JoyHit does the same as JoyDown

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TomToad

Aha! I figured it out. JoyHit only polls the button when a joystick command is executed. If you modify the above program to read

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Graphics 640,480,0
SetBuffer BackBuffer()

JF = 0
JC = 0
While Not KeyHit(1)
 Cls
 If KeyHit(57)
  time = MilliSecs()
  Repeat
   Cls
   Text 10,10,"Waiting... "+(5000-(MilliSecs()-time))
   a = JoyX() ;Added this line!!!!!!!
   Flip
  Until MilliSecs() - time > 5000
 End If
 JH = JoyHit(1)
 JC = JC + JH
 JD = JoyDown(1)
 If JH Then JF = 1 - JF
 Text 10,10,"JoyHit = "+JC
 Text 10,30,"JoyDown = "+JD
 If JF
  Color 255,0,0
 Else
  Color 255,255,255
 End If
 Oval 100,10,10,10
 Color 255,255,255
 Flip
Wend

Line 31 has been changed to poll JoyX() every loop in the delay cycle. This causes JoyHit to behave like expected.