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  • Playability of games with a joystick with 4 fire buttons (assigned to keys)While giving a try at a hack that combines a Kempston interface with a programmable interface it has occurred to me the idea that I could use also a …

    ... a hack that combines a Kempston interface with a programmable interface ... a modified joystick with 4 fire buttons (like the beeshu type ones ... from having more than 2 fire buttons assigned to a joystick?
    Renegade Renegade July 2017 Games
  • Amstrad CPC joystick with 1,2 or 3 fire buttons usable with Spectrum?I was not aware that some cpc joysticks (or with a 'cpc mode selector') allowed up to 3 fire buttons! But it seems the pinout is not the usal one …

    ... selector') allowed up to 3 fire buttons!

    But it seems ... cpc joystick with, say, 2 fire buttons and the plug rewired to ... the spectrum interface (pin 6 - fire 1; pin 8 - ground; pin ...
    Renegade Renegade April 2019 Hardware
  • Kempston Interface No Fire?Hi, I got a Kempston interface with a 48K Spectrum I got on eBay. On Jetpac, selecting Kempston works fine for control, but the fire buttons don't d…

    ... ,

    I got a Kempston interface with a 48K Spectrum ... Jetpac, selecting Kempston works fine for control, but the fire buttons don't ... do anything. I expected them to fire.
    fire.

    Is there ...
    Badders Badders January 2009 Hardware
  • Kempston ConfusionSomehow, I just can't get this straight on my mind :-O I guess my neurons are playing tricks on me. ~X( Kemspton interfaces allow joysticks …

    ... 1, 2 or more independent fire buttons?

    But, were there ... more independent fire buttons?

    And games with the kempston control method ... , will I get 2 distinct fire buttons?
    Renegade Renegade November 2015 Hardware
  • Competition Pro 5000 Joystic.As promised here is a short(ish) review of the joystick. (I have taken the afternoon off work in the hope that it would be here when I got in and it…

    ... micro-switched and all the buttons and the stick feel nice ... .

    It has 4 fire buttons and a 'turbo switch' (?). It ... loaded it up and chose 'Kempston Joystick' from the options. I ... works like a dream. The fire buttons are spot on and I ...
    itsallgood itsallgood March 2007 Hardware
  • ADS JoystickHi all. Just got back from the flea market and I got a real blast from the past... well atleast from the past if you are from ex-Yugoslavia. Back th…

    ... leaf contacts for directions (and fire buttons) broke off non-stop. Anyway ... joystick (Red card) or a Kempston joystick (White card). Pictures :
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat May 2010 Games
  • Joystick interface for divIDEMy first prototype of joystick interface for DivIDE. Work as kempston joystick and must be connect to socked instead EEPROM chip. Final version will …

    ... interface for DivIDE. Work as kempston joystick and must be connect ... support switching between KEMPSTON and SINCLAIR.

    Kempston joystick port adressation ... GND signals and support three fire buttons (is possible connect real AMIGA ...
    velesoft velesoft May 2012 Hardware
  • Kempston detectionI could use some help. This Kempston joystick behaviour drives me mad. I've written a game called Necrospermia recently ([url]http://www.worldofspec…

    ... to press either SPACE or Kempston Fire.

    ... and configurations Kempston is somehow automatically choosen - Kempston fire is ... /> LD BC,31 ;kempston joystick fire?
    IN A,(C ... /> LD (KeysOrJoystick),A ;set kempston
    RET

    Ralf Ralf October 2012 Development
  • Large box of joysticks for saleHiya! I've got a box of 13 joysticks + a couple of repair jobs and a broken interface for sale. I did make some more extensive notes whilst testing …

    ... a mixture of Sinclair-only, Kempston/Atari and Sinclair hybrids, ... and some Kempston/Atari-only ones as well ... fine. A couple maybe have fire buttons on the top that aren ... ?

    1 x Kempston interface - slightly damaged but, again ...
    richl richl September 2013 Sales
  • idea: new gaming interface for ZX Spectrum (48k)First of all, I am not an expert this is just an idea of what I would like to see happening in the modern era of the ZX Spectrum. A compact, small, …

    ... gaming devices - obviously with Kempston, Interface 2 and possibly other ... hardly comfortable joysticks with one fire button. I guess the ... , as well as the kempston and in terface 2 emulation ... USB gamepad and configured more fire buttons and really enjoyed the ...
    maiki maiki November 2013 Hardware
  • Games that need more than one fire buttonI need know list of ZX games that need more than one fire buttons. Ideally games which use more additional keys (lemmings, r-type, etc...).

    I need know list of ZX games that need more than one fire buttons. Ideally games which use more additional keys (lemmings, r-type, etc...).
    velesoft velesoft June 2014 Games
  • SEGA GENESIS joypad from Ebay[IMG]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/joypad/IMGP9641.JPG[/IMG] On Ebay is possible buy very cheap chinesse joypad compatible with Sega Genesis / Sega M…

    ... [/URL]
    DIVMMC interface and KEMPSTON JOYSTICK interface by Ben Versteeg ... fire buttons)

    Joypad is visible as kempston joystick with two fire buttons (usable buttons ... /> After read port #1F return kempston joystick interface this data :
    velesoft velesoft June 2014 Hardware
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... 67890
    - Kempston 31
    - Kempston 55 (joefish)
    - Kempston 95 (velesoft)
    and defining the other fire buttons/shoulder buttons on the pad to Sinclair ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins January 2015 Emulators
  • K-MOUSE TURBO 2011 interface - next batchI plan make some pieces of K-MOUSE TURBO 2011 interface. It's mouse interface for ZX and compatible computers. [img]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/othe…

    ... to three fire buttons) / SEGA joypad
    - switchable joystick modes (kempston,fuller,QWERT ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2015 Sales
  • 2 buttons or autofire?Dear World of Spectrum, As some of you know, I am in the middle of designing (and hopefully, eventually building) an arcade-style controller for a…

    ... (I.E.: 2 separate, independent fire buttons [i]á la[/i] MSX) or ... basic, and what may be Fire Button 2 on one system ...
    Swevicus Swevicus January 2016 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ComCon interface with an auto-fire joystick is possible?I need a little advice on this one, please! I have a konix speedking, with two fire buttons and auto-fire switch. I can use it with the comcon int…

    ... konix speedking, with two fire buttons and auto-fire switch. I can ... still have the two fire buttons working independently because I ... another possible pin for 2nd fire button.

    ( ... auto-fire circuit ground from all the other buttons/directions ...
    Renegade Renegade January 2017 Hardware
  • The dicMMC Future interface problemI bought a divMMC Future interface, which allows you to load and save Spectrum games in seconds, and like the divMMC Enjoy!, it does that fine. [i]Ho…

    ... interface, which gives me two fire buttons. While it works perfect on ... the divMMC Future has a Kempston joystick port on it, could ...
    Spector Spector June 2017 Hardware
  • Controllers... I'M A CONTROL FREAK!...to paraphrase the Volvo advert from about 20 years ago, for some variant of the 850/V70, if I remember rightly. Anyway, I wonder if it's possib…

    ... , having missed the boat with Kempston's interface back in the ... pinout (allowing for the two fire buttons)? And does anyone remember if ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2017 Hardware
  • Use more than one fire button with a Divide?Greetings, I have recently purchased a Divide 2k14 that has an integrated joystick port and an activity led for said port, whenever I plug an Amst…

    ... with 2 of the fire buttons. Can this second fire button be used ...
    jackic jackic March 2019 Hardware
  • SpecIde updated!Hi, all! In these past months I've been brushing up a bit my emulator, SpecIde, a.k.a. the least efficient emulator in the world. At this momen…

    ... memory, floating bus port...)
    - Kempston and Sinclair joystick emulation, using ... to the PC. The extra fire buttons can be mapped to different ...
    TheMartian TheMartian May 2019 Emulators
  • The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…

    ... . And I changed a Kempston interface to use up to 3 fire buttons.
    LCD LCD May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…

    ... changed a Kempston interface to use up to 3 fire buttons.
    [/quote ... />
    I also modified a Kempston interface... unfortunately, it accepted no ...
    Jmk Jmk May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... down, left, right and fire. The in_JoyKeyboard() function returns ... that indicates which directions/fire button are asserted. ... functions in the input library (Kempston, Sinclair, Fuller, etc) ... up, down, left, right and fire buttons.

    ... continued ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Joypad QuestionIf I plug a joypad / joystick which uses the Atari 9 Pin connector into the Spectrum, will it work? For example, will a Master System / Mega Drive c…

    ... This not work with standart kempston joystick interface.

    kempston joystick interface (need + ... Amiga joystick use two fire buttons, but kempston interface support only one. ... ) mouse/joystick with 3 buttons and autofire.
    ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2007 Hardware
  • GP2X or DS: which is best for the speccyHi - just joined but have been reading posts for years and I know ye are as passionate about the Speccy as I am! :-) I've waited so long to buy eit…

    ... the START and SELECT buttons. I used to use ... all GBA buttons to Spectrum key presses or Kempston, and ... an extra 2 mappable buttons would reduce the need ... require one or two fire buttons, so I use another ... doesnt save the mapped buttons though does it ?[/QUOTE ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain September 2007 Emulators
  • Did the Spectrum ever have a joypad?There were plenty of joysticks but was there ever a Spectrum joypad? By that I mean something that worked like a joystick but had a flat direction p…

    ... joypad to work with a Kempston interface?

    It would ... 3 fire buttons could be used as the single fire button from the Kempston ... exactly the same with a Kempston interface.
    monty.mole monty.mole January 2008 Hardware
  • Group Order of Internal/External Kempston Turbo InterfacesI have contact Velesoft ([url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/kmturbo-cz.htm[/url]) about the production of internal or external kempston turbo interfaces …

    ... - enable swap left/right mouse buttons

    - disable ... buttons port

    - interface can work as kempston ... 0)

    - Kempston joystick / Amiga mouse(A-MOUSE ... Kempston with 3 fire buttons, A-MOUSE with 3 buttons, FULLER with 3 buttons)< ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2008 Hardware
  • Kempston Interface No Fire?Hi, I got a Kempston interface with a 48K Spectrum I got on eBay. On Jetpac, selecting Kempston works fine for control, but the fire buttons don't d…

    ... />
    I got a Kempston interface with a 48K Spectrum ... , selecting Kempston works fine for control, but the fire buttons don't ... do anything. I expected them to fire.< ... PIO 8255 + reset button + kempston joystick connector:
    [url]http ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2009 Hardware
  • Kempston Interface No Fire?Hi, I got a Kempston interface with a 48K Spectrum I got on eBay. On Jetpac, selecting Kempston works fine for control, but the fire buttons don't d…

    ... />
    I got a Kempston interface with a 48K Spectrum ... Jetpac, selecting Kempston works fine for control, but the fire buttons don't ... do anything. I expected them to fire.
    fire.
    [/QUOTE]

    ...
    zboskovi zboskovi January 2009 Hardware
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... still remember the hell with kempston joystick autodetection. Some czechoslovak clones ... passed the test without kempston attached (hw probably fills port ... press one of the possible fire buttons to start the game (like ...
    joefish joefish March 2009 Development
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