diff --git a/lib/input/src/key_mapper.cpp b/lib/input/src/key_mapper.cpp
index 75ab490..fc59f5f 100644
--- a/lib/input/src/key_mapper.cpp
+++ b/lib/input/src/key_mapper.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ KeyEvent keyEvent(Key key, const RawKeys& keys) {
 
 }  // namespace
 
+bool KeyMapper::heldChar(char c) const {
+    return std::find(previous_.chars.begin(), previous_.chars.end(), c) != previous_.chars.end();
+}
+
+bool KeyMapper::held(Key key) const {
+    bool arrows = previous_.fn || !textEntry_;
+    switch (key) {
+        case Key::Up: return arrows && heldChar(';');
+        case Key::Down: return arrows && heldChar('.');
+        case Key::Left: return arrows && heldChar(',');
+        case Key::Right: return arrows && heldChar('/');
+        case Key::Select: return previous_.enter;
+        case Key::Delete: return previous_.del;
+        case Key::Tab: return previous_.tab;
+        default: return false;
+    }
+}
+
 std::vector<KeyEvent> KeyMapper::update(const RawKeys& keys) {
     std::vector<KeyEvent> out;
 
diff --git a/lib/input/src/key_mapper.h b/lib/input/src/key_mapper.h
index 52abcc8..06fe4ef 100644
--- a/lib/input/src/key_mapper.h
+++ b/lib/input/src/key_mapper.h
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ class KeyMapper {
     // don't need Fn.
     void setTextEntry(bool active) { textEntry_ = active; }
 
+    // Is this key down right now, as of the last update()? Events only say when a key goes down:
+    // a Game that moves something for as long as a key is held asks this (issue #101). The arrows
+    // are ; . , / as for events: alone outside Text Entry, with Fn anywhere.
+    bool held(Key key) const;
+    bool heldChar(char c) const;  // a character key, as it types
+
     // 0 when idle, '*' when opt was pressed, or the accent character waiting for its letter.
     char pendingCompose() const { return compose_; }
 
diff --git a/test/test_key_mapper/test_key_mapper.cpp b/test/test_key_mapper/test_key_mapper.cpp
index cae163f..bdf8b09 100644
--- a/test/test_key_mapper/test_key_mapper.cpp
+++ b/test/test_key_mapper/test_key_mapper.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,56 @@ void test_question_mark_is_help_only_when_not_typing() {
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL('?', ev[0].ch);
 }
 
+void test_held_keys_are_known_between_events() {
+    KeyMapper m;
+    m.setTextEntry(false);
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.held(Key::Up));
+    RawKeys keys;
+    keys.chars = {';'};
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(1, m.update(keys).size());  // the press, once
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Up));
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.held(Key::Down));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, m.update(keys).size());  // still held: no new event, still held
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Up));
+    keys.chars = {';', '/'};  // a second key with it
+    m.update(keys);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Up));
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Right));
+    keys.chars = {'/'};
+    m.update(keys);
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.held(Key::Up));
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Right));
+    m.update(RawKeys());
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.held(Key::Right));
+}
+
+void test_held_arrows_need_fn_while_typing() {
+    KeyMapper m;
+    m.setTextEntry(true);
+    RawKeys keys;
+    keys.chars = {'.'};
+    m.update(keys);
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.held(Key::Down));  // it types a full stop
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.heldChar('.'));
+    keys.fn = true;
+    m.update(keys);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Down));
+}
+
+void test_held_characters_and_enter() {
+    KeyMapper m;
+    m.setTextEntry(false);
+    RawKeys keys;
+    keys.chars = {'z', ' '};
+    keys.enter = true;
+    m.update(keys);
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.heldChar('z'));
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.heldChar(' '));
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.heldChar('x'));
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(m.held(Key::Select));
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE(m.held(Key::Back));  // not asked for by anything: only what a Game steers with
+}
+
 int main() {
     UNITY_BEGIN();
     RUN_TEST(test_plain_character);
@@ -327,5 +377,8 @@ int main() {
     RUN_TEST(test_fn_p_is_a_screenshot_in_both_modes);
     RUN_TEST(test_plain_h_still_types);
     RUN_TEST(test_question_mark_is_help_only_when_not_typing);
+    RUN_TEST(test_held_keys_are_known_between_events);
+    RUN_TEST(test_held_arrows_need_fn_while_typing);
+    RUN_TEST(test_held_characters_and_enter);
     return UNITY_END();
 }