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I wasn't able to find a list like this anywhere in this forum, so I thought I would share it here in addition to adding the information in the RetroCopy SMS database: Mark III and SMS-games which support the SK-1100 keyboard. It seems all Mark III games from 1985 support it, as well as many games from 1986 and a few from 1987. Even a few games that was never released in Japan, like Choplifter and Ghostbusters, support it. The list is:

Action Fighter
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Astro Flash/Transbot/Nuclear Creature
Astro Warrior/Sapo Xule: S.O.S. Lagoa Poluida
Astro Warrior/Pit Pot
The Circuit/World Grand Prix
Choplifter
Comical Machine Gun Joe
F-16 Fighting Falcon/F-16 Fighter
Fantasy Zone
Fushigi no Oshiro Pit Pot
Ghostbusters
Ghost House/Chapolim x Dracula - Um Duelo Assustador
Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto/Pro Wrestling
Great Baseball [JAP]
Great Tennis/Super Tennis
Great Soccer [JE]
Hang On -- (only Japanese version)
Hang On/Astro Warrior -- (only Astro Warrior)
Hokuto no Ken/Black Belt
Satelitte 7
Seishun Scandal/My Hero/Gang's Fighter
Space Harrier
Spy vs. Spy
Teddy Boy Blues/Teddy Boy

Am I missing any games? I don't think I am, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

Is there a common detection routine you could search for (carefully avoiding absolute addresses, of course)? Some might only check on a Japanese system, for example, possibly mixed with an NTSC test, so it's tricky to be sure just from running the game.

This is exactly the sort of thing we can add a tag for in the site...

There is a Tag already:
http://www.smspower.org/Tags/Keyboard

But SMS entries are incomplete. We'll add those above thanks :)

tommy1983 wrote

Am I missing any games? I don't think I am, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

To build a list for MAME, I tested some older/derivative/Asian titles and found more games with keyboard support:

Geraldinho (TecToy's modified version of Teddy Boy)
Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection A (except for game selection, Hang-On)
Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection B (except for game selection)
Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection C (except for game selection)
Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection D (except for game selection)
Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection E (except for game selection)
Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection F (except for game selection)
Hi-Com 8-in-1 Collection A (except for game selection, Hyper Sports 2, Monkey Academy)
Hi-Com 8-in-1 Collection B (except for game selection, King's Valley, Magical Tree, Hang-On)
Hi-Com 8-in-1 Collection C (except for game selection, Athletic Land, Bomb Jack, Circus Charlie, Yie Ar Kung-Fu)
Loretta no Shouzou - Sherlock Holmes
Power Strike (Aleste when run on Mark III but it isn't the Japanese cartridge)
Super Game 11-in-1 (KR) (except for game selection, Super Wonderboy, Super Tetris, Super Boy I, Goonies, Road Fighter)
Ttoriui Moheom (Korean version of My Hero)

Rise from your grave !

Interesting list, just wondering if any games are actually better for using the keyboard ?

I understand F-16 used two controllers, so if using the keyboard are all controls on the keyboard ?

Also: do any games get added functionality with the keyboard that wasn't available via the control pad?

Sut wrote

I understand F-16 used two controllers, so if using the keyboard are all controls on the keyboard ?

After reading the manual for that game, the answer to that is yes. It seems that F-16 is the only game that has added functionality with the SK-1100 as you can link together two Mark III+SK-1100 setups via the printer port for two-player play.

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tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 114 Location: Norway	Mark III/SMS-games which support the SK-1100 keyboard Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:48 pm Last edited by tommy1983 on Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:48 pm; edited 1 time in total
	I wasn't able to find a list like this anywhere in this forum, so I thought I would share it here in addition to adding the information in the RetroCopy SMS database: Mark III and SMS-games which support the SK-1100 keyboard. It seems all Mark III games from 1985 support it, as well as many games from 1986 and a few from 1987. Even a few games that was never released in Japan, like Choplifter and Ghostbusters, support it. The list is: Action Fighter Alex Kidd in Miracle World Astro Flash/Transbot/Nuclear Creature Astro Warrior/Sapo Xule: S.O.S. Lagoa Poluida Astro Warrior/Pit Pot The Circuit/World Grand Prix Choplifter Comical Machine Gun Joe F-16 Fighting Falcon/F-16 Fighter Fantasy Zone Fushigi no Oshiro Pit Pot Ghostbusters Ghost House/Chapolim x Dracula - Um Duelo Assustador Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto/Pro Wrestling Great Baseball [JAP] Great Tennis/Super Tennis Great Soccer [JE] Hang On -- (only Japanese version) Hang On/Astro Warrior -- (only Astro Warrior) Hokuto no Ken/Black Belt Satelitte 7 Seishun Scandal/My Hero/Gang's Fighter Space Harrier Spy vs. Spy Teddy Boy Blues/Teddy Boy Am I missing any games? I don't think I am, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14738 Location: London	Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:06 am
	Is there a common detection routine you could search for (carefully avoiding absolute addresses, of course)? Some might only check on a Japanese system, for example, possibly mixed with an NTSC test, so it's tricky to be sure just from running the game. This is exactly the sort of thing we can add a tag for in the site...

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8649 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:03 am
	There is a Tag already: http://www.smspower.org/Tags/Keyboard But SMS entries are incomplete. We'll add those above thanks :)

enik2 Joined: 07 Nov 2016 Posts: 11	Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:15 am
enik2 Joined: 07 Nov 2016 Posts: 11	tommy1983 wrote Am I missing any games? I don't think I am, but I wouldn't bet my life on it. To build a list for MAME, I tested some older/derivative/Asian titles and found more games with keyboard support: Geraldinho (TecToy's modified version of Teddy Boy) Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection A (except for game selection, Hang-On) Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection B (except for game selection) Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection C (except for game selection) Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection D (except for game selection) Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection E (except for game selection) Hi-Com 3-in-1 Collection F (except for game selection) Hi-Com 8-in-1 Collection A (except for game selection, Hyper Sports 2, Monkey Academy) Hi-Com 8-in-1 Collection B (except for game selection, King's Valley, Magical Tree, Hang-On) Hi-Com 8-in-1 Collection C (except for game selection, Athletic Land, Bomb Jack, Circus Charlie, Yie Ar Kung-Fu) Loretta no Shouzou - Sherlock Holmes Power Strike (Aleste when run on Mark III but it isn't the Japanese cartridge) Super Game 11-in-1 (KR) (except for game selection, Super Wonderboy, Super Tetris, Super Boy I, Goonies, Road Fighter) Ttoriui Moheom (Korean version of My Hero)

Sut Joined: 01 Jan 2017 Posts: 18 Location: Mansfield, UK	Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:37 pm
	Rise from your grave ! Interesting list, just wondering if any games are actually better for using the keyboard ? I understand F-16 used two controllers, so if using the keyboard are all controls on the keyboard ?

SavagePencil Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 213 Location: Seattle, WA	Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 4:45 pm
	Also: do any games get added functionality with the keyboard that wasn't available via the control pad?

ApolloBoy Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 313 Location: San Jose, CA	Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:15 pm
	Sut wrote I understand F-16 used two controllers, so if using the keyboard are all controls on the keyboard ? After reading the manual for that game, the answer to that is yes. It seems that F-16 is the only game that has added functionality with the SK-1100 as you can link together two Mark III+SK-1100 setups via the printer port for two-player play.

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