That seems to have gotten the controller working much better. Thanks. I realise now that the keyboard controls were always broken for that game. Bad programming. Maybe with a controller I will actually manage to finish it one day.

I am trying to play Montezuma's Revenge, but I am encountering problems getting either of the control systems to work. Firstly, the keyboard relies on individual keystrokes rather than the usual key_down and key_up being mapped to start_movement and end_movement. This means that the repeat delay …

I'm having some difficulty with creating campaigns with the CGA version of The Ancient Art of War. I use the following autoexec.bat file to configure everything (Where the games it at /AAOWCGA) mount b /DOSBOX/C/AAOWCGA mount a /DOSBOX/C/AAOWCGA/DATA cls b: war This arrangement works fine for The …

My first computer was a TI-99/4A. I can't remember exactly when I got it, except that it was some time in the early 80s, 82 or 83 at a guess. When they say they don't make 'em like they used to, they weren't talking about the games on this thing. I only had 3 or 4 games, and I played them to death, …