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 1 month ago
You could assign keys to strafe in 1993.
Kichae@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Tell me you played with strafe in 1993 and I’ll never belueve another word out of your mouth.
sploosh@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
yeah, it was Alt. i don’t know what’s wrong with these other people.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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 1 month ago
There was an option for that. It was called “Descent”.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month 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 1 month ago
Alt works in the CAPTCHA.
sploosh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How do I press Alt on my phone?
Klear@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Get USB OTG and plug in any keyboard. Or you could use a bluetooth one.