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Left-handed Joystick?

  DjP

   Hi, will the joystick work equally well for left and right handed players?
   That is, are the fire buttons mapped as A and B or will they be reversible
   or have the same function?
   Thanks!
   DjP

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  RetroGamesLtd

   [2]DjP - THEC64 Joystick actually has two independent fire buttons, but
   for the games supplied with THEC64 Mini they are configured to both act as
   the same FIRE button, specifically so left and right-handed people can
   choose which button they prefer to use. Hope that answers the question!

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  Trinket

   There is no A vs B button on the C64. There was only 1 supported joystick
   button, like the Atari 2600.*

   Joysticks of this style had two buttons which both triggered the same
   functionality. I think it's only the 4 smaller buttons near the base of
   the Mini's joystick that map to additional keyboard presses per game, but
   there's very few actual official technical details released to answer such
   questions definitively.

     * = Technically you could put additional buttons the analog paddle
       lines, but that was extremely rare in terms of software support. Some
       people also wired a 2nd button to trigger the 'Up' joystick direction,
       which is more comfortable for jumping in platformers.

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