Any games supported by six-button controller?

[falloutdude83]

anyone notice any game from this collection that supports the usage of the X,Y,Z buttons from the six-button controller? I haven't played all games, mostly shining force and streets of rage and so far haven't come across any games that actaully are capable of recognizing input from those buttons.


my list so far...
- Eternal Champions
- Streets of Rage 3

[Bad Fish]

streets of rage 3 does so does revange of shanobi

[Spizy Chicken]

Opprinnelig skrevet av falloutdude83:

anyone notice any game from this collection that supports the usage of the X,Y,Z buttons from the six-button controller? I haven't played all games, mostly shining force and streets of rage and so far haven't come across any games that actaully are capable of recognizing input from those buttons.

I have a Logitech Gamepad F310 and it works with Streets of Rage 3 and Shanobi as well.

[falloutdude83]

Although I appreciate the answers, I think you guys have mistaken my question.

The genesis used to have 2 types of controllers, one with 3 buttons, (A,B,C) and later one with 6 buttons (+ X,Y,Z) was released.

I'm looking for genesis games from this collection (here on steam), that actually support the buttons X,Z,Y. Most Genesis games are fine with 3 buttons and the X,Z,Y buttons are useless, so to speak.

I just checked Streets of Rage 3 and all 3 Shinobi games. SOR3 indeed supports X,Y,Z buttons, the Shinobi games do not. The revenge of Shinobi is from 1989, I doubt the 6-button controller was out there already. Or am I missing something here?

I also checked Eternal Champions + Virtua Fighter 2, to my surprise EC supports it, while VF does not.

I'm intending to make a list of games with X,Y,Z button support, so far I have
SoR3
Eternal Champions

[haha nerds...]

I remember Street Fighter 2 and Primal Rage supporting the 6 button controller, but they are not released here on Steam.

[Bad Fish]

Opprinnelig skrevet av BADFISH:

streets of rage 3 does so does revange of shanobi

what i said is all that steam has

[falloutdude83]

Opprinnelig skrevet av BADFISH:

Opprinnelig skrevet av BADFISH:

streets of rage 3 does so does revange of shanobi

what i said is all that steam has

Controls for Revenge of Shinobi: A- Special, B- Attack, C- Jump.
What do the buttons X, Y, Z do for you?

I already stated that NONE of the Shinobi games support 6 button controllers. Eternal Champions is the only game besides SoR3 that I found so far to have 6-button support. But you might be right that there's nothing else in this collection w/ 6-button support.

[Bad Fish]

i forgot comix zone also does any ways i have yet to start replayen i remeber a post thats long gone but try this hold the mode button you set for the controls and start when starting the game

[Revolver Ocelot]

Not Genesis, so sorry for off-topic. But in theory MK Arcade should support 6 button controllers. I bought a 6 button controller for Genesis just for Mortal Kombat 2

[Settyness]

I own a six button Saturn pad for PC, and sadly, most games don't make use of six buttons. Most of the time it's 2DFs and beat-'em-ups that utilize them, and even more sadly, most newer games are going the way of Xinput over DirectInput, which essentially kicks six button users to the curb.

[Lineath]

There is like 80 compatible games with the 6 button controller, list here:

https://segaretro.org/Six_Button_Control_Pad_(Mega_Drive)#Compatible_games

[Kailen]

A necro-bump, but since this is the first topic that comes up when searching for "six button" I may as well add the info here.

Games in the set that support Six-Button controllers.

Comix Zone
Eternal Champion
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master*
Beyond Oasis/The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light
Streets of Rage 3
ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron
Virtua Fighter 2**
Vectorman***
Vectorman 2***

* To activate 6-button mode in Shinobi III, you must use a code. Highlight "Options", hold UP and C on controller 2 (numpad 8 and del respectively by default), and hold mode on controller 1 (view/select by default), then press Start on controller 1 to select "Options". The menu should now read "Option" without an 'S', that indicates that 6-button mode is enabled.

** 6-button controller is detected automatically in Virtua Fighter 2, but the buttons are not assigned to anything until you set them in the options menu.

*** For Vectorman and Vectorman 2 the 6-button controller is only used for cheat codes. In Vectorman 1 there is a spot in the first level where you can enter "Call a bad baby dumb" and skip to the end credits. In Vectorman 2 you can get Free Movement with "u lazy bum". There's also, supposedly, "a lazy day" in Vectorman 2 for slow-motion, and entering it did make an explosion sound, but I couldn't confirm slow motion. The controls are inputted using Up Down Left Right for U, D, L, and R respectively, no need for spaces.