Goochman Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Not sure if this is the right forum but Im trying to run the atari8 emu in Batocera on my Atari VCS. I have about 5 other systems including the 5200 which all run fine and recognize the "start" button on my XBox controller. However I cant get the atari8 emu to recognize Start no matter what I do. Ive even remapped Start to the letter 'p' on the keyboard with no luck. I cannot get any form of the START key to work. If I press the left Analog Stick down I get what appears to be an overlay keyboard - I can navigate to STA (START) but again have no way of executing the command. Anyone else using Atari8 on Bactocera successfuly? Ive changed 2 options - Turn Basic off and changed the model to 130XE and also 800 No dic! Select and Option work fine through the controller and the 5200 emulation works fine with Start/Select/Option. This is my last problem IM trying to solve - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I don't know if Batocera changes the atari800 emulator, but in the standard version of Atari800, the START key is mapped to F4 and I don't think it's mapable to a controller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 19 hours ago, Goochman said: If I press the left Analog Stick down I get what appears to be an overlay keyboard - I can navigate to STA (START) but again have no way of executing the command. Anyone else using Atari8 on Bactocera successfuly? I have Batocera installed to USB. Just checked the A8 emulator (Atari800 3.1.0 retroarch core) and L3 brings up the virtual keyboard, pad/stick navigate it, and the fire button selects the key. Same behavior as the EmuDeck setup on my Steam Deck for the Atari800 core. I do have to have Port 1 Controls set to Device Type 'ATARI Joystick' for the keyboard overlay/Atari800 Menu/etc to function at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Thanks for verifying - L3 brings up the virtual keyboard for me also - just no fire button activates anything. Which fire button are you pressing, A or B? Where do you change the Port 1 controls Device Type? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The A button as defined in the Emulation Station Controller Mapping. So 'East' or B on the Atari Modern Controller or Xbox, provided you didn't reverse order map the controller. Hotkey + 'South' (A on the Atari Modern Controller or Xbox) while in the Atari800 core brings up the RetroArch Quick Menu. From there navigate to Controls/Port 1 Controls and you'll see Device Type listed at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Mine are set the same - usually the "return" button on the Atari stick is the "START" key. I remapped it to the R3 button and no matter what it wont "START" - frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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