Modifying Genesis controller to use start button as pause on Master System

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  1. Yakumo

    Yakumo Moderator Staff Member

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    That's good to hear. Now I need to find out what pins and maybe rig up some type of switch.
     
    Yakumo, Jun 21, 2016
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    There's plenty of ways you can use pin 7 as pause for the controller and as the light sensor for the gun. The simplest would probably be a switch that simply connects or disconnects the pin from pause.
     
    abveost, Jun 21, 2016
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    But does the controller send a signal through pin 7 when pause is pressed? I don't think so, so you would need to mod the controller also.
     
    thunderid, Jun 22, 2016
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    Well the title of the thread is "Modifying Genesis controller to use start button as pause on Master System". However it shouldn't be necessary to modify the controller. You could put logic in the console to detect if only C/2 is pressed, then pull 7 low and if 9 is still active you trigger pause.
    Probably a more elegant solution but one that requires more than just rewiring.
     
    abveost, Jun 23, 2016
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