Wiz 'N' Liz - possible two-button support?

[MethodGit]

I was just thinking - having been impressed by the many attempts of late to add alternate joypad configurations to many Amiga games so that we don't have to deal with "Up to jump" etc, I wanted to ask if it would be possible to implement a similar fix for one of my fave "quickie arcade" classics, Wiz 'N' Liz?

The only thing is that jumping isn't the problem this time (Fire does all the jumping in this one), but "dropping through platforms". This becomes an extremely important tactic in the later levels when time really is against you. It's really easy to do on the Mega Drive version by pressing A, but on the Amiga you have to painstakingly hold Down and press Fire which I think is rather unpractical in comparison, particularly when you're rushing through the map trying to collect, say, 20 wabbits within the last 15 seconds of the clock.


So how about it? I don't know if it would be easy to convince the game through coding that two simultaneous pressings aren't required to trigger a drop-through, but it would make the game nicer to play, especially with not-very-flexible d-pads!

[laser]

you can play the megadrive version of wiz & liz
it's better than the amiga version and supports 3 buttons

[Hungry Horace]

Originally Posted by laser

you can play the megadrive version of wiz & liz
it's better than the amiga version and supports 3 buttons

that's no solution.

Some people just dont want to play other versions.

Some people dislike emulators, and only wish to play on original hardware.... you expect them to go out and buy a megadrive just for one version of a game they already have on the amiga?

[BippyM]

Originally Posted by MethodGit

So how about it? I don't know if it would be easy to convince the game through coding that two simultaneous pressings aren't required to trigger a drop-through, but it would make the game nicer to play, especially with not-very-flexible d-pads!

Wouldn't be too hard as all you do is find the code that reads down+fire and replace it with a jump to our routine, this then checks the original down+fire but also fire2 and then branches to the routine.!

[Graham Humphrey]

I can't say I've ever had problems with the control system but I guess if you're using a pad rather than a joystick you may well do.

If someone can also fix the minor problems the game has on an '040 while they're at it then that would be fantastic... well I can dream

[Psygore]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

If someone can also fix the minor problems the game has on an '040 while they're at it then that would be fantastic... well I can dream

life will be boring without dream

[Graham Humphrey]

Very true

[Hungry Horace]

i've done a little bit of research, and although i've barely scratched the surface, i dont think it'd be too tough to do at all....
the game code sits in fastram however, and as yet, i've zero experience with matching up A500 research code ($C02512 is an interesting subroutine relating to firebutton tests ) from fastram addresses, to those used with WHDload slave sources....

i'd need to see the slave source, and then i'd be willing to do the rest of the research and have a go at adding it. Unless someone else more experienced wants the job?


i dont think i could sort Graham's request though! (sorry mate - no expertise in that field yet)

[Graham Humphrey]

No worries Horace. It's not a big deal, and anyway it's hardly a problem exclusive to this game - maybe it's not really fixable anyway, who knows