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Title: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on February 20, 2015, 03:36:44 PM
So sometimes it's difficult to find option menus for some x68000 games.  I've found that pushing F1 and the title screen frequently works (ie--parodius, crazy climber).  But there are some games, like crazy climber 2 or Detana Twinbee that don't seem to have an options menu at all.  Anybody know how to open up such a menu in these games?

It'd be cool if we could use this thread to sort of build up a community database for games that seem to have option menus or alternate modes hidden from plain view.  Especially since there are virtually no resources for this kind of thing anywhere from what I can tell.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: skpstmgs on February 22, 2015, 04:47:47 AM
Detana TwinBee has a menu. During the intro, press F3. You can change the lives, difficulty, button mapping, as well as play BGM. To leave the menu, you need press the "F" key while the Exit option is highlighted.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on February 27, 2015, 01:16:00 AM
You're my hero.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Segasonicfan on March 11, 2015, 05:28:48 AM
took me a while before realizing pressing left at the main splash screen in Cotton opens sub menus..
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on March 19, 2015, 12:56:28 AM
Quote from: Segasonicfan on March 11, 2015, 05:28:48 AM
took me a while before realizing pressing left at the main splash screen in Cotton opens sub menus..

WTF?  They didn't think this through, did they?

I found that pushing any direction on the D-pad opens the options menu in Mahou Daisuken.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on April 20, 2015, 11:06:16 AM
Rather than post a whole new thread, I figured I'd add to this one considering this question is somewhat related.

So, Pro Yakyuu...wow!  It's RBI Baseball!  But better!

Anybody know if you can pinch hitters or change pitchers in this game?  I can't find any key that does so.  It must be possible because you can pick a starting pitcher and arrange batting order...
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on April 23, 2015, 10:18:04 AM
So no pro yakyuu fans?  No one knows how to pinch/relief? (That sounds awful).
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: AnnaWu on April 24, 2015, 03:14:31 PM
Quote from: Psygnosis8 on April 23, 2015, 10:18:04 AM
So no pro yakyuu fans?  No one knows how to pinch/relief? (That sounds awful).

Yes, especially your posting.
How old are you?
Title: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on April 25, 2015, 01:22:33 AM
Wow, humorless crowd, eh?  I'm 36.

And seriously, I've seen much worse than that on other forums.  I haven't done anything extremely inappropriate.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: famiac on April 25, 2015, 04:03:10 AM
Chill out guys. It's nothing super controversial.

It's just a baseball game...
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on April 25, 2015, 07:52:57 AM
So, anyway, world stadium...pause menu?
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: RobIvy64 on April 25, 2015, 08:46:05 AM
Quote from: Psygnosis8 on April 23, 2015, 10:18:04 AM
So no pro yakyuu fans?  No one knows how to pinch/relief? (That sounds awful).

I chuckled
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: NFG on April 25, 2015, 09:54:02 AM
Quote from: RobIvy64 on April 25, 2015, 08:46:05 AM
Quote from: Psygnosis8 on April 23, 2015, 10:18:04 AM
So no pro yakyuu fans?  No one knows how to pinch/relief? (That sounds awful).

I chuckled

As did I.  It was successful as a joke (it's funny) and as a fact (it does sound awful).  I'm not sure what AnnaWu's beef is with the comment, or if she is in turn being obtusely humorous in a way I can't quite grasp.  The original comment is hereby approved for and allowed to stand as Acceptable Humour in These Parts.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on April 25, 2015, 03:49:58 PM
Quote from: Lawrence on April 25, 2015, 09:54:02 AM
Quote from: RobIvy64 on April 25, 2015, 08:46:05 AM
Quote from: Psygnosis8 on April 23, 2015, 10:18:04 AM
So no pro yakyuu fans?  No one knows how to pinch/relief? (That sounds awful).

I chuckled

As did I.  It was successful as a joke (it's funny) and as a fact (it does sound awful).  I'm not sure what AnnaWu's beef is with the comment, or if she is in turn being obtusely humorous in a way I can't quite grasp.  The original comment is hereby approved for and allowed to stand as Acceptable Humour in These Parts.

Thanks, boss!

Here's a new question:

Anybody know how to activate cyber stick control in neural gear?  Snagged one of these bad boys and I can't seem to make it work in this game.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Dal on May 12, 2015, 07:35:30 AM
How do you access the options menu in Super Hang On?
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: SuperDeadite on May 12, 2015, 09:20:45 AM
Neural Gear, Cyberstick mode is the key with the LED lamp next to the XF5 key.

Super HangOn doesn't have an options menu afaik.  If you want 31khz you hold HELP while the game boots,
MIDI is always on if a MIDI card is detected, Cyberstick is auto detected upon boot.  There are a few little tweaks
you can make via command line parameters I believe (as well as access the hidden mini-game).
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Dal on May 21, 2015, 12:50:29 AM
Thank you very much.  If anyone has information regarding the command line options, please let me know.  I'd like to add this kind of information into the wiki.

Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: AnnaWu on May 21, 2015, 02:16:47 AM
Quote from: Dal on May 21, 2015, 12:50:29 AM
Thank you very much.  If anyone has information regarding the command line options, please let me know.  I'd like to add this kind of information into the wiki.

I am not sure it is helpful or not.
http://www.cityfujisawa.ne.jp/~fumiki/x68k/68urawaza.html#S.HUNGON

Press SHIFT + HELP for the diagnostic mode in the start (push start button)/demo screen.
Press the XF2 button to select the mode.
Press SHIFT + HELP to start/exit the selected mode.
In sound mode press the SPACE button to start the playing.

During the game play press the ESC button and then the TAP button for the frame-stepping.

In the "\^ - ^" folder (Disk 1) exist a description about the bonus game.
Title: Re: Games with hard-to-find option menus
Post by: Psygnosis8 on June 17, 2015, 12:05:03 AM
For those that are interested, I figured out the "time" button for Pro Yakyuu.  It's enter.  You push it in the pitching segment before the pitcher pitches (say that 10 times fast). 

If you liked RBI baseball as a kid, this is a pretty souped up version.  Better than the PC Engine ones, IMO.