MultiPlay MX4 Expansion

GUNHED · 22:08, 12 January 21

Well, I saw lot's of patches. But that's a fully fledged enhancement. Glad the CPC scene has you.

GUNHED · 17:20, 29 October 21

Coming back the this great device - the MultiPlay. Especially since it became a big topic again recently.

Well, I do have an Atari ST mouse, but no (nowhere to get) Amiga mouse.

Is it enough to exchange pins 1 (V-pulse) and 4 (HQ-pulse)?

Or do I need to do more?

SkulleateR · 18:01, 29 October 21

Quote from: GUNHED on 17:20, 29 October 21Is it enough to exchange pins 1 (V-pulse) and 4 (HQ-pulse)?

Or do I need to do more?

Nope, just that

GUNHED · 18:12, 29 October 21

Thanks, time to get the solder iron hot...

GUNHED · 20:53, 02 January 22

Adapter made, tests will follow...

Poliander · 10:45, 03 March 22

@TotO
@Duke

Can you confirm whether the MultiPlay can be used together with an M4Board? (Has anyone tested this?) The mouse test program does not work properly as soon as the M4Board is plugged in, in addition to the MultiPlay adapter.....

TotO · 11:03, 03 March 22

The MultiPlay in only buffers and counters that write things on its dedicated ports range.

Prodatron · 15:31, 03 March 22

Quote from: Poliander on 10:45, 03 March 22Can you confirm whether the MultiPlay can be used together with an M4Board? (Has anyone tested this?)

Right now I tested it with SymbOS. I can boot SymbOS from the M4Board SD card and have an Amiga mouse connected to port B of the MultiPlay.
Both the mouse works fine and I can access the SD card of the M4board and load applications in SymbOS (classic CPC 6128)
Does both work stand-alone on your system?

Poliander · 16:13, 03 March 22

@TotO @Duke

Okay, it seems that there were electrical issues, sorry - suddenly, everything is working fine now.

@Prodatron

Thank you very much for your confirmation! (I did not suspect that this issue was related to SymbOS 3.1). I got it now working with M4/ZMEM(1024k)/MultiPlay+Amiga mouse - my dream ultimatively came true. I am really so happy for the MultiPlay Amiga mouse to finally work in this setup.

Prodatron · 16:30, 03 March 22

Cool, that looks good!

Glad, that it's working!

@TotO, I am just curious, do you still produce the MultiPlay?

TotO · 16:41, 03 March 22

@Prodatron Yes, I have some waiting the CPLD but I'm not able to program them for any reasons.

deepfb · 19:24, 03 March 22

A bit late to confirm anything, but yes, Multiplay and the M4 interface work fine together. This is my partner and me playing Batty loaded from the M4, using two Amiga mice. This version of Batty was patched by SyX so it can be used with a mouse or a trackball.

Arkanoid was also patched by SyX; the setup here is the same as in the previous video

TotO · 20:20, 03 March 22

Fantastic!!! You are playing with the full MultiPlay and two halves of a brain!

GUNHED · 23:39, 05 April 22

Just to come back to the nice MultiPlay (and my previous questions).
Now you can use the the MultiPlay with joysticks or mice - both ports are supported - with FutureOS. The 'Config OS' application allows you to define at which port you're using a mouse. This setup must be made by hand. (You can also activate / deactivate the MultiPlay in the configuration).

Philippe Lardenois · 10:17, 10 April 22

Hello,
@TotO Interested in one if you produce some more. Would be great.

Thanks a lot.

Anyone know where to find SyX patches for games like Arkanoid or Batty shown on videos ?

Thanks.
Phil

TotO · 10:37, 10 April 22

@Philippe Lardenois Since I have no answer for more than a month from a guy asking me one, please just PM me and the MultiPlay is for you.

Philippe Lardenois · 11:11, 10 April 22

ok Done. Thanks a lot

Skunkfish · 15:42, 05 May 22

Quote from: TotO on 10:37, 10 April 22Since I have no answer for more than a month from a guy asking me one

Hi TotO,

That would be me, completely missed your last e-mail saying it was ready.

Would you have another available at all?

Thanks,

James.

TotO · 15:50, 05 May 22

Quote from: Skunkfish on 15:42, 05 May 22Hi TotO,

That would be me, completely missed your last e-mail saying it was ready.

Would you have another available at all?

Thanks,

James.

Yes, I have kept your board.

GUNHED · 16:28, 05 May 22

Out of curiosity ... are they still available? Will a new batch be made? And how much have been sold?

I like this device a whole lot.

TotO · 16:37, 05 May 22

Sorry @GUNHED but I have not more MultiPlay now. It will require to reorder parts to build at less 10 of them. Around 80 was sold.

Yes, it is a nice board made for the Axelay's games MegaBlaster and QuadRaster. It support dual joysticks and mice (with balistic mode) for multiplayers games w/o input conflicts and provide +5V to power them.

GUNHED · 17:23, 06 May 22

Yes, my software supports it too.

80 units is a decent number for CPC scene and it's definitely worth to keep the MultiPlay in mind when creating new games.

From the software side it's a dream anyway, can't be more easy to request joystick-data (or mouse of course).

kawickboy · 09:19, 09 May 22

Maybe a waiting list so. 10 units shouldn't be so hard to reach (including yaronet).
I have totally missed the last batch.

Skunkfish · 21:50, 16 June 22

My Multiplay arrived, it is of course another wonderful expansion from ToTO.

After finishing reveling in the smooth mouse movement in SymbOS I decided to have some fun.

It didn't look like anyone had adapted Facehugger's Classic 4 player snake game 'Worm Slickers', so I thought I'd give it a go...

Player 1 is Joy 1, Player 2 is Joy 2, Player 3 is Multiplay A, Player 4 is Multiplay B.

Sorry keyboard fans!

Let me know if you find any issues!

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GUNHED · 14:19, 17 June 22

Great work... just reminds me to look for a 4-Player Tron game.

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