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Duo Ultimate not recognized by Stella

jjh — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:37:05 +0000

I just received the Duo Ultimate and have been testing it with various systems. It works great with Mame and Altirra, but for some reason Stella (v7, windows) does not pick up the paddles other than the fire buttons. I tried with the default profile (0, atari joystick+paddles) and i tried creating a new profile and trying different settings and in all cases only the paddle fire buttons get picked up, not the paddle x/y axes. I have a Duo Plus that works fine with Stella.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

Spinner Ultimate and Mister FPGA setup

pseudopod52 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:06:17 +0000

Assigned keys per iCode video. Spinner works only with Arcade cores but not in Sega SMS or NES spinner games. Tried mouse, mouse+gamepad, no joy. Please help.

Joe

Issue with Track Ball

Michael Winn — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:45:50 +0000

I have an issue with the iCode trackball that I bought recently (at least I think I do). The issue is that the movement is not smooth when moving the trackball, it is very jerky and this happens in game and when moving the mouse cursor in Windows 11. I have no issue with the Spinner which is very smooth. I have tried ajusting the sensitivity and acceleration but nothing makes a difference. I have tried different USB ports and a different cable, can I ask is this expected behaviour or could I have a faulty unit?

icode Hub Repository

thomasshawn — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:03:39 +0000

we're all configuring these devices ourselves. It would be reaslly cool if there was a "starter pack" basically Ali's favorite settings and then community additions for specific games. would be really cool to be able to dopwnload a profile pack that had mame/retrobat stuff already done and maybe asteroids tempest etc

Spinner Configurations for Tempest

newbie337 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:18:27 +0000

Hello All - Finding good spinner-responsiveness settings for Tempest with the iCode Spinner Ultimate is an ongoing journey for me when using different computers (e.g., Raspberry Pi, Apple M-series computers) and emulators (e.g., MAME, RetroPie). The iCode Hub will definitely help with the process of testing/saving various spinner configurations and settings. If others have tips and guidance for systematically determining good Spinner Ultimate settings for Tempest or other spinner-controller games, here is some information to kick-off this topic from what I have.

Computer: Raspberry Pi 500 (8 GB) with Raspberry Pi OS (Trixie)
ROM: Tempest (rev 1)
MAME version 0.276 with Tempest in-game settings of Dial Speed: 15, Dial Sensitivity: 2

Some basic Spinner settings are -
Output Mode: Mouse + GamePad
Gamepad Function: None
Sensitivity: Very High
Acceleration: 1

NOTES:
* Initially used "Gamepad as: Left", but ended up needing to set it to "None"
* For Tempest in-game Input Settings of the spinner controller (Coin 1, 1 Player Start, P1 Button 1, P1 Button 2, Dial Analog Inc, Dial Analog Dec), it helped to initially have Acceleration set to "9" so that the spinner was detected for setting Dial Increase (clockwise) and Dial Decrease (counter clockwise). After the spinner directions were detected, for Tempest gameplay it was better to have the Acceleration set to 1 (for small screens) or 2 (for larger screens).

Can the trackball or spinner hand controllers from iCode work with a bluetooth device?

JohnnyB — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:11:24 +0000

Hello. I was wondering if there is a way to use the hand held controllers like the track ball or spinner controllers offered by iCode with a device that only takes bluetooth. Namely, the Apple Vision Pro. Apple recently came out with an arcade package that includes retro games called Retrocade. It looks really cool on the Vision Pro. However, you need to use a typical hand held controller like the PS5 controller. This makes games like Centipede and Breakout difficult to play w/o a spinner or trackball. I was wondering if a device that could make the controller send a bluetooth signal might work but those devices are limited. I could only find a device being sold in Japan (USB2BTPlus) that can make a USB HID device send out a bluetooth signal. But I'm not sure this would even work. The Vision Pro can only receive bluetooth and has no ports. Any ideas? Thanks!

John

Reset to Default Settings the color button association

boanergos — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:38:11 +0000

Good morning, everyone.

I have a DuoPlusPro adapter; I accidentally changed the key assignments, and now I'm having a rather complicated user experience. Is there a way to restore the system buttons to their original configuration? The red button actually corresponds to red, and so on?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Marco

functions diagram for the spinner ultra

mk.studios.inc — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:36:54 +0000

hi guys. i just got the spinner ultra....sweeeeet

but i am not as well versed with mapping all the buttons so i do not understand the basic lingo. i can do stuff if i'm told where to go and what to do.

is there a diagram sheet that shows where or how to access all the functions on that lcd display screen at the bottom of the device. and what all the shorthand means in the display

btw...right now i use the old mame129 dos and roms i have from 15-20 years ago. i also use the old mame32v66b windows emu. yeah they're pretty old but that's all i need and i only play the old platform games from the 80s

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iCode Duo Plus with C64 mini

JonathanBedsole — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:47:45 +0000

I recently purchased a iCode Duo Plus and have it working with my PC. I would like to configure it on the C64 mini as well. Is it compatible with the Mini?

If so, can you provide instructions for its configuration?

Cannot update spinner with latest...

jllx — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:31:42 +0000

OK, i finally downloaded drivers from zadig, and updated them, and got the updater to at least RECOGNIZE my spinner. However, now, when i run the bat file, I'm getting errors:

Step 1 of 2: Upload Assets:
ERROR: The RP2040 device returned an error:
.
Step 2 of 2: Upload Firmware:
ERROR: The RP2040 device returned an error:
Upgrade done

this "update" is much more difficult than it needs to be.