Cadillacs and Dinosaurs by Capcom (1993)

Internet Archive, an interesting way of playing archive game.

The whole experience was fun but it clearly has some issues. The main issue was the button configuration. The initial button configuration was awkward and there in instruction provided. Character movement was set to R, D, F, and G. Attack and the jump button was set to A and S. I remember when I played this game back then, the character movement is controlled by a joystick with the left hand. But now I need to use my right hand to control the character which is very hard to play at first.
The major difference between playing on an emulator vs playing the game on the original hardware are the control method and the input lag. The original control method is a joystick with six big buttons that are intuitive and easy to use. I was playing the game on my MacBook with no additional hardware so the keyboard was my only option. I felt no input lag went while I played the game on the original hardware. The response time was short and felt great. On this emulator, I felt it’s at least 200 to 400ms of delay between my input and when the character started moving. Without this delay, I could have beaten the boss… Just kidding, I’m just bad at the game.