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Hi,
I'm new here. I recently found a battered old Game gear and decided to restore it, I also installed the McWill LCD mod and got an Everdrive. I've never been much of a sega fan (apart from my beloved Dreamcast) but have found the SMS and GG games charming.

I'd like to get as many possible games working on it and came across the paddle controller games. Of course they have no control on the game gear so I thought id have a look and see if there are any patches. Failing to find any I knocked these ones up. I hope they can be of use to someone else.

Also I'm aware that there is already a Woody Pop hack (Super Arkanoid) but decided to make my own as I think my code is a little more tidy and leaves more of the original rom intact.

Edit: Added controls for player 2 in Galactic Protector

Megumi Rescue (J) [ControlPad].ips (88 B)

Alex Kidd - BMX Trial (J) [ControlPad].ips (80 B)

Woody Pop (J) [ControlPad].ips (68 B)

Galactic Protector (UE) [ControlPad+p2].ips (110 B)

That's awesome, and often requested. What sort of algorithm did you use for approximating the paddle control? Digital control is going to be very difficult to apply to a game requiring fast, precise paddle rotation.

Maxim wrote

That's awesome, and often requested. What sort of algorithm did you use for approximating the paddle control? Digital control is going to be very difficult to apply to a game requiring fast, precise paddle rotation.

Hi Maxim,
Thanks for your reply.
Obviously the patches do use digital control, no algorithm is going to make a single button press into anything other than a single button press. I'm working with what the game gear has. Honestly I don't think these games do require fast, precise paddle rotation, they're hardly call of duty, nor do I expect my hacks to be used at the annual Megumi Rescue tournament. I've had a blast playing these games on my Game Gear over the last couple of days and I'd much rather play them with digital controls rather than not at all. Anyway, I hope I have at least contributed to this awesome community.

Awesome work, thank you!

Thank you for these! I came up with a similar solution on the emulator side of things a few years ago. Nice that I can play them in emulators that aren't trash now or off a flash cart and regular pad.

Very very nice work !

Experimenting with my SMS Everdrive, I found this thread by chance. It is really great to be able to use a regular controller for these games.

I'd like to thank the OP for the hacks, and also to make a request, if possible

Hacked versions of Megumi Rescue and Woody Pop have issues with Genesis controllers. I suspect that it is the same problem that happens with Wonderboy In Monster Land (Line Select), and that was solved using region detection patches:

http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=1203.0

If someone skilled could take a look, more people will be able to play those games.

Well, while not a big deal for many, I managed to fix those games following the pattern left by other game fixes like Tennis Ace and Alien Syndrome.

Genesis control fixed games are:

Megumi Rescue
Super Racing
Woody Pop

For Super Racing, it only detects the controller if the region is forced to (J). So I used this solution given by Barone:

http://www.smspower.org/forums/9921-HackedWoodyPopBMXTrialSuperRacingAndOtherPad...

agostinhobaroners wrote

Hi!
Just replace the following addresses with 00 value:
C0B, C0C, C0D, C0E

Thanks to all parts involved in these hacks!

Paddle Genesis Control Fixes.zip (195.13 KB)

Great work on those, splc81. Thanks!

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mangaman3000 Joined: 16 Jun 2016 Posts: 2	Paddle Game Control Pad Patches Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:00 pm Last edited by mangaman3000 on Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:25 pm; edited 1 time in total
mangaman3000 Joined: 16 Jun 2016 Posts: 2	Hi, I'm new here. I recently found a battered old Game gear and decided to restore it, I also installed the McWill LCD mod and got an Everdrive. I've never been much of a sega fan (apart from my beloved Dreamcast) but have found the SMS and GG games charming. I'd like to get as many possible games working on it and came across the paddle controller games. Of course they have no control on the game gear so I thought id have a look and see if there are any patches. Failing to find any I knocked these ones up. I hope they can be of use to someone else. Also I'm aware that there is already a Woody Pop hack (Super Arkanoid) but decided to make my own as I think my code is a little more tidy and leaves more of the original rom intact. Edit: Added controls for player 2 in Galactic Protector Megumi Rescue (J) [ControlPad].ips (88 B) Alex Kidd - BMX Trial (J) [ControlPad].ips (80 B) Woody Pop (J) [ControlPad].ips (68 B) Galactic Protector (UE) [ControlPad+p2].ips (110 B)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14992 Location: London	Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:41 pm
	That's awesome, and often requested. What sort of algorithm did you use for approximating the paddle control? Digital control is going to be very difficult to apply to a game requiring fast, precise paddle rotation.

mangaman3000 Joined: 16 Jun 2016 Posts: 2	Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:35 pm
mangaman3000 Joined: 16 Jun 2016 Posts: 2	Maxim wrote That's awesome, and often requested. What sort of algorithm did you use for approximating the paddle control? Digital control is going to be very difficult to apply to a game requiring fast, precise paddle rotation. Hi Maxim, Thanks for your reply. Obviously the patches do use digital control, no algorithm is going to make a single button press into anything other than a single button press. I'm working with what the game gear has. Honestly I don't think these games do require fast, precise paddle rotation, they're hardly call of duty, nor do I expect my hacks to be used at the annual Megumi Rescue tournament. I've had a blast playing these games on my Game Gear over the last couple of days and I'd much rather play them with digital controls rather than not at all. Anyway, I hope I have at least contributed to this awesome community.

RetroRGB Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Posts: 131 Location: NYC	Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:00 pm
RetroRGB Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Posts: 131 Location: NYC	Awesome work, thank you!

olaf Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 256 Location: NYC	Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 11:18 pm
olaf Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 256 Location: NYC	Thank you for these! I came up with a similar solution on the emulator side of things a few years ago. Nice that I can play them in emulators that aren't trash now or off a flash cart and regular pad.

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 551 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 6:56 pm
	Very very nice work !

dplc81 Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Posts: 33	Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:37 pm
dplc81 Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Posts: 33	Experimenting with my SMS Everdrive, I found this thread by chance. It is really great to be able to use a regular controller for these games. I'd like to thank the OP for the hacks, and also to make a request, if possible Hacked versions of Megumi Rescue and Woody Pop have issues with Genesis controllers. I suspect that it is the same problem that happens with Wonderboy In Monster Land (Line Select), and that was solved using region detection patches: http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=1203.0 If someone skilled could take a look, more people will be able to play those games.

dplc81 Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Posts: 33	Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 2:36 am
dplc81 Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Posts: 33	Well, while not a big deal for many, I managed to fix those games following the pattern left by other game fixes like Tennis Ace and Alien Syndrome. Genesis control fixed games are: Megumi Rescue Super Racing Woody Pop For Super Racing, it only detects the controller if the region is forced to (J). So I used this solution given by Barone: http://www.smspower.org/forums/9921-HackedWoodyPopBMXTrialSuperRacingAndOtherPad... agostinhobaroners wrote Hi! Just replace the following addresses with 00 value: C0B, C0C, C0D, C0E Thanks to all parts involved in these hacks! Paddle Genesis Control Fixes.zip (195.13 KB)

smokemonster Joined: 29 May 2015 Posts: 18	Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:05 pm
smokemonster Joined: 29 May 2015 Posts: 18	Great work on those, splc81. Thanks!

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