Re: Super Boulder Dash Problems?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Galen Tatsuo Komatsu writes ...
> 
>         I tried playing Boulder Dash (and BDII, it's the Electronic
> Arts re-release) the other night on my //c and ran into a rather
> annoying problem.  Whenever I tried running to the right, instead of
> doing that, Rockford would take a step, then stop, step, stop, step,
> stop...  making the game impossible to play on some screens.  Only
> observation about it I made was it tended to happen when a stage had
> background music playing.
>         Thinking maybe there was some kind of problem caused by
> the joystick port also being a mouse port, (although the game does
> state //c compatability) I tried it on my IIGS (not listed, but I
> assume because the game was released before) and the same problem
> came up, only now it happens on all stages.
> 
 ....

     Super Boulder Dash works okay on our ROM-01 and IIc+-- Levels A and
M with the A)pple Joystick setting at regular, 1MHz, speed. On the GS, I
also tried the game with acceleration and it worked okay but way too
fast.

     It could be that your joystick needs to be re-adjusted or, maybe,
the pots need a squirt of control cleaner.



Rubywand