I’m starting to dig more into the Atari Jaguar, and I was trying to setup the controller and I ran into an odd issue. It seems like there are actually controls that are missing from the core’s input options. It’s extremely odd so I figured it best to make a post to see if there’s more information.
Essentially the core has the following inputs for Jaguar’s standard controller:
- C, B, A
- Up, Down, Left, Right
- Pause, Option,
- Numpad 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This means that can’t push these buttons while playing:
- Numpad 7, 8, 9, *, #
Sadly there doesn’t seem to be an option for the Jaguar’s pro controller, but initially I thought this was fine as all the pro version does is remap some keypads to it’s extra buttons.
- L, R = Numpad 4, 6
- Z, X, Y = Numpad 7, 8, 9
This stands out to me as a particularly large issue as 7, 8, & 9 are used for some key features in Jaguar games. For example there’s no way to open the Map in Alien vs. Predator without the Numpad 8 key…
Anyway, I wasn’t sure if anyone else had come across this issue or had any more information. Now that I went through the process of making this whole post I’m thinking I should try to check github too for notes on it.
