[stella] Something I jsut thought of....

Subject: [stella] Something I jsut thought of....
From: PatMan <dgeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 00:27:52 -0400
Glenn Saunders <krishna@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The way the keyboard controller is read seems very time consuming.  Just
>look at Star Raiders for an example of the delay involved between pressing
>a key and seeing the results.

Ahh, but is this delay present in other keyboard games (Basic Programming,
Codebreaker, Concentration, etc.) or is it only in Star Raiders -- a game
that seems to be pushing the 2600 to what then was a high level... perhaps
the controllers are not so hard to read, but just not read as often as
the joystick...

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