XE-1AP

Release date:	1989
Series:	XE-1
Model No.:	XE-1AP
Company:	Micomsoft
Designer:

Main colours:	Black Yellow

System:	Mega Drive FM-Towns PC-Engine MSX X68000 PC-88 PC-98
Connection:	DE9
Purpose:
Mechanisms:	Analogue Analogue stick

Micomsoft's XE-1AP is early analogue controller for the Mega Drive and Japanese PCs of the era. It's similar to the Cyber Stick, but in the form of a controller rather than an all-in-one HOTAS.

Notable features are the analogue stick that doesn't centre itself, and the single-axis analogue slider that can be rotated to suit the game or comfort.

To work with the PC-Engine it requires an adaptor.

Compatibility

Mega Drive

• After Burner II
• Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
• Fastest 1
• Galaxy Force II
• Musha Aleste

Mega CD

• After Burner III
• Night Striker
• Starblade

32X

• After Burner Complete
• Space Harrier

Source: https://segaretro.org/XE-1_AP

PC Engine

• Afterburner
• Afterburner II
• Forgotten Worlds
• Operation Wolf
• OutRun
• Thunder Blade

Source: https://www.raphnet.net/electronique/xhe3_adapter/index_en.php

X68000

• Afterburner
• Dash Yarou
• Knight Arms
• Metal Sight
• Neural Gear
• Overtake
• Star Cruiser
• Star Luster
• Super Hangon
• Syvalion
• Thunder Blade

Source: https://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=x68000:cyber_stick

Press

• XE-1AP Analog/Digital Intelligent Controller System (Mega Drive/Genesis/ & more) Review - Sharkie's Gaming Controllers, 2018.

Links

• XE-1 AP Analog Controller thread on the MiSTer FPGA Forum.