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Post by VectorX on Feb 3, 2019 16:56:06 GMT -5
Interesting, there's a joystick hack of Birds of Prey and a trackball hack for Patriots out now. Good to see more stuff from Dondzila, even though (mostly) not new. www.packratvg.com/vechbrews.html(Scroll down a bit for them.) |
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Post by 50tbrd on Feb 3, 2019 19:12:32 GMT -5
They were hacked by Chris Malcolm. I've always wanted the Birds of Prey hack.
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Post by VectorX on Feb 3, 2019 19:29:52 GMT -5
But of course you would!
I'd like to try that out too, even though I'm fine with the original buttons.
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Post by hcmffm on Feb 4, 2019 17:20:44 GMT -5
Cool that there are hacked versions of Birds of Prey and Patriots. To avoid misunderstandings: This "hacking" was done with explicit permission of the original author of the games. Quoted from Packrat Video Game website: "Vectrex games modified from their original release, with permission from the original programmers. These so-called Hacks add something to the originals, which is many cases involves new controller options (joystick instead of just buttons, roller ball, and spinner options)." |
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Post by binarystar on Feb 6, 2019 6:36:11 GMT -5
Yeah I hacked these games last year to add different controls, John Dondzila is not active again. You can also download a trackball hack of Star Hawk from my website.
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Post by VectorX on Feb 6, 2019 8:29:15 GMT -5
Yeah I hacked these games last year to add different controls, John Dondzila is not active again. ^Yeah, hence why I said "mostly not new", since it wasn't *truly* him. Just a nice spin on two of his games though. |
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