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woensdag 29 juli 2009

Game Video: Warcraft 1 - DOS

There are not a lot RTS (real time strategy) games you can play on the GP2X. If you're not familiar with the term, look here. Most RTS games are for more recent consoles and therefore can not be emulated well on the GP2X.
Fortunately the two that started the popular genre, Dune 2 and Warcraft Orcs & Humans are both playable and still pretty fun. Might add a game video of Dune 2 later.

If you're into a lower paced but mesmerising strategy game, Warcraft is great. Don't compare this with later versions of Warcraft that had faster gameplay and better graphics for PC. You should judge this based on what it can provide on the GP2X.

Warcraft plays surprisingly well on the GP2X. Don't play it with dosbox but install the statically recompiled executable for GP2X MH-T has created here. He has added some functionality that makes it even work better than the original version.

To enjoy Warcraft the most, you should change the configuration file that contains the button mapping. The default settings are missing some functionality like one click action and selecting groups. I have copied the settings from Maanju that makes the game play a lot better. Source here
All the info you need, is included in the readme-GP2X.txt. Underneath is the button lay-out I use, you can change it to what works best for you. You can use the touchscreen on the F200 for mouse movement as well.

Adjust latest part in file Warcraft.cfg after this line:

" # Action_combo_mouse_left_button_select_group - acts like left mouse button, when mouse is moved during click, switches to select group "

with:

Button_Y=Action_combo_mouse_left_button_select_group
Button_A=Action_macro_key_m_mouse_left_button
Button_B=Action_macro_key_a_mouse_left_button
Button_X=Action_macro_key_h_mouse_left_button
Button_Select=Action_key_esc

Button_R+Y=Action_key_enter
Button_R+A=Action_key_s
Button_R+B=Action_key_backspace
Button_R+X=Action_key_f2
Button_R+Select=Action_virtual_keyboard

Button_Vol-=Action_volume_decrease
Button_Vol+=Action_volume_increase

Button_R+Vol-=Action_key_f5
Button_R+Vol+=Action_key_f8

A random players review here

1 opmerking:

Archembo zei

Brings back good memories. I spent quite some time on that one and its sequel, still love it! :)