Keyboard Controls
ARROWS W,A,S,D 8,6,4,2 |
Player Movement TIP - Generally you are best off pressing the movement key BEFORE you reach the corner. |
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O | Toggle Sound On/Off |
J |
Recalibrate Joystick Only works when joystic is enabled from the command line with /joy |
ENTER RETURN |
Start Game at menu |
ESC | Exit Game to Menu Exit Program from Menu |
Command Line Options
All command line options are case insensitive... for those of you who keep asking even after that sentence, that means uppercase or lowercase doesn't matter! (sheesh, I worry about the state of education these days... Oh, and get off my lawn!)
/safe | Do not reprogram CRTC on EGA/VGA. Better compatibility on oddball hardware, but has some issues like even numbered columns being 1px wider than odd numbered on VGA, or the aspect ratio being off on the EGA. |
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/speaker | Force PC Speaker sound |
/tandySound | Force Tandy/PCJr sound |
/adlib | Force Adlib/Sound Blaster |
/cms |
Force CMS/Game Blaster sound On CMS/Game Blaster cards you may append a base address thus: |
/cms:220 |
Value in hex, valid range: 210,220,230,240,250,260 220 is the default. |
/mt32 /gm /midi |
Force Roland MT-32 MIDI Force General MIDI Force Custom MIDI MIDI device should support 24 semitone pitch bender range or allow setting via RPN Which Microsoft GS WaveTable does not support... Midi devices also accept base addresses: |
/mt32:330 /gm:330 /midi:330 |
Value in hex, valid range: 220,230,240,250,300,320,330,332,334,336,340,350. 330 is the default. |
/joy |
Enable Joystick Support Joystick support can cause crashes/slowdowns/other issues with certain incompatible joystick interfaces... or if you don't have the joystick actually plugged in. |
/debug | Pauses on startup to show startup messages and configuration info. |
/? or /help | Displays this help information |
*** NOTE *** Forcing hardware settings that are not present or properly configured can crash your machine. Be sure you know what you are doing before you start playing with values.