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Awesome. It's mind-bending to control two players. The idea of using arrow keys to control one player and WASD to control another is genius. Maybe you can visua
by amadeuspagel 1y ago
Awesome. It's mind-bending to control two players. The idea of using arrow keys to control one player and WASD to control another is genius. Maybe you can visualize which is which by coloring the explanatory text.
- eesmith 1y agoI used to solo play 2-player Gauntlet for the PC this way, back around 1990. In the 1980s it was pretty common to have 2-player games with both players on the same keyboard. Edit: Spacewar (see https://archive.org/details/msdos_Spacewar_1985 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Spacewar_1985) is an example of a two-player-on-one-keyboard game, from 1985.
- redbluething 1y agoYellow Wizard Needs Food Badly!
- chrisweekly 1y agoWarrior is about to die! man that takes me back
- CloudNetPro 1y agoMe and my friends used to play 3 player simultaneously in D-Zone. Obviously we had to be kind with each other about space around the keyboard and about key presses. Still one of the best gaming experiences I ever had. https://www.mobygames.com/game/69231/destruction-zone/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/69231/destruction-zone/
- vunderba 1y agoI built a dual snake game where you simultaneously control two snakes a while back, perhaps I should do a Show HN about it at some point. https://specularrealms.itch.io/the-twins-of-caduceus https://specularrealms.itch.io/the-twins-of-caduceus Fair warning: It's a game made for people who excel at ambidextrous tasks like patting one's head and rubbing one's tummy, or juggling Rubik's cubes that you are also solving.