Re: New Content on 'What is the Apple IIGS?'

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 24 fév, 20:19, Conrad <conrad.ru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 22, 4:15 am, Alex Lee <ale...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > Just everyone know that there's a serious cache of new content that's
> > been added to the site over the weekend. Check out the News page for
> > all the details:
>
> >http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/news/
>
> > Also, be sure to check out my latest blog for more ideas on game
> > interpreters for the IIGS:
>
> >http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/game-interpreters-part-ii-an-ea...
> > --
>
> > - Alexhttp://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/
>
> I like your idea for the magnetic scrolls interpreter. I love those
> games, I have them installed on my Atari ST's Megafile 30. I would
> love playing them on my GS.  If I might make a suggestion though, the
> command menu could be better.  Right now the direction commands are
> arbitrarily assigned to numbers on the keyboard.  I think it would be
> better if the commands were assigned as follows:
>
> ⌘1 - Southwest
> ⌘2 - South
> ⌘3 - Southeast
> ⌘4 - West
> ⌘5 - Inventory
> ⌘6 - East
> ⌘7 - Northwest
> ⌘8 - North
> ⌘9 - Northeast
>
> This is just my opinion, but I think having the compass points
> matching the number pad is more efficient then the way it is in your
> mockup. This way people won't have to memorize which number goes to
> which direction.  Just a suggestion.
>
> Conrad

Great idea! I just hope that people playing with their emulators on a
laptop do have a numeric keypad ;-)

antoine