Re: adb joystick on 2gs?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

mathias <mathi@topmail.de> wrote:

> hi there!
> 
> i was just wondering, if it was possible to connect an adb joystick to a
> 2gs

You can certainly plug an ADB joystick into the IIgs, but I don't think
you would achieve very much.

> and if so, would it work with all games?

I expect the number of games which would work would be between "none at
all" and "very few".

There may be games that have built-in support for an ADB joystick, but
for anything else:

- You would probably need a driver which maps the joystick into the
mouse support.

- It would only work with games that supported a mouse.

- It would only work with games that use the toolbox to access the
mouse.

- If the game didn't run under GS/OS, it might be difficult to load the
driver.

Any game which expects a standard Apple II joystick would not work, and
could not be made to work short of patching the game.

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