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Article #587Re: New Hack (External Joystick for the Lynx)
From: Arun Welch
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:00
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:00
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That would be more ideal. With four buttons you could map the other two onto OPT1 and OPT2. I might actually try this hack, if it can be done without permanent damage to the Lynx. I haven't played Zarlor Mercenary much because I worry that I'll get carried away and break a fire button. Yee, you gotta be pounding the keys pretty hard in ZM. It's a *lot* easier to play if you get an autofire powerup and just hold the bottom fire key down with the ball of your thumb, pressing laser with thumb tip. This way it's pretty easy to reach over for those mega-bombs too. I must admit that I've really developed the hell out of my thumb muscles since getting Zarlor. I also like that it's one of those games that doesn't get boring after you've gotten to the end once. ...arun ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arun Welch Lisp Systems Programmer, Lab for AI Research, Ohio State University welch@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!sacral.cis.ohio-state.edu!welch From: welch@sacral.cis.ohio-state.edu (Arun Welch) Subject: Re: New Hack (External Joystick for the Lynx) In-Reply-To: mathew's message of Fri, 8 Jan 93 12: 50:36 GMT Message-ID: <WELCH.93Jan8150053@sacral.cis.ohio-state.edu> Originator: welch@sacral.cis.ohio-state.edu Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews ) Organization: OSU-LAIR References: <1993Jan7.180129.19462@walter.bellcore.com> <1993Jan7.182745.23034@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1993Jan7.213013.24280@walter.bellcore.com> <930108.125036.3G7.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:00:53 GMT Lines: 22