No official software ever used the microphone, and I have no idea if any rogue software ever used it. Maybe there's a demo somewhere that does, just to prove that it works, but otherwise...
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superjupi wrote:
No official software ever used the microphone, and I have no idea if any rogue software ever used it. Maybe there's a demo somewhere that does, just to prove that it works, but otherwise...
Objection!
(in fact, microphone support is the only reason I haven't done this one yet)
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Removed? Are you implying FCEU ever had this feature?
I'm fairly positive it did at one point...
Edit: Actually aparrently it never did. However, the VS System "Insert Coin" seems to be the exact same register.
Huh... I feel lied to. I was always told the microphone feature was never used. :(
I know of a few games that use it:
- That game already linked
- Zelda 1 (Pol's Voice)
- Star Soldier
- Atlantis no Nazo
There were a few other ones, but I can't remember any others at the moment.
Keep in mind that the mic is really more of a sound detector, as it only has 2 states ("silence" and "something", i.e. 0/1). Very, very limited usefulness.
Wow. I had no idea that such a thing has existed.
The Famicom does not really have CPU power (or RAM) to process PCM sound at a worthwhile rate, so as Xkeeper put it, it's just a silence/sound detector. Suppose it could be hacked to do so _something_ useful, such as recognizing a rhythm (think Patapon), given enough effort.
If used in Legend of Zelda as a way of killing off all the Pol's voices, would a microphone be allowed for use in a TAS if it existed?
I'm just curious, is all.
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Alden's right: I gave that one a shot already, and it didn't work. There are are many legends surrounding the game about some ridiculous tasks that are required to complete the game; many of them are not true.
I'll give this method another shot, but it takes around an hour and a half when there's a method that can beat it in two-three minutes. I'll still need microphone support to pull it off, though.
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Alden's right: I gave that one a shot already, and it didn't work. There are are many legends surrounding the game about some ridiculous tasks that are required to complete the game; many of them are not true.
I'll give this method another shot, but it takes around an hour and a half when there's a method that can beat it in two-three minutes. I'll still need microphone support to pull it off, though.
What's odd is that there's a memory address that counts the number of punches... [/offtopic]
