Rick Dangerous Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I played this game the other night after playing it on Lynx (which has beautiful controls) and all I can say is what the hell! The Pac won't go up or down when I press up or down, it will only go when I hit a wall. This is with a really nice six button controller that I use for tons of other games and have no problems with. Is this game just poorly programmed or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Some games don't like the 6-button pad. Hold the MODE button on the pad while powering on the Genesis to switch the pad into 3-button mode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I played this game the other night after playing it on Lynx (which has beautiful controls) and all I can say is what the hell! The Pac won't go up or down when I press up or down, it will only go when I hit a wall. This is with a really nice six button controller that I use for tons of other games and have no problems with. Is this game just poorly programmed or am I missing something? Hold Mode while turning on the game. Ms Pac is a pre-6 button title, and doesn't play nice with newer controllers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Thank you all for the solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Cool, I was not aware of this solution. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 So THAT is how to make those controllers work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Willy Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 So THAT is how to make those controllers work. There are some cheap third party controllers that don't do that, but all Sega pads should, and the better third party ones will as well. I've got one third party pad that doesn't even have the MODE button! So it certainly doesn't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Just wanted to chime in and say this trick is also necessary to get forgotten worlds working on a 6 button pad. If you don't do it the game starts at the story screen and then jumps right to the game over screen. It's actually a pretty interesting thing to see but no fun if you were trying to play that game and did not know to use the mode button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 It doesn't work well with my real 3 button GamePad either. Or my Asciiware joystick. I haven't had time to try it with my other 3 button GamePads or with the Hold option though. Still, it should work fine with straight out of the box controllers unless Tengen somehow calibrated the game to make it work best with their own GamePads as a ploy to sell more of 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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