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| 16 OCT 2006 at 1:40am |
BazzaLBPrivate Detective
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Joined: 27 AUG 2005
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Krakout was pretty good (C64 from memory).
OK, being as you're an amiga fan.. what was the FIRST linked computer game you played.. The first game I ever tried by linking up an A1000 with an A500 (they had slightly different serial ports for some reason too, so had to make my own null modem/serial cable).. was RVF Honda on the Amiga. The next one I think I tried was Stunt Car Racer and then Populous. Even got some linkup games going with F1GP from memory.
I remember soldering together a 4 way joystick adaptor too for use with Gauntlet (or was it Garrison) for those 4 player sessions... For some reason we always made use of some soldering iron that had a nib the size of a golf ball, so none of it looked pretty, but it worked like a charm.
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| 17 OCT 2006 at 1:36pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | bazza, you're the man!!! [smiley=beer_buds.gif] krakout was the game i was looking for!
i've never played any games with amigas linked together... i did have my a1200 and a500 linked, but that was mainly for file exchange (esp when i only had a cdrom on the a500, and dozens of public domain games and demos on cds that i wanted to run on the a1200)
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| 18 OCT 2006 at 12:28am |
trudysgardenSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 312
Joined: 19 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Arkanoid, my personal favorite, too. So crisp.
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| 19 OCT 2006 at 1:26pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | ok, i am confused now... i was pretty sure i used to play krakout on the amiga... i even remember the bat looking like a coin from the side! i searched all my amiga archives though and the caps archives too and found nothing... on the other hand i found a spectrum version, which i could have been playing in the past (didn't have a c64)... so is there an amiga version of krakout? and if not, what's the game i am remembering with the bat that looks like that?
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| 28 OCT 2006 at 1:58am |
ErikH2000Intergalactic Janitor
Posts : 8
Joined: 15 FEB 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya (12 OCT 2006 2:48pm)
so many old genres that have disappeared, it's pretty depressing :-/
I gotta tell you man, this is not a forgotten genre. To get you started, go find Breakquest, Ricochet: Lost Worlds, and Bricks of Egypt, which are perhaps the most successful breakout/Arkanoid clones released in the last few years. Then go check out GameTunnel indie round-ups, and note that there is usually at least one hit-the-ball-with-a-paddle game released each month. Some of us are rolling are eyes over the apparent glut in this genre.
And none of this is said to start an argument. My point is, Aya, you are frigging lucky, because there are some very good games out there that you haven't played yet!
-Erik
"I don't claim to understand Branagan's Law; I merely enforce it." -Zap Branagan
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| 28 OCT 2006 at 1:49pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | hey, this looks like good stuff!!! i'm dloading all 3 titles now to check them out! thanx erik!
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| 28 OCT 2006 at 4:27pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | LMAO, do you see what you miss when you refuse to buy downloadable games? :
So far each 'forgotten' genre mentioned is still alive and well thanks to some indie developers and the downloadable game business model.
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| 30 OCT 2006 at 1:48am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | erik, i dloaded and played the 3 games you mentioned... my fav was ricochet, which i think will be the one i'm keeping... i liked bricks of egypt too though... breakquest didn't appeal to me that much... got to give it credit for trying smth different, but i guess i'm more of a classic kind of guy!
ivinia, what you're saying is true, but an entirely different case than adventure games, for 2 major reasons:
1. collections - we, and i'm sure lots of other adventurers, collect our adventure game boxes... we don't just buy them to play (which we do of course!)... we like stacking them on shelves, going thru them, etc
2. games like breakout-clones don't really have much to offer, other than the games themselves... an adventure game can offer a lot of great material in a big box... manuals, stories, goodies you name it... the most an breakout-clone can offer would be a minimal story, like arkanoid... of course there were those amazing psygnosis days when games like shadow of the beast came in fantastic boxes with t-shirts and stuff, but we can get over that!
bottom line: having breakout-clones, platform games, shoot em ups boxed is great, but it's equally fine dloaded... adventures though are a whole different deal! 8-)
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| 30 OCT 2006 at 5:33pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | There's a demo of Blasterball 2: Revolution that came with the computer and I have fun playing it from time to time. 'Til I run Spybot Search & Destroy and it brings up any and all Wild Tangent-related files as spyware.
http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/breakout-variants
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 30 OCT 2006 at 5:58pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | throw spybot away! it's no good anymore (used to be)... get either spy sweeper or counterspy (or both!)
thanx for pointing out mobygames! i have no idea why i never think of that site!!! :
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| 4 NOV 2006 at 9:12pm |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (30 OCT 2006 5:57pm)
throw spybot away! it's no good anymore (used to be)... get either spy sweeper or counterspy (or both!)
Do you have scientific proof to back up this claim?
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 6 NOV 2006 at 3:01pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Bast, the Cat Goddess (4 NOV 2006 9:12pm)
Do you have scientific proof to back up this claim?
as a matter of fact i do... my immense expertise and experience!
but if that's not enough, check this out too: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126818-page,1/article.html
(i was using spysweeper long before that article btw!)
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| 6 NOV 2006 at 8:53pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (6 NOV 2006 3:01pm)
but if that's not enough, check this out too: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126818-page,1/article.html
Thanks for the link!
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 7 NOV 2006 at 8:35am |
RevliskciPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 9 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Amazing how the simplest games remain popular to this day, while complicated works are forgotten.
According tio Steve Wozniak, he designed Breakout for Atari in four days!
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| 7 NOV 2006 at 2:35pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | i don't find it that surprising... those games were built with gameplay as the first priority... now, all the "complicated" games focus entirely on the looks and the flashiness... so, naturally, after the player leaves the "wow " state there's nothing left
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| 8 NOV 2006 at 7:57am |
alkis21Schattenjger
Posts : 2112
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: GR
Status : Offline | Aya, the best Breakout clone ever is Powerball, a freeware game for the Amiga released in 1995.
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| 4 DEC 2006 at 10:46pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | never heard of powerball... since it's freeware it's not and won't ever be in the caps archives... i need to search my adf/dms cds to see if i have it
and yes, i did read the response back when it was posted, but forgot to answer! :
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