george@electro.com (George Reimer) (02/15/91)
In article <MbiOELi00VpbA800Vc@andrew.cmu.edu> dz0x+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Joseph Zieger) writes: >>I want GAUNTLET II, and I don't know how to get it. >>Does anyone have one that they will part with? or >>Does anyone know a store that has one left? If you still haven't found it, send me email. > I should tell you that this game has a curious flaw .... > ..... My version of the game insists on creating a character >in the fourth player slot, which can't be controlled without some sort >of adapter. So, you have your character on the screen with this other >character that doesn't move and shoots continuously. You can push him >around the screen, and hope the bad guys get in his line of fire. If he >dies, he comes right back. > The game didn't always do this, though. It didn't do it the first >time I used the game, and it didn't do it for a little while after I got >the drive re-aligned. I have no idea what the technical explanation is >for this problem - I don't really think it's a software problem. If >anyone out there has any ideas on what the problem is, and how to >correct it, please let me know. > I found the same problem and solved it by disconnecting the parallel port cable to my printer. 8^) -- "I almost think that in certain cases yes, and in others, no....." George egroeG Reimer remieR