Atari 50 - Can't Move Character In Haunted Houses

[Atari Nut]

I can't move my character in Haunted Houses.  His eyes are moving only.  Am I missing something obvious?

 

Edit: It's not only Haunted Houses, but I also can't move the ship in Arcade Asteroids either.  I can spin the ship left or right.  In Atari Vault Vol.1, the ship moves as it should.

Edited December 22, 2022 by Atari Nut

[Nall3k]

That's meant to be, you should only see the character's eyes. It's a homage to the original.

[Atari Nut]

No, I mean the character will not move forward, back, left or right.

[Atariboy]

56 minutes ago, Atari Nut said:

Edit: It's not only Haunted Houses, but I also can't move the ship in Arcade Asteroids either.  I can spin the ship left or right.  In Atari Vault Vol.1, the ship moves as it should.

I don't have the collection handy, but I imagine Digital Eclipse has a dedicated thrust button. 

 

While gamer's have grown accustomed to pushing upwards on the stick in order to move in Asteroids thanks to home ports from back in the day and compilation developer's typically mapping it that when emulating the arcade original, that's not how the arcade control panel actually was setup.

[Atari Nut]

25 minutes ago, Atariboy said:

I don't have the collection handy, but I imagine Digital Eclipse has a dedicated thrust button. 

 

While gamer's have grown accustomed to pushing upwards on the stick in order to move in Asteroids thanks to home ports from back in the day and compilation developer's typically mapping it that when emulating the arcade original, that's not how the arcade control panel actually was setup.

Yes, I found the control setup and mapped the forward to J-Forward.  "RT" was mapped by default, but I couldn't figure out what that was.

 

However, I still cannot move the character in Haunted Houses.

 

Edit:  Well, it looks like it only works with the Modern Controller.  And the "RT" is a button that is on the Modern Controller.  Asteroids defaulted forward thrust to that RT button even though I only had the Classic Joystick connected.  Users that don't have a Modern Controller may be in for a surprise.

Edited December 22, 2022 by Atari Nut

[+MrZarniwoop]

Unfortunately, Haunted Houses does not support the classic controller. It needs two joysticks to move and look around, so you need to use the modern controller.