Chris++ Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 West of House You are standing west of a large white house with a boarded-up front door. There is a mailbox here. The mailbox is: Closed > go west You can't go that way. > go east You can't go that way. > go north You can't go that way. > go south You can't go that way. > open the mailbox The mailbox won't open. > beat the game You've won! Congratulations! Your score is 1 out of a possible 1 point, giving you the rank of Master Adventurer. (shot of Raiders of the Lost Ark intro screen) CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Let's see... 12 keys per Keyboard Controller, two controllers... I'd like to see how that text entry system would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 It could use the text recognition entry system (T9?) like on cell phones. -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted June 26, 2002 Author Share Posted June 26, 2002 Verrrrrry slowly. CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Sounds like it's time for someone to make an adapter that would allow you to use a standard PC keyboard (non-USB) with the Atari 2600. Then games could be programmed to take advantage of it. I'm waiting for someone to convert the Zork interpreter to the 2600. Obviously it would be a fairly sizeable cart (16K or more), but it would be kickass to see Zork running on the 2600. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Let's see... 12 keys per Keyboard Controller, two controllers... I'd like to see how that text entry system would work. That's easy. All game commands would be tokenized, probably as a two key Verb-Noun combination. The first key would be the action, and the second key would be the object of the action. The arrangement would permit 24 different actions on 24 different objects for a total of 576 different game commands. I don't think more commands than that could be handled by the program, given that it must fit into 2K. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwilkson Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Sounds like it's time for someone to make an adapter that would allow you to use a standard PC keyboard (non-USB) with the Atari 2600. Then games could be programmed to take advantage of it. I'm waiting for someone to convert the Zork interpreter to the 2600. Obviously it would be a fairly sizeable cart (16K or more), but it would be kickass to see Zork running on the 2600. ..Al Sigh...I'm almost hesitant to mention it, what with my current "yeah, I'm working on it" list. But I do have one of these lined up. Way back in '96 or '97 I was moving a PF pixel around with the A,S,Q,and Z keys. But it was flakey. It, like so many other hardware projects that I almost completed were shelved due to lack of interest from the programmers. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 >insert cartridge You have inserted the Atari game cartridge >start VCS Your Atari Video Computer System is on >Play game You have won. Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Chris: Sounds like a job for the Megacart. -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwilkson Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Paul: Looks like I might take a(nother) semester off. If so, I should be able to attack my project list with a vengence. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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