[Coco] CoCo 1/2 arrow keys versus CoCo 3 arrow keys

Ciaran Anscomb cocomalt at 6809.org.uk
Sat Jan 14 15:30:19 EST 2023


Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:
> 
> But, multiplayer games, even at least one from Radio Shack, did use
> letter keys on the keyboard, as well. (I am thinking of the Gauntlet
> clones, and Rampage, specifically.)

You gotta be pretty careful about what keys you assign when there are
multiple players.  The non-dioded keyboards mean multiple keypresses
can "ghost" - when there are two players, if you don't pick your keys
carefully, one player may interfer with another.

..ciaran


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