From: thefadden@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:58:41 PM UTC-7, Joshua Bell wrote:   
   > The author, Dan Bunten, mentioned this in an article on ports in Computer   
   Gaming World, December 1984. "The approach can be difficult to implement in   
   some cases (e.g. M.U.L.E. can't be done for an Apple)." (Page 40) The context   
   is an approach to    
   porting of designing for the highest capability system, then cutting features   
   when porting to other systems.    
      
   I have a vague memory of the concern being the lack of dual joysticks for   
   input, to allow two-player games.  Atari systems allowed up to 4 joysticks,   
   and often had two.  The Apple II originally shipped with game paddles, though   
   by 1983 a typical Apple II    
   had a single joystick instead.  Apple IIs with two joysticks were rare (see:   
   Sirius Joyport).   
      
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