| Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #351879] |
Sun, 03 September 2017 16:25  |
sicklittlemonkey
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Hi guys.
I was never quite satisfied with the Apple port of Robotron, though it was a great version, so I added support for two joystick play as per the arcade original.
At the same time I added support for Alex's ("Lukazi") digital joystick 4play card.
Also, since the author's name was missing from the original, I added that to the title page.
I call this mod 4JOY because it offers 4 modes of joystick play. It was demonstrated at OzKFest, and there's a pic of the setup in this archive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3JBd-TShLlLbldncTJmcHh2NW M
Cheers,
Nick.
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #352345 is a reply to message #351953] |
Wed, 13 September 2017 02:09  |
sicklittlemonkey
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On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 12:02:25 UTC+12, Lukazi wrote:
> I'm still impressed that you did not have a 4play card to test with and yet your code worked like a treat first go. Great work Nick.
Heh, well as you know I just cheated by emulating the 4play card! ; - )
Cheers,
Nick.
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #352613 is a reply to message #351879] |
Sat, 16 September 2017 18:45 |
Michael AppleWin Debu
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On Sunday, September 3, 2017 at 1:25:36 PM UTC-7, Nick Westgate wrote:
> I was never quite satisfied with the Apple port of Robotron, though it was a great version, so I added support for two joystick play as per the arcade original.
Nice work Nick !
Your sources available on GitHub ?
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #353171 is a reply to message #352613] |
Fri, 22 September 2017 20:34 |
sicklittlemonkey
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On Sunday, 17 September 2017 10:45:56 UTC+12, Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev' wrote:
> Your sources available on GitHub ?
No, it's mostly hand assembled patches to an annotated partial disassembly.
But here's another archive with the disk image and just the source file for the joystick routines.
https://goo.gl/UsSNuM
Oh! And I forgot to mention above that I added thumbstick support to AppleWin so you can play this with two thumbsticks on a modern PC gamepad such as the Logitech F310!
Cheers,
Nick.
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #364967 is a reply to message #353171] |
Fri, 09 March 2018 13:50 |
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Originally posted by: tir_na_faer
On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:34:01 PM UTC-5, Nick Westgate wrote:
> On Sunday, 17 September 2017 10:45:56 UTC+12, Michael 'AppleWin Debugger Dev' wrote:
>> Your sources available on GitHub ?
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> No, it's mostly hand assembled patches to an annotated partial disassembly.
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> But here's another archive with the disk image and just the source file for the joystick routines.
> https://goo.gl/UsSNuM
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> Oh! And I forgot to mention above that I added thumbstick support to AppleWin so you can play this with two thumbsticks on a modern PC gamepad such as the Logitech F310!
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> Cheers,
> Nick.
how do you play this with two thumbsticks ? I got your zip of Robotron, but it will only let me move with the left thumbstick. The right thumbstick does nothing.
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #365088 is a reply to message #364973] |
Wed, 14 March 2018 04:24 |
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Originally posted by: Melody Ayres-Griffiths
It also works in microM8 now in the testing build (which you can download if you start up microM8 with the -testing flag) for people who aren't on Windows and can't use AppleWin...
Thanks Nick =) Your patch makes Robotron much more fun!
On Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 8:37:22 PM UTC+11, Nick Westgate wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 March 2018 07:51:01 UTC+13, tir_n...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> how do you play this with two thumbsticks ?
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> You need to use a recent version of AppleWin and select the thumbsticks in the joystick config.
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> Cheers,
> Nick.
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #365089 is a reply to message #365088] |
Wed, 14 March 2018 05:33 |
sicklittlemonkey
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On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 21:24:49 UTC+13, Melody Ayres-Griffiths wrote:
> It also works in microM8 now in the testing build (which you can download if you start up microM8 with the -testing flag) for people who aren't on Windows and can't use AppleWin...
Great! Nice one Melody, I'll check it out soon. (After moving house...)
> Thanks Nick =) Your patch makes Robotron much more fun!
Thanks. I'm still puzzled as to why the original version left this out.
Cheers,
Nick.
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| Re: Robotron with 2 joysticks [message #365095 is a reply to message #364973] |
Wed, 14 March 2018 11:56 |
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Originally posted by: tir_na_faer
On Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 3:37:22 AM UTC-6, Nick Westgate wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 March 2018 07:51:01 UTC+13, tir_n...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> how do you play this with two thumbsticks ?
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> You need to use a recent version of AppleWin and select the thumbsticks in the joystick config.
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> Cheers,
> Nick.
I got it working. Thanks. I LOVE this game...
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