How did Developers of Bootleg Games Use Family Basic Keyboard?

[mugenfighter]

How did developers of some bootleg games use the Family Basic Keyboard? I noticed that the Windows 2000 Bootleg game uses the Family Basic Keyboard and even some games seem to be made in Family Basic. How is that possible to do?

[80sFREAK]

Same as controllers, just scan little bit more buttons. 

[mugenfighter]

Same as controllers, just scan little bit more buttons. 

Any idea how to do that?

[UglyJoe]

NESDev wiki explains the details:

http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Family_BASIC_Keyboard

[mugenfighter]

NESDev wiki explains the details:

http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Family_BASIC_Keyboard

How do you code that?

[UglyJoe]

How much experience do you have programming for the FC/NES? The solution is pretty straightforward if you already know how to read standard controller input (like 80sFreak mentioned).

[P]

Enri's page on the wiki that UglyJoe linked to explains how Family BASIC is doing it (in Japanese so you might want to google translate). For a working example you can look at Makimura's keyboard input test program. He is reading it basically the same way Family BASIC is doing it.

[mugenfighter]

How much experience do you have programming for the FC/NES? The solution is pretty straightforward if you already know how to read standard controller input (like 80sFreak mentioned).

I'm a trying to teach myself, guess I should have mentioned that.

[UglyJoe]

Ah, okay.  Well, P's link has downloads for a demo rom that reads in keyboard data.  The source code is included, so that should be what you're looking for.

[80sFREAK]

How much experience do you have programming for the FC/NES? The solution is pretty straightforward if you already know how to read standard controller input (like 80sFreak mentioned).

I'm a trying to teach myself, guess I should have mentioned that.

You should read "nerdy nights" at NA, how to programming NES(Famicom).

[zmaster18]

I always thought that using the keyboard in a Famicom would be cool, but not always so practical. For example, no developers in the 80's used the keyboard for text adventure games. Because the home-console versions of these text games use pre-set commands you can select instead of typing, using a keyboard just wasn't as convenient. The only real use I could see the keyboard for is for educational software involving language/typing or maybe something ultra-realitsic/complicated, like a simulation game where many buttons are needed.

[mugenfighter]

By the way if I ever programmed something worth while on the NES/Famicom would this be the place to share it?

[zmaster18]

By the way if I ever programmed something worth while on the NES/Famicom would this be the place to share it?

This would be a great place. But the best would probably be NESdev.com. If you program in Family BASIC, then FamicomWorld is the best place to share it!

[80sFREAK]

You can share anything anywhere you want, but as mentioned above nesdev is more about assembler and FW is more about Basic.

[P]

Nothing stops you from sharing on both forums.