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Not compatible. For the mouse, the Fire Button and the Up are used for the two buttons and the PotX and PotY are used for the mouse X,Y data.

For the two button joystick the up/down/left/right/fire are as usual but the PotX is used for the second button.




That's unfortunate, but not surprising given how obscure the Commodore mice were even in their time.

Had a single gamer (an Intellivision owner, say) at Commodore c. 1982 advocated for even one more fire button on the forthcoming C64, and used the "We'll be able to sell Commodore-branded joysticks" argument, the entire C64 gaming landscape would have immeasurably changed.




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