MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Rolling Thunder, can't crouch and turn

As Tafoid said, the only way to turn directions when crouching in Rolling Thunder, is when firing the gun. I've played it recently. You can read it at the game's faq at gamefaqs.gamespot.com:

6b. Turning and Shooting
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There is an odd and sometimes frustrating quirk with this game that has to do
with the design of the joystick. It can only register one directional input
at once, so if you are ducking from and shot fired by an enemy on the right
side of the screen and enemy approaches from the left side of screen, if you
try to turn and shoot at the enemy, Albatross will stand up and turn before
shooting. You can see how this situation can cost you a life, but it can be
avoided. While you can't normally change directions while ducking without
standing up, you CAN do it if you're shooting at the time. Try it while
quickly firing with the handgun or while firing with the machine gun. This is
an extremely important tactic, but can be hard to master without standing up
into the path of a bullet a few times.

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