nope, darryl got it right. you could not leave a bank without a joystick.
K would normally make you leave buildings, but it was mapped to something on
the meny like "checK interest" or something...
or maybe it's that the L for Leave was also mapped to something else...
something weird like that. the bottom line is that you did need a joystick
to leave.

I remember because when I played it (the first time) this stumped me for
hours until I went to school the next day, leaving my computer on overnight,
and asked a friend of mine how to do it.


>From: "Daniel Burget" <byock_--hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: alternatereality-From-barrick75-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
>>Subject: RE: The emulator files are on the server
>Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:02:57 -0600
>
>You could press "k" I believe to leave banks from the keyboard.
>
>
>:D
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Darryl Giors [darryl--mindsyncpost.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 7:54 PM
>>Subject: Re: The emulator files are on the server
>
>Hi all,
>
>One small thing I would add to the joystick debate is that there was an
>overlooked item in AR:City for the Atari. You could not leave banks
>without pressing the joystick in the down direction. Other than that you
>could perform all movement with the keyboard instead. I'm unsure if things
>were the same way on the C64 or AppleII. Certainly the Amiga and ST
>versions did not require a joystick at all and all versioins of the Dungeon
>so far as I know did not require joystick input.
>
>Additionally most emulators will allow you to map joystick commands to your
>PC keyboard, commonly the numberpad or the arrow keys can double as an
>emulated joystick.
>
>The above is a really long answer saying "no, you don't need a joystick to
>emulate AR" ;)
>
>Darryl Giors
>
>Lance, of the City of Xebec's Demise
>
>Tyr, wielder of the Eater of Evil, wrought by the Dwarven Smithy of the
>Dungeon.
>
>At 12:44 PM 9/13/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> > --- "Ana_L._Valdes" <agora--algonet.se> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry for a stupid question. I want very much play
> >> AR, one of my old
> >> favourite games. But I don't know how to use the
> >> emulator :(
> >> I installed the DOS version, furnished by same site,
> >> but it crashed at once.
> >> I have a PC Pentium IV with 512 mgh. Besides that I
> >> don't own any
> >> joystick. My questions: is it possible to play AR
> >> without any joystick?
> >> And which emulator I should install (Commodore 64 or
> >> Amiga or Atari?)
> >> and how to use it?
> >> Thanks!
> >> Ana
> >
> >Ana,
> >
> >You don't need a joystick to play the games. Use the
> >I, J, K and L keys to move around on the Atari and C64
> >versions. Use the cursor keys for the Amiga, ST and PC
> >versions.
> >
> >Basically the Atari and C64 offer you versions of both
> >The City and The Dungeon. For the Amiga, ST and PC
> >you're limited to just The City. Most people seem to
> >like the Atari 8-bit versions the best so I'd start
> >with them but the C64, Amiga and ST versions are also
> >good.
> >
> >The AR FAQ has a section on emulating the various
> >versions of AR. You can get it from:
> >
> >http://www.eobet.com/alternate-reality/
> >
> >Most emulators allow you to do snapshots of the
> >emulators current state which means that you don't
> >need to mess around with character disks - makes
> >emulating the games a lot easier.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >Guilherme
> >
> >
> >
> >