Re: Tempest/Vector Breakout (was Tempest Multigame)

I'm probably missing the whole point here, but why can't
you just access the menu by pressing both start buttons
at the same time? Probably because it would take
modifications of EVERY games code! Then why not, with
an external hardware gate, force an interrupt when both
buttons are pressed? Interrupt what?, all interrupts are
used!

Never mind me, just arguing with myself.

Paul Kahler wrote:

> >
> > > 20 seconds is a little short considering the time it takes the monitor
> > > to warm up and show anything. 1 minute might be better.
> > >
> > Yeah, good point. Hadn't thought about that... The vote currently
> > seems to be swaying towards having it jump immediately to the "default"
> > selected game though. (With the ability to "force" the menu to appear
> > by closing the test switch when you first power-up)
>
> Can you tell if it's power-on or a reset? Why bother with the cool reset
> circuit (triggered from P1 & P2) if that's just going to reset the machine
> and run the default game. I don't want to have to open the coin door! OTOH
> if a warm reset brings up the menu, that no-wait strategy would probably
> be better - you'd never know it's a mulit-game without actually bringing
> up the menu. BTW, was breakout on the menu or is that a "hidden" feature
> of the menu system (which will be sort of hidden itself)?
>
> Thanks,
> --
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Received on Wed May 26 14:49:38 1999