Play Paradroid

For those of you keen enough out there I thought I'd post some links in case you would like to play the game.

One for the c64 emulator and one for the game itself.

I've only tried it on Windows (sorry Mac users), but ther is an OSX version of the emulator at the same site, so hopefully it works the same.

Here's what you need to do:

1. Download and install the emulator.


2. Start it up.


3. Go to Settings->Video Settings


4. Set the resolution 1280x768 (i.e less resolution probably than your current settings). The y-axis one counts the most. Reducing it down seems to make the emulator screen larger.


5. Got to Settings->Joystick Settings


6. Change the drop downs so Joystick 1->Keyset A, and Joystick 2->Keyset 2


7. Click on 'Config Keyset A' to set up your keys. Up, down, left, right, fire etc.


8. Click on 'Config Keyset B' and do the same thing. Should be different keys from Keyset A.


9. You can then test it out. At the bottom of the emulator screen there are two crosses, one for joystick 1 and the other for joystick 2. When you press the associated keys the relevant part of the cross will turn green. (If you get any junk at the cursor input on the screen press Return).


10. Go to Options and check 'Double Size', and 'Double Scan'. This makes the emulator window bigger.


11. The emulator is all set up now and you should be ready to play the game!


12. Download paradrd.t64. This is a commodore64 tape file of the game.


13. Go to File->Autostart disk/tape image, browse to the paradrd.t64 file you just downloaded, select it and press 'Attach'. The game should load and start.

The game asks for joystick in port #2 (i.e Keyset B), so I think you need to press fire for it to start.
General controls up, down, left, right. To fire your gun turrets you need to be noving when you press the Fire key. It fires your gun in the direction that you are moving.
Holding down Fire puts you in Transfer mode. You can't fire like that, but you can move around. Releasing the ket put you back to normal.

Hope this helps. The best thing is just to try it out.