Flicker trouble

[steve88]

Just borrowed an old quick-shot joystick that a mate used on his Sega-mega-drive, not ideal, not all functions work, but anyway, the game loaded but the screen flickered badly, the amiga has a scart connection for the tv (LCD) the original long white box that used to have a co-axial connection has long gone, so that’s all I have,

Obviously I have to buy something suitable like a SCANDOUBLER if I’ve read up correctly?

Will I have the same flicker if I connect to a plasma tv?

Thanks in advance

Regards….Steve

[Magno Boots]

If you're still taking about Dynablaster, then this could be a problem with the game itself.

If I recall the game can be selected in either NTSC or Pal mode, but I cannot remember how to do this.

It maybe as simple as pressing either left or right mouse button when loading.

other members will hopefully clarify.

[Graham Humphrey]

The best way to tell if it's a problem with the machine or not is to try a different game and see what happens (again, assuming you're talking about Dynablaster).

You definitely won't need a scandoubler, though.

[steve88]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

The best way to tell if it's a problem with the machine or not is to try a different game and see what happens (again, assuming you're talking about Dynablaster).

You definitely won't need a scandoubler, though.

It doesn’t flicker on the start up screen, or when I put Merlin’s maths on (for the kids, not me)
What Magno Boots was saying about NTCS or PAL rings a bell,

What I’ll do is get a couple of joysticks and a mouse and see what happens from there, BTW can anyone recommend a good site to buy these from, I tried http://amigakit but the site was slow for me

Regards….Steve

[DamienD]

Hello steve88,

Welcome to EAB

Here's something you can try with Dynablaster (quoted from another thread):

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

I have a hint for those who have a problem with the 60hz NTSC screen mode.

Press BOTH mouse button during game loading, the screen will be in 50hz

[steve88]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Hello steve88,

Welcome to EAB

Here's something you can try with Dynablaster (quoted from another thread):

Cheers Damien….

It would help if I had a mouse to double click , but like I said before it rings a bell, and as soon as I get one I’ll post how I got on with it,





Regards….Steve

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by steve88

It would help if I had a mouse to double click

Doh!!!

You can simulate mouse clicks with the keyboard, just can't remember what the key combinations are

I'm sure someone else will post them

[mk1]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Doh!!!

You can simulate mouse clicks with the keyboard, just can't remember what the key combinations are

I'm sure someone else will post them

I think they're left alt+left amiga for lmb and right alt+right amiga for rmb.

[paranoid]

You can also try plugging another joystick into the other port. At least one game for the Amiga (Mortal Kombat) could use two joystick buttons, and a Megadrive controller would work. Perhaps they were the same as L/R mouse buttons.. Try A+B or A+C (or some other combination).

(Also, I say "another" joystick because it might not be good to plug/unplug controllers with the Amiga powered on.. Might not be a big deal (I don't remember it being a big deal, back in the day) but I don't want to be blamed for blowing out someone's joystick port... )

Oh and yes, it's alt left/right Amiga keys.. You can also move the mouse (at least in Workbench) with the arrow keys and one Amiga key or the other. Early in the Amiga's life someone at Commodore touted that one could pitch the mouse to the other side of the room and still use the computer. I don't know why that was significant at all...

[steve88]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Doh!!!

You can simulate mouse clicks with the keyboard, just can't remember what the key combinations are

I'm sure someone else will post them

The last time I used the amiga was about 18 years ago, I forget how to turn the PC on if I dont use it within a week

[steve88]

Now I'm gonna set it back up and try the ALT L/R keys

cheers all

[paranoid]

And so... I just tried Mortal Kombat in WinUAE with a USB (Playstation) controller and a keyboard layout and it does seem to use two buttons ... but it appears they do the same thing.. Huh.. Might be one of those half-remembered rumors or something.. But still might be worth a try to get Dynablaster in PAL.

[steve88]

I take it the left and right keys are represented by the arrow pad, as in left arrow right arrow,

I'v just tried it with no luck???

regards..steve

[DamienD]

Should be the following:

Left Mouse:
left <Alt> + left <Amiga> (to the right of left <Alt>)

Right Mouse:
right <Alt> + right <Amiga> (to the left of right <Alt>)

Images:
A500 (UK keyboard layout) and A500 (US keyboard layout)

[steve88]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Should be the following:

Left Mouse:
left <Alt> + left <Amiga> (to the right of left <Alt>)

Right Mouse:
right <Alt> + right <Amiga> (to the left of right <Alt>)

Images:
A500 (UK keyboard layout) and A500 (US keyboard layout)

Off to try it now

[Graham Humphrey]

Originally Posted by DamienD

You can simulate mouse clicks with the keyboard, just can't remember what the key combinations are

I thought that only worked with the OS, as far as I can remember Dynablaster isn't an OS-friendly game so it won't have any effect?

[steve88]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Should be the following:

Left Mouse:
left <Alt> + left <Amiga> (to the right of left <Alt>)

Right Mouse:
right <Alt> + right <Amiga> (to the left of right <Alt>)

Images:
A500 (UK keyboard layout) and A500 (US keyboard layout)

Damien,
Just tried al that and nothing happened, hopefully it’ll work when I get a mouse for it,

Cheers anyway, I’m gonna mess about with it now to see if I can remember what all the ports and connections at the back are for….

Regards….Steve