Four player adapters: Revision history

18 January 2024

• curprev 04:4804:48, 18 January 2024‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 11,561 bytes +61‎ Adds a Four Score image.

17 January 2024

• curprev 17:5617:56, 17 January 2024‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 11,500 bytes +95‎ Adds an NES Satellite image.

9 October 2023

• curprev 04:1004:10, 9 October 2023‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 11,405 bytes +3‎ Attempts to use the / prefix on joypad data lines when referring to signals that haven't yet been inverted. Cleans up the serial report formatting slightly.

3 April 2023

• curprev 23:4223:42, 3 April 2023‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 11,402 bytes +59‎ →‎Incompatible Games: Jeopardy!, inspired by JordiGH's removal of unsourced original research from the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NES_Four_Score&diff=prev&oldid=1148070681&diffmode=source

20 February 2023

• curprev 23:5123:51, 20 February 2023‎ Bavi H talk contribs‎ 11,343 bytes −46‎ Undo revision 20435 by Jeffythedragonslayer (talk) -- That's a completely different meaning of signature byte Tag: Undo
• curprev 22:3122:31, 20 February 2023‎ Jeffythedragonslayer talk contribs‎ 11,389 bytes +46‎ →‎Hardware: signature byte hyperlink

10 November 2022

• curprev 10:3010:30, 10 November 2022‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ m 11,343 bytes −4‎ sp
• curprev 09:3709:37, 10 November 2022‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 11,347 bytes +471‎ Explicitly list incompatible games to call out WIkipedia goofballs who keep re-adding them to the respective Wikipedia list. To be continued.

3 October 2022

• curprev 00:3300:33, 3 October 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 10,876 bytes −36‎ →‎"Simple" Famicom adapters: the SNES does autoread 2 more lines as 3/4 but the actual convention there is the multitap, which only uses $4017

14 March 2022

• curprev 00:3600:36, 14 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 10,912 bytes +610‎ Adds notes to the multiplexed reports to clarify 'joypad 1' and 'joypad' terminology.

13 March 2022

• curprev 06:4506:45, 13 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ m 10,302 bytes +8‎ Fixes the Hori 4PA source joypad bits. Standard exp port controllers use J1D1 specifically, while on the NES it's D0 of whichever port.
• curprev 03:4403:44, 13 March 2022‎ Kmg talk contribs‎ m 10,294 bytes −16‎ Fixed Report sections: corrected address for controllers 2/4, corrected pin read (Hori), corrected swapped signature bits.
• curprev 02:4202:42, 13 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ m 10,310 bytes +6‎ Fix formatting.
• curprev 02:4102:41, 13 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ m 10,304 bytes 0‎ Fiskbit moved page Four Score to Four player adapters: Page is not just about the Four Score, and grouping adapters on one page makes sense because of their similarity.
• curprev 02:4002:40, 13 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 10,304 bytes +499‎ Rewrites and adds more information to the Four Score / four player adapter page.

7 March 2022

• curprev 11:3811:38, 7 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 9,805 bytes +25‎ Add Controllers category to Four Score.

5 March 2022

• curprev 14:4214:42, 5 March 2022‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 9,780 bytes +900‎ Adds information about the JoyPair and more detail about simple 4p devices.

6 February 2022

• curprev 06:0606:06, 6 February 2022‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 8,880 bytes +126‎ →‎Hardware: link to pinout

4 January 2022

• curprev 21:4221:42, 4 January 2022‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ m 8,754 bytes +11‎ →‎Hardware: There would also need to be a 3-to-8 decoder (or two 2-to-4 decoders) in order to properly distribute the read clock to the appropriate controller ports or shift registers
• curprev 21:3721:37, 4 January 2022‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ 8,743 bytes +106‎ →‎Output ($4016/$4017 read)

1 August 2021

• curprev 04:1404:14, 1 August 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 8,637 bytes +1‎ →‎Compatible games: checked out Super Off Road. It always folds D0 and D1 together
• curprev 00:0100:01, 1 August 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 8,636 bytes +111‎ →‎Famicom Adapters: explicitly call out the "Simple" convention

31 July 2021

• curprev 23:4623:46, 31 July 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 8,525 bytes −1,268‎ →‎Hardware: accidentally implies the Four Score is just a bunch of shift registers. That's confusing, try to rephrase that
• curprev 23:1123:11, 31 July 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 9,793 bytes −47‎ →‎Mode 4: got rid of the packed "$10" and "$20" terms above, so don't use them here
• curprev 23:0823:08, 31 July 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 9,840 bytes +50‎ →‎Output ($4016/$4017 read): avoid endianness problems

11 October 2020

• curprev 04:5204:52, 11 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 9,790 bytes +2‎ →‎Compatible games: there seem to be no games with 4PA but not FS support
• curprev 03:1803:18, 11 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 9,788 bytes +104‎ →‎Compatible games: tested blah blah V'Ball

9 October 2020

• curprev 06:3306:33, 9 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 9,684 bytes +1‎ →‎Compatible games: just checked Gauntlet 2 - strobes, reads 8x 4016, strobes, reads 8x 4017, strobes, discards 8x and reads 8x 4016, strobes, discards 8x and reads 8x 4017. never checks the signature.

8 October 2020

• curprev 19:0119:01, 8 October 2020‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 9,683 bytes +2‎ Forgot one
• curprev 17:2017:20, 8 October 2020‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 9,681 bytes +15‎ These games verified (in Nintendulator) to support three/four players using the "simple" method (4016/4017 D1)
• curprev 03:4003:40, 8 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 9,666 bytes +1‎ →‎Compatible games: I just checked Spot's implementation

7 October 2020

• curprev 19:1619:16, 7 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 9,665 bytes +45‎ →‎Compatible games: forgot about this one
• curprev 19:1419:14, 7 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 9,620 bytes +501‎ →‎Compatible games: convert into a table, because there are three different 4-player protocols and any game can support any number of them

4 October 2020

• curprev 18:4318:43, 4 October 2020‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 9,119 bytes −223‎ Undo revision 18154 by Cluster (talk) That's not true at all: the section at the bottom of the page directly contradicts this
• curprev 16:5216:52, 4 October 2020‎ Cluster talk contribs‎ 9,342 bytes +223‎ →‎Hori adapter mode 4

26 August 2019

• curprev 00:1500:15, 26 August 2019‎ VideogameScrapbook talk contribs‎ 9,119 bytes +18‎ →‎Compatible games: - I added Bomberman II to Four Score section as well
• curprev 00:0900:09, 26 August 2019‎ VideogameScrapbook talk contribs‎ m 9,101 bytes +48‎ added clarification of which homebrew/tech demos are only NES (not Famicom)
• curprev 00:0600:06, 26 August 2019‎ VideogameScrapbook talk contribs‎ m 9,053 bytes +4‎ minor formatting
• curprev 00:0500:05, 26 August 2019‎ VideogameScrapbook talk contribs‎ 9,049 bytes +371‎ Added missing games I tested on an authentic Famicom

13 August 2019

• curprev 18:5618:56, 13 August 2019‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 8,678 bytes +24‎ →‎Compatible games: add Rackets & Rivals per talk page

4 May 2019

• curprev 19:2319:23, 4 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 8,654 bytes +189‎ NESE-034 description

3 May 2019

• curprev 02:4602:46, 3 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 8,465 bytes +72‎ →‎Hori 4 Players Adapter: no turbo

2 May 2019

• curprev 22:2122:21, 2 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 8,393 bytes +301‎ adding some external links with info
• curprev 20:0720:07, 2 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 8,092 bytes +153‎ mention that Satellite is wireless
• curprev 20:0020:00, 2 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 7,939 bytes +336‎ →‎Hori 4 Players Adapter: more was confirmed in the referenced thread

1 May 2019

• curprev 23:1623:16, 1 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 7,603 bytes +435‎ →‎Compatible games: importing Famicom 4 player list from Wikipedia, noting homebrews that I know support Famicom specifically
• curprev 23:0723:07, 1 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 7,168 bytes 0‎ →‎Output ($4016/$4017 read): send = sent
• curprev 23:0523:05, 1 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 7,168 bytes +1‎ →‎Output ($4016/$4017 read): signature byte, not bit
• curprev 23:0223:02, 1 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 7,167 bytes −24‎ probably shouldn't suggest Hori's has different protocol since it's mostly the same
• curprev 22:5422:54, 1 May 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 7,191 bytes 0‎ →‎Mode 2: put verification request below