8-Bitty Controller for OSX 1.0 Release
21. Jan 2013 
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Today is the day I release the first official version of 8-Bitty Controller for OSX, unlike the previous trial release this version features a hopefully intuitive design and wait for it… DUAL CONTROLLER SUPPORT! That’s right you can now play two player games!!
There was also a issue in the previous release that resulted in the “held” state of a button to not work correctly, this has now been resolved and the keys repeat correctly. This was noticeable in games like Super Mario where running was not possible.
I have decided as a trial to provide this software as donationware, I investigated using the Mac App Store to sell this software however due to its nature it can not be approved, and 3rd party licensing systems will just cost too much. As well as I have always wanted to provide to everyone even if they can not pay, but at the end of the day I have bills to pay and need motivated to keep supporting the project.
So with that being said if too little donations are received I will consider this project and all future projects to be Shareware. If anyone donates they will receive a licence should the project be turned into shareware.
With that out of the way, please start downloading and providing some feedback on what needs fixing or improving 
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Thank you so much!!!
Also where i can find the help desk????
Is it possible to use this with other ion iCade products? So far I haven’t been able to get it to play nicely with the iCade Core. Thanks for you time.
No luck. I’ve paired my controller with my mac as a keyboard (can press keys, get characters in pairs, one for up and one for down), then launched the app and all I get is something about entering learn mode.
Controller works fine with iPad.
BTW, I am using a BT keyboard with my mac at the same time, could that be the issue?
Thanks.
NM, I didn’t see the 8bitty on the menu bar. Works great with Stella now. Thanks!
Can I run InsomniaX v2.1.3 with Snow Leopard (10.6.8)? I am getting the updater but at MacUpdate it says I have to have OS 10.7. I’m using v1.3.5 now.
This is awesome and works perfectly on my MBP with 10.8.3 but the machine I need it working on is my MB 4,1 that is plugged into my tv and frozen at 10.7.5. The issue I am having is not being able to pair the controller with the computer. I made it use an empty passkey like I did on my MBP, but still no luck – any advice?
Any info regarding a Windows 7 release?
I will pay you if you can develop this same thing for the Windows platform; specifically, for Windows 7 64bit.