It's a notoriously shitty game, but I was surprised when I saw that, despite being a side-scrolling "action" game, it uses WASD for movement on the Amiga and Apple IIgs.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/110/dark-castle/screenshots/

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[–] 23 points 7 months ago

Isn't that because the arrow key layout on the Apple II/GS was, like many 8 bit home computers, famously awful and also batshit insane?

IBM had the lock on the inverted T layout for a long time, and others had to find creative ways to follow suit.

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