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Topic	Is there even a definitive classic platformer for PC?
ToastyPOP 05/11/24 3:01:35 PM #20:	Sahuagin posted... not really. they didn't work all that great because most PCs of the time had keyboards not controllers. (there were joystick ports etc. but I don't think they were used much and you didn't have something like an SNES controller. and configuring them was terrible too IIRC.) You did have SNES style controllers like the Gravis Gamepad. A lot of of the big platformers like Jazz Jackrabbit and some of the Commander Keen games had built in support for it. And I don't think keyboards are intrinsically worse for platformers than controllers. I think it's just a preference thing. I prefer a controller but if I had grown up playing a lot more platformers on keyboard, maybe that would be different. <cite>ToastyPOP posted [p:980348029] in Is there e... [t:80765846]...</cite> <quote>Sahuagin posted... </cite><quote>not really. they didn't work all that great because most PCs of the time had keyboards not controllers. (there were joystick ports etc. but I don't think they were used much and you didn't have something like an SNES controller. and configuring them was terrible too IIRC.)</quote>You did have SNES style controllers like the Gravis Gamepad. A lot of of the big platformers like Jazz Jackrabbit and some of the Commander Keen games had built in support for it.And I don't think keyboards are intrinsically worse for platformers than controllers. I think it's just a preference thing. I prefer a controller but if I had grown up playing a lot more platformers on keyboard, maybe that would be different.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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