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Posted byAnonymous (203.43.133.199)
Posted on11/19/01 11:36 PM



> > Hi Techmaster, great work on the latest version!
> >
> > I read from an earlier post that you plan to put a virtual keyboard into
> MAMECE
> > in the next version. I was wondering if I could pass on a couple of control
> > ideas that have been bugging me. After trying to play games with several
> > different emus on my iPaq it's clear two things would make playing games a lot
> > easier:
> >
> > The first is auto fire for buttons. Since only 1 keypress can be made at a
> time
> > on the iPaq it would be handy to avoid having to bash the buttons, which
> brings
> > me to the other thing I think could help, the ability to toggle buttons on and
> > off, so for example you could toggle the run button in Mario Bros. so that
> Mario
> > always runs, rather than trying to hold run down with the stylus and use the
> > machine's buttons for jumping, which is fiddly...
> >
> > I think this could really help iPaq users, and possibly any other pocketpc
> > owners too. I don't know how robust the touch screens are but I often worry
> > about the rapid "jabbing" I often do in order to play some of the nes and gb
> > games.
> >
> > Do you think these ideas might be worth looking into?
> > Cheers,
> > PhotoBoy
> >
> Every idea is worth investigating :)
> The question is will it pan out to something usable. I like your ideas and share
> your concerns.
> WIll have to see if I can implement some of them.
>
>
> Cheers,
> -Techmaster
>
Autofire would kick ass! Please add this feature, I beg you!

It would make MameCE usable on the iPaq, rather than just something to have for 'cool-factor'.

I wanna play 1942 on the train ride home!!



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*Ideas for virtual keyboard  Anonymous03/14/01 07:02 PM
.*Re: Ideas for virtual keyboard  Tekhmaster03/14/01 11:10 PM
...Re: Ideas for virtual keyboard  Anonymous11/19/01 11:36 PM