Another NES question

[d4mo]

So here's the deal. I only have 1 controller for my NES. I'm working on getting a second. But since I have a 30 day warranty on my system I want to make sure it everything works before the warranty expires. So I loaded up a 2 player game, and unplugged from the 1st player slot and plugged the controller into the 2 player slot. The weird thing is all the buttons work BUT the Select and Start button.

I can use the select and start button on the 2 player controller in the main menu to select if I want a 1 or 2 player game but once the game starts I can't. I don' know if this is normal or not.

So if someone here owns a Orignal NES. Could you try this for me.

1. Start a 2 player game.

2. unplug controller from 1st and put in 2nd.

3. Test the select and start button the 2 player controller(with nothing plugged into the first slot).

 

[nakedfrog]

I definitely remember a few cheats that involved pressing select or start on the second controller in one player games.

 

[mugs]

You've tried this on multiple games?

 

[revnja]

It might be the game. Maybe that particular game doesn't allow pausing (etc) from the second controller. Try a different game and tell us if the result is the same. What games are you using to test?

 

[d4mo]

I tried all the 2 player games I have. 4-5 of them. I didn't work on any. But like i said it worked in the menu system.

 

[SunnyD]

Most of the NES games I played back in the day would not recognize a controller properly if you plugged it in while the console was on. I remember doing this because my friend and I had a multitap, the NES Max controller, some 3rd party controllers, and sometimes we'd be in the middle of a game thinking "Damn, autofire would be good right now".

 

[Injury]

If you live anywhere near the Cincinnati area I'd be happy to let you come by and test with my controllers/games to see if there is a problem and where the problem is, but as SunnyD said, it may be a problem with you plugging in/unplugging during a game.

Could you tell us a couple specific games you used so we can use a constant in the test?

 

[d4mo]

Originally posted by: Injury
If you live anywhere near the Cincinnati area I'd be happy to let you come by and test with my controllers/games to see if there is a problem and where the problem is, but as SunnyD said, it may be a problem with you plugging in/unplugging during a game.

Could you tell us a couple specific games you used so we can use a constant in the test?

Certainly. I tested on Gradius, Rush N' Attack, Ikari Warriors 2, and Kung-Fu Heroes.

 

[d4mo]

Bump....sorry I want to get this figured out before my warranty is expired.

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Most of the NES games I played back in the day would not recognize a controller properly if you plugged it in while the console was on. I remember doing this because my friend and I had a multitap, the NES Max controller, some 3rd party controllers, and sometimes we'd be in the middle of a game thinking "Damn, autofire would be good right now".

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