Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Bryan Peterson
That's the whole point. As long as I can generally play the system with basic sighted help, that's all I care about. - Original Message - From: Che [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:11 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] For

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread dark
Hi. While it's not final fantasy, there have been some very nice things done with both gamebooks and brouser rpgs, - particularly Sryth. These are interactive stories with occasional text based combat, where you fulfill quests. You could read the text using your default screen reader and

Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Liam Erven
I wouldn't mind the wii if the virtual consoel was availible over the web, like with the x box. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Peterson Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:05 AM To: Che; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Claudio
Hello Bryan! I've played on a wii, and I'm really excited! The tennis game seems very accessible - I've beaten the computer. Also boling is funny to. I really recommend to buy a such console. And It's very nice that you don't need a kable for the controler, you just can take it and play. Regards,

Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Bryan Peterson
I've also heard that the Wiimote makes things easier because if there's a game in the console it actually plays a bit of music from said game when the Wii is on the disk channel, so you know where you are. The only thing that holds me back is the price, but it still sounds like it would be well

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread dark
Hi Tom. That folder of starwars stuff would be fantastic! I'd especially like to find out what happens betwene the films, how the rebellion moved from Yavin to Hoth, what were the repercussions in the empire to the destruction of alderan and the princess officially joining the rebellion,

Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Orin
The PS3 also plays music before you start a game so you know what said game is. On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:24 AM, Bryan Peterson wrote: I've also heard that the Wiimote makes things easier because if there's a game in the console it actually plays a bit of music from said game when the Wii is

Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Bryan Peterson
But the PS3's price is enough to make me cringe. - Original Message - From: Orin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:36 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii... The PS3 also plays

Re: [Audyssey] For all who have or have played the Nintendo Wii...

2008-12-10 Thread Liam Erven
That's the only thing the x box doesn't do... However... Won't be a major issue. Ah. I look forward to the end of the month -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orin Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:37 AM To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread Jennifer Karns
I love it! I hope you'll be able to get a game together. smile Jen - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:51 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures. Hi everyone, Over the last few months I

Re: [Audyssey] jedi quake

2008-12-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tim, Sure can. A friend of mine, Cara Quinn, is the person who maintains Jedi Quake. The address for The JQ files is: http://www.tbrn.net/modgirl Hth. tim kilgore` wrote: Hey guys, do you know wherre I can find jedi quake? Tim --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want

[Audyssey] a few trukz questions.

2008-12-10 Thread Yohandy
Hey all, Ok this game's giving me a headache lol. Here are my questions 1. Where can I refuel for cheap, or do prices constantly change? 2. How do I know what the best routes are? Do I need to click on each city to find out this info? I know there's a map, but it's definitely not accessible to

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Kelly, Right. That is precisely why I want to design my own accessible RPG game. The mainstream gamers have all sorts of RPG titles like Heroes of Might and Magic, Final Fantacy, Legend of Zelda, etc but they aren't accessible. The ones that are accessible such as muds and some web based

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Thanks for your informative post. Some of this I knew already, but there was much here I didn't know about. Time to get a RPG fix for this RPg junky. dark wrote: Hi. While it's not final fantasy, there have been some very nice things done with both gamebooks and brouser rpgs,

Re: [Audyssey] jedi quake

2008-12-10 Thread aiden gardiner
What exactly is jedi quake? Aiden - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] jedi quake Hi Tim, Sure can. A friend of mine, Cara Quinn, is the person who

[Audyssey] Gamebooks was: Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread dark
Hi Tom. I must admit I'm getting to be a bit of a gamebook nut. You have the story and plot elements of interactive fiction, often with puzles, but a sympler interface, and factors such as character stats which can be used to resolve combat, or reward the player. Gamebooks of course

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Quote That folder of starwars stuff would be fantastic! I'd especially like to find out what happens betwene the films, how the rebellion moved from Yavin to Hoth, what were the repercussions in the empire to the destruction of alderan and the princess officially joining the

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread dark
Hi Tom. The situation of the Syth rpg you mention sounds disturbingly familiar. Long before I found audiogames, i was trying out literally thousands of those sorts of games, and Sryth is the only one I found to actually feature backstory, quests and a true world to explore. there are a

Re: [Audyssey] Gamebooks was: Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread Orin
Hmm. I wonder if GameBooks are still being made today... On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:35 AM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. I must admit I'm getting to be a bit of a gamebook nut. You have the story and plot elements of interactive fiction, often with puzles, but a sympler interface, and factors such

[Audyssey] problem with intombed.

2008-12-10 Thread Bryan Mckinnish
Hi. I'm having a problem with entombed. When I encounter an enemy, I get an error about speech value can't be nil. Is there a way to fix it? Thanks. Bryan Mckinnish --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make

Re: [Audyssey] problem with intombed.

2008-12-10 Thread dark
Hi brian. I'm not sure about the error, but please join the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list and report it there. This is after all an alpha version, and if Jason aka trouncer doesn't learn about the bugs or issues he won't have chance to fix them. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original

Re: [Audyssey] Gamebooks was: Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread dark
Yes orin they are. The fighting fantasy and lone wolf series are both being republished at the moment. sinse a brief glance at the site seemed to indicate that the Ff publishers also hhosted ameter gamebook adventures, I do wonder if it'd be worth ccontacting them to see if they would be

Re: [Audyssey] problem with intombed.

2008-12-10 Thread matheus
yea, try to send email to this list, that your problem should be reported to jason and fixed maybe in the next version. i'm playing the game right now and i've spend all of the day today looking into the randon thing, wich is amazing, and the maps are different each time if i'm correctly, and the

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about new text adventures.

2008-12-10 Thread shaun everiss
I'd also be interested in that stuff to. At 10:45 p.m. 10/12/2008, you wrote: Hi Tom. That folder of starwars stuff would be fantastic! I'd especially like to find out what happens betwene the films, how the rebellion moved from Yavin to Hoth, what were the repercussions in the empire to

Re: [Audyssey] jedi quake

2008-12-10 Thread shaun everiss
a note to all on that. the tbrn system seems to have gone through a crash, so stuff is only just coming up. right now there is no page up for jedyquake just files for things most of which do dissapear when things go away. I think www.tbrn.net/modgirl/index.htm does work but not sure. Some files