It's a notoriously shitty game, but I was surprised when I saw that, despite being a side-scrolling "action" game, it uses WASD for movement on the Amiga and Apple IIgs.
Notoriously shitty on the Sega Genesis, because only an idiot would think you could port this fantastic game to a console with a d-pad controller.
On a system with a mouse, this game rocks.
Isn't that because the arrow key layout on the Apple II/GS was, like many 8 bit home computers, famously awful and also batshit insane?
IBM had the lock on the inverted T layout for a long time, and others had to find creative ways to follow suit.
Why is this game everywhere all of a sudden? Article in Retro Gamer, YouTube videos, Lemmy posts… Did it have an anniversary recently or something?
No idea, I stumbled upon it today while looking for something unrelated (a list of platofmer/action games released for PCs in the 80s)
Look at this old shit game hahaha
Wait, I recognize that wall with the mace on it
(I loved this game as a kid despite not ever really understanding how to play it)
This game was really tough! Possibly because I was like 5 at the time...
I believe the AVGN was right in calling it a fucking piece of shit, because it looks like it'd be too asinine even for adults
Haven't played it, eh?
I remember loading up the old Doom a few years ago, and being upset the arrow keys didn't work.
I thought WASD came well after that.
You could fiddle with the key bindings in OG Doom using the setup program, albeit not in game, which is the fate that may have befallen you. OG Doom's default controls have the arrow keys for moving forward and backwards and turning, and you strafe by holding down Alt and using the arrows or via the undocumented at the time period and comma keys (or < and >, if you care to think of it that way).
It was pretty common for deathmatch nerds to make left and right or possibly A and D the strafe keys, and use the mouse for turning. Pushing the mouse fore and aft also moved you forwards and backwards which was nonsensical in hindsight, but vaguely understandable for a game that has no vertical aiming. A popular hack at the time was a mouse driver patch which essentially nullified your mouse forward and back movements to near-zero while leaving left and right intact, so mouse users wouldn't be always be backpedaling off of ledges or mashing their faces into walls inadvertently.
It’s a notoriously shitty game, but I was surprised when I saw that, despite being a side-scrolling “action” game, it uses WASD for movement on the Amiga and Apple IIgs.
Ah, dude, I love your comics, but you are so WRONG in so many ways upon the above, that it's hard to even know how to address all that load of BS, haha.
In reality, DC was a friggen' MASTERPIECE that totally re-energised a major segment of the computer gaming industry. And no-- WASD (or IJKL) movement was nothing new at that point, c'mon now.
Did you just get riled up by some fictitious nonsense? Because almost everything you state here is hilariously WRONG. So make it a comic...?
My comics? 🤔
Oh... waarom moeten we daarheen?
OMG, I love your comics, which is part of why I've included those in my 'must read' list, over at my place.
Just that... I guess we all have our sensitive points?
you're mistaking me for someone else, i don't draw comics, i only ever did like 2 ms paint things for lemmy
Oh shit, I'm sorry. I thought you were my dear CUSTARD FIST.
Yeap, seems clear I need a vacation, stat....
I also was confused the same way so don't feel alone
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