Reply to post: Re: Joysticks

In the '80s, spaceflight sim Elite was nothing short of magic. The annotated source code shows how it was done

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Re: Joysticks

Had the Spectrum version, which you definitely could force a mis-jump. Can't remember how though.

Shift+F just prior to jumping (unless that was the CPC version).

I got to Elite on all Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and BBC. I skipped the Comodore version because:

a)It's on a Comodore.

b)TribblesTrumbles seemed a stupid idea.

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