Re: Wall Defence game for Apple II

[lyricalnanoha@dosius.ath.cx (Steve Nickolas)]

drHirudo wrote:
> On 24 Ð?пÑ?, 03:24, mmphosis <markwst...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I just read this important part of your posting:
>>
>> keys Z-X-K-Space
>>
>> I am running AppleWin on Windows on VirtualBox on Mac OS X. Â And, it
>> works except when using the Apple II+ emulation in AppleWin because
>> the game is expecting lower case keys: Â z-x-k. Â The original Apple II
>> and Apple II+ didn't have lower case keyboards!
> 
> Ooops, I forgat about this detail, using only Apple IIe emulation. I
> could have used the arrow keys, but I remember that the older Apple II
> models did not have left and right arrows as well, and Ctrl+H and Ctrl
> +U were used instead. Also the up and down arrow keys were only in the
> later Apple II models, so if I use arrows + up arrow and space, it
> will work whenever the Caps lock. But joystick will work in all the
> cases.
> 
>>Â Otherwise, the game
>> works with Apple //e emulation works under AppleWin. Â I had to slow
>> the emulator down to play. Â Is that cheating?!?
>> :)
> 
> There is also way to cheat by using the Joystick and the keyboard, but
> I will not tell how :)
> 
>> Great work!
> 
> Thanks
> 
>> --------------------
>> Keyboard controls:
>>
>> z - move left
>>
>> x - move right
>>
>> k - reach for and get a stone, you must be underneath the stone piles
>> on either the left or right side
>>
>> Space - stop and drop
> 
> I easily can change the keys, but on Apple 2e models, I think the
> people shall be instructed somehow to turn the Caps on, or they may
> let to believe that the keys are not working.
> Or just add code to read the alternative key combinations. I hope it
> will not slow down much this way.
> Will work on improving the code in the next days.
> 
> Regard
> 
> --
> http://hirudov.com
>

][+ had left and right but not up and down.

You can actually identify the firmware of any Apple supporting caps lock:
PEEK(-1101)=6.  Generally I think it's safe to assume caps lock down.

-uso.