That's it! I knew I'd played in on my 8-Bit. Thank you so much. I don't know if anyone here has one, but I recently purchased a GP2X (linux based handheld game/media machine), and there is an excellen atari 8 bit emulator for it. The ability to have all my favorite atari games in this handheld can't...

Figured it out, Rock 'n' Rope, not an 8-Bit game, sorry to have posted this.

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I was playing the arcade version of elevator action last night, and it reminded me (because of intro, involving a grappling hook sequence) of another classic game, maybe arcade, maybe atari, where (best I can remember): You have to shoot a rope/grappling hook to different levels, climb up, collect i...

Tried teh AtariMania .atr for Return of Heracles, same results (wouldn't let me type the answer on the keyboard). But when I tried using OS-B it did work properly. So first, thanks for the suggestion on OS-B Atari Frog, finally I can finish the game even if I have to start from the beginning again. ...

I did try the scroll lock trick (should have mentioned that in my first message) and that offered a bizarre keyboard emulation where only a few keystrokes offered text, and they were all messed up. For instance: PCKey 2 = Atari C PCKey UP Arrow = Atari W I tried creating my own keyboard template, an...

Wondering if anyone has an idea on this one. I was playing Return of Heracles the other day on Atari Win Plus 4.0, using the emulated joystick (arrow keys + shift). In this game, at one point, you are required to answer the Riddle of the Sphinx using the keyboard. I cannot get my keyboard to work to...