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Controls
Controls are zsnes style which may be getting a little use to. You can select joystick, keyboard1,
keyboard2 and joymega as your preferred control scheme. You can select any of these controls from
the options menu (press esc on the worldmap or during gameplay).
Keyboard: arrows control the movement. X jumps, Z does a spinjump, C causes your character to run
and also enables grabbing of objects, furthermore C allows you to fire bullets and do a capespin. If you
wish to release any objects that you are holding simply release the C. If you press up during the release
you will trow the object upwards. X allows you to swim up. To jump up from water hold X and Up.
The climb in fences simply hold up and your character automatically starts climbing. Use X to jump
out of fences and other positions. C furthermore activates yoshi’s tongue. To release yourself from
yoshi use Z. A lot more is possible. Experiment around with the controls. Only on keyboard there is the
P and V button. P pauzes the game. V drops the power in your powerreserve. Use the down arrow and
V to drop your reserve powerup. When in pauze and the map was completed once, you can exit the
level by pressing V.
Keyboard2: Same as keyboard but with the Z, X and C keys remapped at graph, alt and space. This
is a very old piece of code but suggested by a few MRC members and thus implemented.
Joymega: Same as keyboard where the d-pad does the directions and the right 3 buttons are mapped to
Z,X and C. Please note that not all joymega controllers are equal. It may happen that yours will refuse
to function properly.
Joystick: The same as joymega however to spinjump hold up and jump.
On the mapscreen, X selects the map. The arrows move your character to another stage.