buttons: Attack, Inventory On/Off, Jump)
Astro Marine Corps (WHDLoad)
Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump & spinning kick (with direction) when long jump enabled)
Badlands (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Fire Bullets/Missiles)
Banshee
Base Jumpers (All _except_ CD32: 2nd/Blue button=Bonus points — when pressed a few times)
Battle Squadron (WHDLoad)
BC Kid
Black Viper
Blastar [Core] (2nd/Blue button=Smart bomb)
Blues Brothers (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Brutal Sports Football
Bubba'n'Stix
Bubble and Squeak
Bubble Bobble (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Play=Pause, Forward+Reverse=Quit)
Bump 'n' Burn [CD32] (CD32 joypad support)
Cabal (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Grenades (remap); CD32 joypad: Play button=Pause)
Capital Punishment
Celtic Heart
Chaos Engine (CD32 only)
Chaos Engine 2 (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support)
Chase HQ II: Special Criminal Investigation (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Turbo)
Cool Spot
Cosmic Spacehead (2nd/Blue button=Change option in adventure parts)
Crackdown (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support)
Damage (WHDLoad; CD32 joypad support)
Death Mask (CD32: 2 buttons=Side stepping/Turning)
Deliverance (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Deluxe Galaga (CD32 joypad)
Dennis
D/Generation (CD32 only)
Desert Strike
Dragonstone
Dyna Blaster (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Detonator, Play=pause)
Exile AGA (CD32 joypad support)
F1GP
Fantastic Dizzy AGA (WHDLoad; CD32 joypad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Forward=Inventory info, Reverse=Load/Save menu, Play=Pause)
Fifa International Soccer
Fightin' Spirit
Fire and Ice
Fire Force
First Samurai (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=jump, Yellow button=Activate bell, Play=Pause)
Flashback
Flink (CD32 joypad _required_ - 2nd/Blue button=?)
Flying Shark SE (2nd/Blue button=Bomb)
Football Glory
Forest Dumb Forever (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support)
Ghost 'n' Goblins (WHDLoad)
Giana Sisters Special Edition (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Gloom Deluxe
Golden Axe
Gravity Force (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Fire Bullets)
The Great Giana Sisters (2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Giana II – Future World [Hard'n'Heavy hack] (2nd/Blue button=Jump)
GunBee F99 (2nd/Blue button=Drop bombs)
Hybris (WHDLoad)
The Immortal (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Pause/Select Item; CD32 joypad: Custom Certificate/ Toggle Music/Quit/ Quit to WB)
Incredible Crash Dummies (? To confirm: support according to the sticker on Front Box Cover)
JetStrike AGA (CD32 joypad support - 2nd/Blue button=?
Jim Power (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Play=Pause)
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
John Madden American Football
Jungle Strike
Keen Dreams
Kick Off 3 (2nd/Blue button _required_, =?)
Kick Off 3: European Challenge
Leander
Legends
Lionheart
Liquid Kids (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Litil Divil (CD32 joypad _required_ - 2nd/Blue button=?)
Lollypop
The Lost Vikings
Magic Pockets (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Marvin's Marvellous Adventure (CD32 joypad _required_ - 2nd/Blue button=?)
Mean Arenas (CD32 only: 2nd/Blue button=Bomb)
Mega Typhoon
Mercs
Mega Twins (WHDLoad)
Miami Chase (WHDLoad, CD32 joypad support: Play button=Pause, Green=Escape, 2nd/Blue button=Show Map)
Midnight Resistance (WHDLoad)
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mr Nuts
Nigel Mansell's World Championship
NightBreed (2nd/Blue button=Run)
Ninja Mission [Arcadia]
Ninja Warriors (WHDLoad /2 buttons joystick modes/: 1st button=Use Knife, 2nd=Throw shuriken)
North & South (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Select Unit; CD32 joypad/joystick control for both players)
Parasol Stars (WHDLoad, CD32 joypad support: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Payback (CD32 & PSX — with special interface — joypad support)
Pegasus (WHDLoad)
Pinball Dreams (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support)
Pinball Fantasies (CD32 joypad support)
Pirates! Gold (CD32 joypad _required_)
Powder
Powerglove Reloaded (2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Premiere (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Play=Pause, Forward+Reverse=Quit [Esc])
Primal Rage (2 buttons Option: 1st button=Normal Moves, 2nd=Special Moves)
Project X
Puggsy
Putty Squad (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, 3rd/Yellow=Inflate, Forward/Reverse=Select item, Play=Pause, 6 digits instead of 5=Score counter)
Quik the Thunder Rabbit (WHDLoad/CD32: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
R-Type
R-Type 2
Rainbow Islands (WHDLoad)
Risky Woods (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Road Avenger (CD32 joypad support - 2nd/Blue button=?)
Road Rash (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support)
Roadkill (Green button=launch missile/rocket)
Rolling Thunder (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support; 2nd/Blue button=Blue button=Short jump, Yellow=Big jump / Change platform level)
Rubicon (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Ruff'n'Tumble (WHDLoad)
RVF Honda (WHDLoad: 2nd Joypad/Blue button=Accelerate)
Rygar
Sarcophaser (WHDLoad)
Sardonic
Shadow Dancer (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Use Magic)
Shadow Fighter (CD32 only)
Shadow of the Beast (WHDLoad: 2nd button and CD32 joypad support - =?)
Shadow of the Beast II (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Green=Offer item, Yellow=Display score, Rev/Fwd=Select item, Play=Talk)
Shadow of the Beast 3 (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Weapon Change)
Shaq Fu
Shinobi (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Trigger "Banzai")
Silkworm (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jeep; CD32 joypad: Pause, Quit, Abort game)
Skeleton Krew
Snow Bros
Soccer Kid (CD32 only - Blue button=Jump)
Solomon's Key
Solomon's Key 2 (2nd/Blue button=Retry Level / Level Selection Options)
Space Gun (joystick control mode: 2nd/Blue button=Change ammo type)
The Speris Legacy
Sqrxz 2010/Remake (1st button=Pause Game, 2nd=Jump)
Sqrxz 2 (1st button=Pause Game, 2nd=Jump)
Sqrxz 3 (1st button=Pause Game/Jump, 2nd=Jump/Pause Game)
Sqrxz 4 (1st button=Pause Game/Jump, 2nd=Jump/Pause Game)
Stardust (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Access Weapon Menu)
Spherical Worlds (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=?)
Starray (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support - 2nd/Blue button=?)
Stormlord (WHDLoad)
Street Fighter 2
Super Methane Bros (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Super Obliteration
Super Skidmarks
Super Stardust (WHDLoad; CD32 joypad support on Standard/Floppy version)
Super Street Fighter II
Super Street Fighter II Turbo (CD32 joypad support)
Superfrog (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Play=Pause, Forward+Reverse=Quit [Esc]; CD32: 2nd/Blue button=Jump)
SVIW (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump Buggy)
Tales from Heaven (1st button=Jump, 2nd/Blue button=Set Dynamite)
Thexder (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Activate Shield)
Tiger Claw (2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Tiger's Bane (CD32 joypad support - 2nd/Blue button=?)
Toki (WHDLoad)
Tony & Friends In Kellogg's Land
Top Gear 2 (CD32 only)
Total Football
Trap Runner
Treasure Trap (WHDLoad; CD32 joypad: Pickup/Drop, Map, Smartfish)
Turrican
Turrican II
Turrican 3
Ugh! (WHDLoad: CD32 joypad support)
Untouchables SE (CD32 joypad support)
Uropa 2 (CD32 joypad support)
Virocop
Watchtower (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Grenades; CD32 joypad: Pause/Quit/Quit to WB)
Whizz
Wing Commander (CD32 only)
Wipeout 2097 (CD32 joypad support)
Wonderboy in Monsterland SE (2nd/Blue button=Jump, Down=Enter doors, Down (held)=Look down)
Wonderdog (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Play=Pause, Forward+Reverse=Quit)
Wonderdog SE (2nd/Blue button=Jump)
Worms: Director's Cut (CD32 joypad support)
X-Out
XP8
Xtreme Racing
Yo! Joe!
Z-Out
Ziriax (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Weapon Selection)
Zool (WHDLoad: 2nd/Blue button=Jump, Play=Pause) 

 

[StephenJ]

Thanks save2600!

BTW...What is "eab"?

Edited February 21, 2022 by StephenJ

[RobertB]

EAB - English Amiga Board

 

Truly,

Robert Bernardo

Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
June 25-26 Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2022 - http://www.portcommodore.com/class

Edited February 22, 2022 by RobertB

[StephenJ]

Thanks RobertB!

[Daedalus2097]

Also, as pointed out in the list, the excellent WHDLoad also adds multibutton support to many games which otherwise were limited to single-button support, including remapping jump to an extra button in some platformers that otherwise use up on the stick. Since the A500 Mini uses WHDLoad to access the installed games, you should be able to take advantage of multi-button support in most games where it makes sense.

Edited February 22, 2022 by Daedalus2097

[StephenJ]

"...you should be able to take advantage of multi-button support in most games where it makes sense...."
That would be great.

 

Thanks Daedalus2097