Leader Board & Atari800Win Emulator...

[Mr.Bacardi]

Hi,
I just converted Leader Board tape to cas file and was trying to test it on emulator, but game won't run because of hardware "security key" that needs to be plugged into joystick port2
Is there a way to emulate security key in Atari800Win emulator?

BR,
- Mr.Bacardi -

[Kr0tki]

No, it's not emulated.

Got any schematics of that dongle?

[Mr.Bacardi]

need to check if I can find - it was quite simple btw. only some pins of joyport needs to be connected...

[Mr.Bacardi]

Hi Krotki,

I got answer in Abbuc forum
Pin 1 + 2 + 8 needs to be connected... I'm sending you cas file in case you would like to check

[Kr0tki]

Ah, so it is equivalent to simultaneously hold up and down on a joystick. Then it is possible to simulate the dongle in Atari800WinPLus.

In Input->Joysticks...->Advanced, uncheck the option "Forbid using opposite direction keys". This will allow the emulator to register pressing your Joystick 2 "Up" and "Down" keys simultaneously. However it's necessary to start pressing these 2 keys even before loading of Leader Board ends, and you'll have to hold them all the time for the game to work properly. Leader Board seems to check periodically for presence of the dongle.

Rather cumbersome solution, but it allowed me to verify that this dump works under the emulator.