Hi Ken,
Well, that is really part of the problem. Most of the big name titles
are being produced specifically for game consoles like the Wii, Xbox,
Play Station, etc. Mainstream game developers aren't producing games
for the PC like they were in the 1990's. Instead there is a big move
to target
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Hi Ken,
Well, that is really part of the problem. Most of the big name titles
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Hi Ken,
Well, that is really part of the problem. Most of the big name titles
are being produced specifically for game consoles like
Hi,
Ah, yes. Good old Leisure Suit Larry. I use to love that game. I've
thought many times of coming up with my own rendition of that game. As
you say though, it is for a more adult audience. Still it was a fun
game.
Cheers!
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Ah yes.
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Hi,
Ah, yes. Good old Leisure Suit Larry. I use to love that game. I've
thought many times of coming up with my own rendition of that game. As
you say though, it is for a more adult audience. Still it was a fun
game.
Cheers!
On 2/12/11, Bryan
spirit...'
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Hi,
Ah, yes. Good old Leisure Suit Larry. I use to love that game. I've
Most pc games these days are first-person shooters.. and Tom, I don't
know if that's true since I've seen some pretty big names on the pc
these days. Starcraft, Call of Duty and left 4 dead just to name a
few. But I don't think we're going to find many accessible games on
the pc. lol. Sad
It seems from what I've seen the pc games are separated into two catagories,
the big games usually with user interaction like the mmorps and the modable
fps games where people create their own levels, and the indi studios who
produce small games, people like niels bauer and 7-128.
As I've
Hi,
Not to get too technical, but I believe the majority of PC games are
third-person shooters rather than first-person shooters. At least a
lot of the PC games I own are. The difference is in a third-person
action/adventure like Tomb Raider you can actually see the main
character like Lara Croft
That's a fair point. But all the ones I know of are first person.
Call of Duty, Left 4 dead, Counterstrike, Defend of the Ancients,
from what I know are all first-person. I could be confused though.
Thanks for the explanation though, Tom.
At 12:50 PM 12/02/2011, you wrote:
Hi,
Not to get
Hi,
Flat out impossible, methinks.
I don't think its as easy as just throwing together a flash rom for it and
throwing it in. This requires millions of dollars, I bet.
contact details:
email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca
and others
msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com
skype: the_conman283
system details:
The fact remains that you'll be using their sounds illegally, their
characters and plot lines illegally, as well as infringing on anything
else they can possibly have copyrighted if you've done a credible job
at immitating the original. I know just enough about programming and
more than enough
that may work.
may mind you.
the fish may not bite the hook we are quite small.
ANd if they do, there is all likelyhood we will be torn to bits.
Yes it could work, only could mind you.
but we would still need muscle to do it.
maybe not as much as the previous option maybe we could put this as a 2
well those partitions don't always work.
in fact some reguard partitiononline as spam.
I do fill it out if it suits me but we rarely hit it off.
yeah josh you have the determination to make something work.
but it won't.
we don't have the firepower or the defence.
At 04:37 a.m. 17/08/2009, you
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well those partitions don't always work.
in fact some reguard partitiononline as spam.
I do fill it out if it suits me but we rarely hit it off.
yeah josh you have the determination to make something work.
but it won't.
we don't have the firepower
Again, that would probably cost more money than most blind folks are likely
to have. Besides, you'd have to get the source code or whatever for the
console in order to program it. And most developers aren't going to give
that out, unless of cousr you're willing to shell out thousands of dollars
Hi Josh,
What you just proposed has many legal problems. The thing you are
missing is copyright laws pretty much dictate what a developer can and
can't do regarding someone else's software ideas. That includes games,
and what you just suggested flies in the face of most copyright laws
world
hmmm thats probably possible except the licences to do all that cost aparently.
not to mention any games if selected by ms for xbox become property of ms or
something like that.
At 10:06 a.m. 17/08/2009, you wrote:
Hey,
Is it possible we could or someone could make a special flash rom for a
Hi Josh,
Sigh...Not really. Accessibility is something that is in the game when
it is released or it is not. You can't just bolt on a piece of software
that will magically make the game accessible to you.
As far as creating accessible games for the XBox 360 it is possible. The
XNA Framework
actually tom I can answer the question of tools, you need to get the full
version of xna studio, which means I think anyway a full visual studio pro
licence which costs a bit, below 1000 but like 300-600 or so.
but xact then is the major issue and the licence.
hmmm but that may be doable if we
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Well, you know, it really does make a change to play games that have
content rather than all the jazzy looks. I've forgotten what moddle I
have, the recet button
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Hi,
Yeah, the Nintendo 64 was awesome. Still wish I had mine. I liked Donkey
Kong 64 and there was a Xena Warrior
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Lol. I have a nintendo 64 here and don't use it. Planning on selling it in
fact.
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Oh yeah, you can get the emulators, but somehow it's just not the same
is it.
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Hi Darren,
Yeah, I still like my older gaming systems too. I still have a working
Atari 7800 that also plays 2600 and 5200 titles, and I have an original
NES with about 50 games I owned when I was a kid. You would think after
25 years of playing them they would get
Still miss that snes I have... actually, that was the only system I had two
of. I had a japanese snes and a north american one. Street fighter 2 and
dragon ball z. Classics... lol. I'm young, okay? =P
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they're very old, but that's the fun of it.
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Lol. I have a nintendo 64 here and don't use it. Planning on selling it in
fact.
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Hi,
Yeah
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Yup, I'm enjoying my new old mega drive now. I got one off ebay and am
just buying games for it like no tomorrow. Love it!!
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or we should have more platform games
out there still.
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I absolutely love those things
Hi Darren,
Yeah, I still like my older gaming systems too. I still have a working
Atari 7800 that also plays 2600 and 5200 titles, and I have an original
NES with about 50 games I owned when I was a kid. You would think after
25 years of playing them they would get old, but I still like to
Hi,
Yeah, the Nintendo 64 was awesome. Still wish I had mine. I liked Donkey
Kong 64 and there was a Xena Warrior Princess game I had for it that was
cool. Oh, and can't forget about Castlevania 64. Always great to play
during halloween time.
constantine (on laptop) wrote:
I absolutely love
gamers@audyssey.org
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Hi,
Yeah, the Nintendo 64 was awesome. Still wish I had mine. I liked Donkey
Kong 64 and there was a Xena Warrior Princess game I had for it that was
cool. Oh, and can't forget about
on that note I have been discussing where I can get some old stuff this topic
will be as good as any to post this in fact it may be just what I want.
Any way I can get sounds of what these old systems sounded like, is there
somewhere I can download mp3s or whatever of the systems games, etc just
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I happen to have an Atari, a regular NES, Super NES, Game Boy Advance
and
Game Cube
recently.
Best regards,
Tom
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I happen to have an Atari, a regular NES, Super NES, Game
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Hi Lindsay and all.
Well Thomas did a really excellent job of explaining a lot of aspects
of playing mainstream games but I will add my two cents as well. It
apparently
a defective game or other product from him. And he accepts PayPal, so
ordering is fairly easy.
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Hmm. Let's hope so... because I wouldn't mind better acting. Language
options would be nice too. lol.
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Hi Lindsay and all.
Well Thomas did a really excellent job of explaining a lot of aspects of
playing mainstream games but I will add my two cents as well. It
apparently really
: [Audyssey] Mainstream games was sl accessibility contact
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Hi Kellie,
Thanks. Hopefully I can begin releasing 3D games sometime early next year.
So far porting my Genesis 3D FPS engine to Java is going quite well all
things considered. I have a lot of the basic player commands programmed
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Hi Darren,
For me it is an issue of how challenging the game is, and being able to
try several different things. Many of the current accessible games don't
provide a lot
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Hi
I really hope mortal kombat gets released for the psp, similar to ps3's. I
love my psp and won't ever go with anything else- actually, another
console to add here - am I the only one that has good luck with it? - is
the nintendo 64! Such good
, September 26, 2008 6:14 PM
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The only gripe I have about that is MK isn't very famous for its voice
acting. lol.
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Hi,
Sounds pretty neat. Unfortunately, I don't have the cash for a PS3, and
probably won't be able to try MK
VS DC until I get on better financial footing.
Yohandy wrote:
Here's some interesting news on the mk DC game. From what I've heard and
some
I'm working on a very detailed RPG right now. Check out www.blind-games.comor
forum.blind-games.com if you're interested in testing. I share Tom's
interest in making more mainstream genres for blind gamers. I hope to have a
version of my game ready this year.
Jason
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:42
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Those too! I love Tekken! Anyone remember Brian fury's ending from tekken
3?
There was an awesome one
I posted a request to test the game in the intumbed topic on the
blind-games site, was that the right place? THanks,
Mike
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Hi Kellie,
Thanks. Hopefully I can begin releasing 3D games sometime early next
year. So far porting my Genesis 3D FPS engine to Java is going quite
well all things considered. I have a lot of the basic player commands
programmed into the engine such as walking, running, sidestepping,
Hi,
Sounds pretty neat. Unfortunately, I don't have the cash for a PS3, and
probably won't be able to try MK
VS DC until I get on better financial footing.
Yohandy wrote:
Here's some interesting news on the mk DC game. From what I've heard
and some speculation as well, the MK story mode will
Hi Jennifer,
Jason Alan is creating an accessible RPG game called Entombed. I'm very
interested in this project. It sounds pretty awesome.
Jennifer Karns wrote:
what rpg game?
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Hi,
And also
http://www.usagames.us
is an authorised reseller for the 7-128 Game Book in case anyone is
interested.
Smile.
John Bannick wrote:
Lindsay,
We ship a dozen mainstream detective, puzzle, and word games that are
accessible for blind people. Check out www.7128.com.
John Bannick
Hi Darren,
For me it is an issue of how challenging the game is, and being able to
try several different things. Many of the current accessible games don't
provide a lot of serious challenges for me. I don't consider myself
super inteligent, but I do think the A.I. systems in a lot of
oh cool Thank you
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Hi Jennifer,
Jason Alan is creating
Hi Shaun,
Sure. That is true. However, even with copyrights there are ways of
stepping around them. Even though I can't technically write a game named
Tomb Raider or Indiana Jones that doesn't mean I can't write a game
along the same lines with different characters, sound effects, etc. As
true but its no wander that at the current time some are put off.
At 05:11 a.m. 28/09/2008, you wrote:
Hi Shaun,
Sure. That is true. However, even with copyrights there are ways of stepping
around them. Even though I can't technically write a game named Tomb Raider or
Indiana Jones that doesn't
good luck with it.
Game on.
Tom
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Here's some interesting news on the mk DC game. From
with it.
Game on.
Tom
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Here's some interesting news on the mk DC game. From what I've
Are there any accessible mainstream PC games?
Lindsay Cowell
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Yup this is the trouble. There's very few games out there that I'd
definitely go out and buy, because of that reason.
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Hi,
Yeah, on line networked game play is becoming more and more important
with blind as well as mainstream gamers. When Che introduced these
features in Rail Racer I must say I was extremely impressed. It is such
a totally great experience being able to fire up the game connect to a
chat
Hi Lindsay,
I guess it really depends on what you view as accessible, and how much
work you are willing to put into practicing the game to make it playable
by you.
For example the fighting games like Mortal Kombat are all fairly
accessible once you memorize the menus, and have another blind or
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Hi Lindsay,
I guess it really depends on what you view as accessible, and how much
work you are willing to put
.
pretty neat if you ask me.
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Hi Lindsay,
I guess it really
The only gripe I have about that is MK isn't very famous for its voice
acting. lol.
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Here's some
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Super Smash Bros. Melee is also fairly plyable as long as you consider the
fact that you often have the environments of each arena working against
you as well
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Hi Lindsay,
I guess it really depends on what you view as accessible, and how
much
, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu
100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio
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Hi Lindsay,
I guess it really depends on what you view as accessible, and how much
work you
: [Audyssey] Mainstream games
Hi Lindsay,
I guess it really depends on what you view as accessible, and how much
work you are willing to put into practicing the game to make it playable
by you.
For example the fighting games like Mortal Kombat are all fairly
accessible once you memorize the menus
Tom,
I can not wait til your games are out. I feel the same way about the
accessible game market. I love a lot of the games that are currently out.
But, I so wish for a game of a different sort. I really would love to see a
rpg but being that they can be so intensive I am not sure if I will
well its not an easy business.
copywrites, the issue that this is not a full time job, you don't get much from
it, etc.
And you don't have a team of devs doing things.
At 01:34 p.m. 26/09/2008, you wrote:
Hi,
Yeah, and the wait between accessible game releases isn't the only reason
blind gamers
I'm very glad you are doing this Thomas. You're right of course. There is no
comparison between games for the blind and games for sighted folk. I
personally just pre-ordered MK VS dc universe yesterday for ps3. can't wait
for that game to be released! the voice chatting should be awesome. and
Agreed. I do think once the flight game from bpc is released we'll have
something and also the rpg game, but I've wanted to take advantage of sl
and other virtual worlds for years, thuss my willingness to test and
give feedback when I can.
Mike
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I think this is a general thing so will post here.
The simple answer is if there are sources avalible online then yes
such games can be made accessible.
Ofcause its not as simple as that.
In the case of quake, they use other opensource projects (zquake) to
base their stuff on.
Then there is a
Hi, Aaron.
The only case in point where this has been tried is Audio Quake by Agrip.
What they did is get the open source copy of Quake, modified it to be
pretty accessible, and then use it to update and modify the regular
install of quake.
In order to similarly make Quake II, Quake III, Doom,
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