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 by: mark.l...@gmail.com - Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:39 UTC

For Wizard's Crown Fans -

I recently completed one of my Apple II bucket list items and created a patch for Wizard's Crown which modifies the movement keys to align better with the numeric keypad.

The original keys were awkward to use, and chosen at a time when numeric keypads were not prevalent (1985). There were alternative key sequences that appear to have been available, but I am pretty sure they were not chosen to save memory. The patch includes a detailed write up of my observations.

The patch is available on archive.org. The direct link is:

https://archive.org/details/wizards-crown-numeric-keypad-patch

-Mark Lemmert

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 by: Tempest - Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:05 UTC

Neat! Can this be applied to other games like Eternal Dagger?

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 by: Tempest - Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:32 UTC

> As to any other games, it is certainly worth a try. It all depends on how they parse the keypress. Are there any games in particular you had in mind?

Many of the early SSI games use that setup so stuff like Roadwar 2000, Roadwar Europa, Six Gun Shootout, etc.

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