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Donatello (466) on 7/28/2013 6:02 AM · Permalink · Report
Not only does it use some funky WAXD movement (and requiring one to press S to stop movement), aiming the gun requires one to use diagonal directions centered at L. If you are spawned right next to an enemy, you're dead before you can even do something.
Too bad, since it's kind of interesting as a progenitor of the stealth genre.
Daniel Saner (3503) on 7/29/2013 12:10 PM · Permalink · Report
On which system is that? I played the Apple II one, and don't remember any serious control issues.
vileyn0id_8088 (21040) on 7/30/2013 2:15 AM · Permalink · Report
The Apple II keyboard controls are just as complex. You could also use two joysticks, one for movement and one for firing (first twin-stick "shooter"?).
It can be done - just a matter of getting used to. I'm sure that back then, the idea of playing with a mouse in one hand and the other on the keyboard would've seemed just as weird.
Daniel Saner (3503) on 7/30/2013 4:03 AM · Permalink · Report
Ah! I would have played it on an emulator, so mayhaps I have simply used the two thumbsticks on my Logitech gamepad. Not terribly authentic.