Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?


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Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?

Posted By: Lion O Cyborg Date: 9/10/20 1:12 p.m.
In Response To: Re: how many people still use keyboard controls? (Jabberwok)

: Sure. I mean, mostly just wanted to know what people like to use, not what
: they think works better. I've played FPSs for a quarter century, using
: keyboard, mouse, controller, joystick, trackball, whatever; so I've
: already collated data on what works best for what. AFAIK, Marathon was not
: originally a mouse game, like all the FPSs of the era, so I didn't play it
: with one, and even to this day Aleph One's mouse support leaves something
: to be desired over some other sourceports of old games.
: Also, mousewheel for a Mac game? What kind of heathen are you? Just
: kidding....
I think it did support mouse back in the day but a lot of users back then (such as Doom vets) were used to keyboard only. Tuncer certainly played it the latter way when he wrote the Marathon guide. I do know for a fact it didn't support crosshairs however, so aiming up and down was harder even with the mouse.
Regarding the joke about the mousewheel, I actually play on Windows. >:)
I do however have the Mac versions too on my hand-me-down Macbook. I got Marathon for windows back in 2012, years before I got that Mac you see.

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how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/9/20 1:12 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Forrest of B.org	9/9/20 1:33 p.m.
:D NM	Jabberwok	9/9/20 1:38 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Bob-B-Q	9/9/20 1:58 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/9/20 3:20 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Lion O Cyborg	9/10/20 10:28 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/10/20 12:27 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Lion O Cyborg	9/10/20 1:12 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/10/20 2:14 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	VikingBoyBilly	9/21/20 2:56 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	treellama	9/11/20 10:26 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/11/20 11:59 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls? LINK	Aaron Freed	9/11/20 12:32 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/11/20 1:47 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	helviusrufus	9/15/20 1:13 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Lion O Cyborg	9/16/20 3:59 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	treellama	9/16/20 6:47 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	ukimalefu	9/16/20 9:48 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/17/20 2:43 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Aaron Freed	9/10/20 12:20 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/10/20 12:30 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	VikingBoyBilly	9/21/20 3:10 a.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	General-RADIX	9/14/20 12:37 p.m.
Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	xcalibur	9/22/20 7:36 p.m.



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