EvilSandwich wrote:
Controller inputs actually seem easier to keep track of than all the of the ASCII codes required for keyboard inputs lol
You could always use a microcontroller mapped to the address and data bus that just gives you an ascii code for the key pressed.
I know the purists avoid MCUs, but you can bet if the original systems builders had access to even a modest 8-bit MCU, your C64s and Gamegears would be full of them!
The Sinclair QL uses a an Intel 8049 microcontroller to provide various functions. The QL was released in 1984.