I have distinct memories of my dad teaching me to strafe on his 486-powered laptop with a laggy monochrome screen. Maybe it was a modifier key that changed left/right to strafing? It was definitely a feature in the OG Doom and Wolfenstein 3D before it.
Me and my cousins absolutely used strafe back in the early 90s. And forwards. And backwards. We were so excited every time we got into a gunfight we would have moved vertically too if there was an option for it.
sploosh@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You could assign keys to strafe in 1993.
Kichae@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Tell me you played with strafe in 1993 and I’ll never belueve another word out of your mouth.
sploosh@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I have distinct memories of my dad teaching me to strafe on his 486-powered laptop with a laggy monochrome screen. Maybe it was a modifier key that changed left/right to strafing? It was definitely a feature in the OG Doom and Wolfenstein 3D before it.
grozzle@lemm.ee 5 days ago
yeah, it was Alt. i don’t know what’s wrong with these other people.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Me and my cousins absolutely used strafe back in the early 90s. And forwards. And backwards. We were so excited every time we got into a gunfight we would have moved vertically too if there was an option for it.
Klear@lemmy.world 4 days ago
There was an option for that. It was called “Descent”.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Nobody I knew in the early 90s played with strafe. That wasn’t a thing that existed. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Klear@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Alt works in the CAPTCHA.
sploosh@lemmy.world 5 days ago
How do I press Alt on my phone?
Klear@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Get USB OTG and plug in any keyboard. Or you could use a bluetooth one.