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Was wondering if its possible to take the conrtol scheme from Ape Escape On The Loose and hack it into Ape Escape ps1 or a way to emulate the dual analogs in poploader (Anyone who saids "play the PSP version" will be ignored).
 
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Was wondering if its possible to take the conrtol scheme from Ape Escape On The Loose and hack it into Ape Escape ps1 or a way to emulate the dual analogs in poploader (Anyone who saids "play the PSP version" will be ignored).
if you're still around and interested, I could jerry-rig a bodge that would help, but it'd be a one off not a mod

the basic idea being, a translation layer to the controller, where you press say, one direction on the stick, and the computer rotates the two virtual sticks at the right speed to go that way in the boat

not impossible in hardware either, but more costly (parts, not me)
 

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if you're still around and interested, I could jerry-rig a bodge that would help, but it'd be a one off not a mod

the basic idea being, a translation layer to the controller, where you press say, one direction on the stick, and the computer rotates the two virtual sticks at the right speed to go that way in the boat

not impossible in hardware either, but more costly (parts, not me)
How so?
 

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if you're still around and interested, I could jerry-rig a bodge that would help, but it'd be a one off not a mod

the basic idea being, a translation layer to the controller, where you press say, one direction on the stick, and the computer rotates the two virtual sticks at the right speed to go that way in the boat

not impossible in hardware either, but more costly (parts, not me)
Did anything ever come of this? I'd love a way to do this in retroarch.
 

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