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Is a PDF of the manual of the Duo Ultimate H1 Quick Reference Guide available or a higher quality image of the Advanced Display Elements chart?

icodeucode — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:05:39 +0000

The included printed manual is largely fine but the dot pitch of the chart is too low to be legible. Is a higher quality PDF and/or an image of this chart available? Thanks

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RE: Set up iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB in Win 11

Ali Jani — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:47:58 +0000

Win 11 is usually automatic so some other driver must be conflicting with the spinner. Try switching the spinner USB emulation mode to a different mode. Usually the default is set to Standard, so try Legacy and then Classic. Go to the menu and down to usb settings and then usb emulation and you will see it. once you change it, it will restart and windows will see it as a completely different device so hopefully that will take care of it.

Set up iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB in Win 11

mindexplo — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:28:34 +0000

I wanted to install the iCode Arcade Spinner Ultimate USB Gaming Controller on my Win 11 PC by plugging in the USB connector. I can see the controller under Input devices. However when I go to set up USB game controllers and click on properties I get a message: "Game Controller Error : Your Game Controller is not connected correctly. Please verify that it is plugged into your computer" . I have verified my Windows install and have tried different USB ports. Updated the firmware to version 3.3.But always the same result. I have tried the controller on my old Win 10 PC and there it works with no issues.

Now, I did test the controller in a few games on Steam, and it seems to be working as it should. I just find it strange that I can't go to the Properties of the game controller in Win11?

RE: iCode Duo Ultimate in Retroarch

Ali Jani — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:45:41 +0000

Hi. With OS are you running? Stick or Paddles? Here is the basic steps for Retroarch on Windows:

1. For paddles, use Stella 2014 core and nor Stella. Stella 2014 will work with 4 player paddles and regular Stella Core has a bug so only 1 player paddles currently.
2. Use duo ultimate default settings (Stick+Paddles, Left Analog). Mouse on standby or off since you are doing Atari paddles for Atari games.
3. make sure you check the Main menu settings, input, Retropad binds, Port1 and Port 2 controls areas. Analog to digital should be OFF, Device index port 1 PS3 Controller (1), for port 2 - ps3 Controller (2).
4. map B button to red button on duo (button 0), A button to green (button 1), Select to White (button 9), Start to Black (button 8).
5. double check to make sure Left Analog Y-(up_) is set to Axis -1, Y+ is Axis +1, Left Analog X- is -0, Right X+ is +0. these are same as your stick directions and you can can use stick to map it if they were not defaulted.
6. start the game like breakout and press F1 for retro arch menu
7. select Controls, Port 1 controls, change Device type to Paddles (Stelladaptor), change B button to P1 Fire, A button to P2 Fire
8. select Port 2 controls, change device type to Paddles, B button to P3 Fire, A button to P4 Fire
9. go to manage Remap Files, and Save Core Remap File so you dont have to set this up every time.

Hope this helps.

iCode Duo Ultimate in Retroarch

Aaron Moore — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:03:15 +0000

Hello. Does anyone know how to get the iCode Duo Ultimate to work in Stella in Retroarch? It works for me with Stella as a standalone emulator, but not within Retroarch. Thank you in advance for your help.

RE: Getting the iCode spinner working on CoinOps

Ali Jani — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:31:07 +0000

Tried to download CoinOps and could not get to it as it seems it requires an invite and discord server link seems to be outdated. if you point me to where to download the emulator you are trying, i can probably figure it our and report back.

Getting the iCode spinner working on CoinOps

comfysofa — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:12:23 +0000

Hi there. First time post. Great product by the way...brilliant. Just found the firmware update stuff...didnt realize there was that much intelligence built into it....very impressed...

So the question as above....i know it does work as i download one coin ops build (i forget which one) and it just worked....so there has to be a setting somewhere...! could anyone point me in the right direction. The spinner is working in an arkanoid knock off in Steam and i can spin the mouse left and right so i think ive got all the settings right...

Thanks to anyone that has a crack at it.!

RE: Spinner Configurations for Tempest

Ali Jani — Sun, 24 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000

@gatesl for iOS, you have to be on latest firmware that allows you to change USB emulation modes. Go to settings and down to USB Emulation and select iOS and save to and it will reboot. Then make your you are on latest iOS on your phone and there is a setting called AssistiveTouch that you need to toggle on. Also in some iPhones you need to also go the iphone settings under General then Game controller and you will be able to see the device if you did things correctly on the spinner changing it to USB emulation and you selected the correct gamepad and mouse modes.

RE: Trouble with Quad USB on VICE Emulator for Mac

Ali Jani — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:47:07 +0000

@alteredegg Excellent. thank you!

RE: Duo Ultimate not recognized by Stella

Ali Jani — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:45:35 +0000

@jjh when mapping with stella, best to make sure you have sensitivity at maximum on the Duo and ideally in Dpad mode. The latest firmware update automatically adjusts for stella deadzone if you set the Duo to dpad while mapping.