tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post9130154899194561069..comments2024-03-28T06:43:37.598-07:00Comments on Gaming After 40: Cover to Cover: Acorn Software Fall 1981 (p. 5)StillGaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-159326384330213612011-03-14T09:38:02.136-07:002011-03-14T09:38:02.136-07:00That's an interesting theory -- I don't kn...That's an interesting theory -- I don't know the exact chronology of which games came first, but if the first pinball game was the first one coded, that would make perfect sense. Good eye!StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-19904568656674466422011-03-14T01:35:54.930-07:002011-03-14T01:35:54.930-07:00I think the TRS-80s had a weird layout for the arr...I think the TRS-80s had a weird layout for the arrow keys, with up/down on the left edge, and left-right set to the right of the number keys. For the pinball game, Allen was probably trying to mimick the side mounted flipper buttons on a real table.<br /><br />No idea why he would have stuck with that on the bowling game. He wrote the Basketball game from the previous entry in this series, and those keys were also selected to be as near an edge as possible... maybe he thought that would be more accessable than WASD/IJKL?tfernandohttp://www.nightflyergames.comnoreply@blogger.com