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Hi again!

Some feedback from my young nephew on RiverRaid squadron attached in audio form.  We're both big fans!

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Hi again

Sorry I think you can safely ignore my post above.  I found this app called "JoyToKey" which seems to have resolved my issue :)

Thanks again man, awesome work!

Hello again!  

I just wanted to ask a further question if I may.  I recently bought an Atari 9pin to USB adaptor to allow me to connect my Quickshot Python Atari joysticks to my PC.  Windows seems to recognise them and I have checked all directions / buttons are working fine in Game Controller Properties.

However River Raid Squadron doesn't seem to recognise my joysticks (or certainly it doesn't recognise any joystick inputs), and I can't seem to see any settings menu within River Raid Squadron to configure them.

Do you think you could do anything to allow River Raid Squadron to support these joysticks, or do I need to buy some other native USB joysticks?  If it's the latter, are there any you could recommend please?

Thanks again my friend :)

Sharif

That's awesome, great idea 👍

Unfortunately I don't have the skills to do anything like this myself, but after doing some reading online, I thought of a project that I'm getting some help with. It involves creating a Bluetooth version of my favourite joystick that was actually originally for the SNES, by putting in the board from a wireless 8 bit do mini Bluetooth joypad instead. Still work in progress, please see photos 😀

PS I often find myself that the quality of joystick makes a big difference to how well I can do in many of these games. It's not that easy to find a good one for retro gaming in my opinion, but I'm pinning a lot of hope in this Kickstarter project that I don't think is too far off completion now 😊

https://uni-joy.com/

Sounds like an excellent plan and very democratic! I have quite a few family members who are avid enthusiasts of this game (they range in age from 7 to 79). If I collect their views and feed them back, would that be ok? Thanks again!!

Thanks very much indeed for offering such thorough insight. I guess that all makes sense. I'd love to have an online co-op game with you one day, should that ever be possible 👍

In the mean time I look forward to the Atari port of the great work you've already done whenever you get round to it and thanks again!

All very interesting, you sound like an amazing guy! The concept of a co-operative mode is really good because if you have 2 players where there is a big skill disparity, it can help keep the more novice player engaged rather than have them wait for long periods just wishing their opponent would crash soon! I really love what you've done and would love it even more if you could ever do the same thing for the 8 bit version, however much of a long shot that seems! It's a shame about the source code thing, but I guess that's life. Who actually owns the source code to these old classic games? I understand river raid was coded by a lady called Carol Shaw who worked for Activision. Would it up to her to release it if she ever wanted to, or would it be for Activision? What happens when these companies go out of business?  If is has been several decades since these games were last sold commercially, it's hard to see why anyone would object to the release of the code but maybe I'm missing something! 😊

PS Was the source code for the atari 800 version of river raid ever released to your knowledge? I believe this version has a few things that the 2600 version doesn't such as helicopters that fire back and tanks that fire from the side. 

Thanks again!

Ok, well that sounds great! I'll sit tight and watch this space! Since I'm new here, may I just ask what's the best way to keep track of all your work, including the projects you just mentioned as I'm really interested in your work on those other games too 😊. Thanks again even just for the windows port of squadron river raid, can't wait to play it with my nephews at the weekend!

I'd love to see an Atari 7800 port, this is my all time favourite game. I'd love to see an Atari 800 port even more though. I don't suppose that's on the cards at all is it. Many thanks for the fantastic work!