08759: pencil2: Multiple keypresses not recognized making the game Treasure Hunt unplayable.

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
08759	DIP/Input	Minor	Always	Sep 6, 2023, 01:04	Sep 9, 2023, 18:55

Tester	Hirudov	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Open	OS	Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Confirmed			Driver	skeleton/pencil2.cpp
Version	0.258	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	08759: pencil2: Multiple keypresses not recognized making the game Treasure Hunt unplayable.
Description	Multiple keypresses at the same time are not recognized in the machine, thus the game Treasure Hunt is not possible to play. In this video @50th second there is diagonal movement needed, which is not possible to do. &t=50s Only single keypress is recognized at the same time.
Steps To Reproduce	Start the cartridge treasure.zip for the Pencil II computer.
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Affected Sets / Systems	pencil2

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No.21728 Osso Moderator Sep 6, 2023, 04:11	Is this really a diagonal movement or just the combination of up or down and the game's scrolling?
No.21729 Hirudov Tester Sep 6, 2023, 05:28	Diagonal movement is not possible, because the up/down + left/right keypresses are not recognized. The game scrolls horizontally all the time.
No.21731 Robbbert Moderator Sep 6, 2023, 15:12	The arrow keys are on port E0, which is read directly by the system. I assume therefore it's working as designed.
No.21739 ICEknight Tester Sep 9, 2023, 18:55	I think there's a video out there which showed the player being able to shoot while moving, so perhaps multiple key presses are supposed to be supported, just not diagonal movement. I'd say this needs real hardware verification before dismissing it completely as a btanb.