Subject: Re: [stella] a "pot" of confusion From: Erik Mooney <emooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 09:35:04 -0400 (EDT) |
> Certainly, to get to the higher levels of KABOOM!, it is more than > necessary to have the short paddle throw. What I love about that game > (and it's certainly in my top 5) is the way you don't even think about > moving the paddle when things get hectic; you just see and reflexively > "will" the buckets into position. I really am going to have to rig up > that serial port to paddle controller job for DOS Stella... Erhm, serial port? Wouldn't it be about ten times as easy to wire the paddle through into a game port, and just hook up the paddle as if it were a joystick X-axis and joystick button? That would even allow use of the paddle (assuming it's a hardware-only hack) in native PC games like Arkanoid. Unless the pinouts work so that you can plug the paddles into the 9-pin serial port without any hardware convertors at all, which would make it definitely worthwhile... -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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