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From: sceetech <ps_yaroze@interactive.sony.com>
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Subject: Re: Light Gun
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 16:40:40 +0100
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Andy Winton wrote:
> 
> hi there,
> 
>         I know that there is no library support for
>         the light gun (Konami's Justifier) but has
>         anyone worked out how to use it with yaroze?
> 
>         While on the subject has anyone managed to use
>         the multitap with the yaroze?
> 
>         cheers,
> 
> andy
> 
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> Andy Winton             Spider Software Limited
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Basically, the hardware is there to do all the business;
many things are easy to do in software
i.e. a controller in slot2 is simple,
just use the hash-defined pad constants << 16;
other controllers that use thse ports are also OK.

The Namco gun works, the Konami one isn't supported in
software; neither is Multitap supported in software.

However, since the hardware is all there, we are in the process
of creating software support, and intend it to cover ALL
the controllers available for PlayStation. These will
probably be released as .h and .o module, or as .lib.

Hope to have the software support for these controllers
within 2-4 weeks (not brilliant I know, but player-actions
code can usually be quite easily written in fairly
controller-independent/rewritable manner).

Lewis