Caféman's Blog

Looks great, thanks for the update!  I see you're using an XEGS there.  Do you need the keyboard at all with the XEGS or can you get away with just having the joystick and access to the big buttons on the console?

You don't need the keyboard to play the game.   In fact, now that you mention it, I think I'll change one more thing so that OPTION will pause the game (as well as the "P" key as-is now).  SELECT quits the current game, sending you first to the Game Over rankings screen, then back to the Title screen.    This change will make the game even more XEGS-friendly.  (the XL's of course always have their keyboards available). 

That's a great idea!  Would be nice to show this off at PRGE this year, and it'd be nice to use an XEGS over an 800XL (or 130XE or 800).  Easier for people to figure out, pick up the game and start playing.  Now all I need to do is track down my XEGS systems and test them!

 

 ..Al

Sounds like a great idea to me!  Dig out that banner showing off the box art!   Hook it up to a 70" flatscreen!   

I updated Option to be pause, but it wasn’t as easy as I’d have thought. I had to review how the CONSOL register works again, plus Perry when he ported this had plugged into my old 5200 logic which used asterisk and hash keys logic.  I started to comment-out supposedly unneeded code, to disastrous result! Works now, though. So all functions are capable using joystick and console buttons. 

 

Now back to Sounds work! 

This is spectacular!  One happy customer right here.

what about adding support for 2/3 Button Joysticks like here:

Go On I want to buy a cart in November ?

You don't need it, Adventure II is a one button game.

I know. I was thinking about the Pause. It can be put eg. on a 2nd Button.