Mouse Games

zeropolis79 · 23:32, 04 February 19

Does anyone know of any games besides Stunt Car Racer that enabled mouse control?

Xyphoe · 09:18, 05 February 19

Imagine if Prohibition worked on the AMX mouse!

Or B.A.T.!

kawickboy · 09:59, 05 February 19

operation wolf & thunderbolt, mortville manor... a mouse support would be great.
b.a.t first i'll prefer a music patch instead of mouse support.

zeropolis79 · 11:18, 05 February 19

Mouse patch would be good for Lemmings and Hero Quest too

Nich · 23:54, 05 February 19

Quote from: zeropolis79 on 23:32, 04 February 19
Does anyone know of any games besides Stunt Car Racer that enabled mouse control?

Brainstorm (programmed by the same author, Pete Cooke) supports the AMX mouse.

Bryce · 08:29, 06 February 19

They may not officially have supported mice, but the AMX really just acts as a joystick and doesn't need drivers, so any Joystick game could be used with an AMX mouse.

Bryce.

Maniac · 08:30, 06 February 19

Quote from: Bryce on 08:29, 06 February 19
They may not officially have supported mice, but the AMX really just acts as a joystick and doesn't need drivers, so any Joystick game could be used with an AMX mouse.

Bryce.

It does indeed and Lemmings in particular works very well with it!

zeropolis79 · 12:48, 06 February 19

Thanks - will try that when I record my video..

jaymanu · 14:11, 06 February 19

I remember that "Academy - Tau Ceti II" had an impressive (for the time) cursor-based menu.
You could select "AMX mouse" control in the preferences. It seemed so modern, I wished I had one

PS : Interestingly, the author is also Pete Cooke

jaymanu · 10:48, 07 February 19

Hello
Can 'any' game which involves moving a cursor with the joystick be controlled with the AMX ?
I believe then the cursor moves at a fixed speed, or how did they do this trick ?
Is such a mouse implemented in an emulator ?
You could also try 'molecularr', a type-in which uses a pointer.

GUNHED · 11:29, 07 February 19

A joystick compatible mouse (AMX) works like a joystick. The difference is that the joystick does switch a signal on permanently. And the mouse provides pulses having increasing number with increasing speed.
In the result such a mouse it dead slow when being used with joystick games, so for most of the time the game will be unplayable. Or is has a mouse option.

Bryce · 12:40, 07 February 19

Quote from: GUNHED on 11:29, 07 February 19
A joystick compatible mouse (AMX) works like a joystick. The difference is that the joystick does switch a signal on permanently. And the mouse provides pulses having increasing number with increasing speed.
In the result such a mouse it dead slow when being used with joystick games, so for most of the time the game will be unplayable. Or is has a mouse option.

Not quite. If the mouse is moved quick enough then the signal is essentially held on just like a joystick ie: everytime the CPC checks the input a pulse is present.

Bryce.

GUNHED · 17:41, 07 February 19

Quote from: Bryce on 12:40, 07 February 19
Not quite. If the mouse is moved quick enough then the signal is essentially held on just like a joystick ie: everytime the CPC checks the input a pulse is present.

Bryce.

Sure, but how big is your desk?

Bryce · 08:55, 08 February 19

Quote from: GUNHED on 17:41, 07 February 19

Sure, but how big is your desk?

It all depends on how the firmware (on modern AMX adapters) is configered. It's possible to configure my adapter to 1 screenwidth = 1mm which would be way too sensitive for OCPArt, but probably better for gaming. But I agree with you that a game where the player permanently moves in one direction would be annoying with a mouse because you'd have to keep bringing it back across the desk.

Bryce.

GUNHED · 16:16, 08 February 19

That is - actually - a very good point.

IIRC I got one of your adaptors too, how can I configurate it?

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