Oh yeah indeed, Jim's games were among the first audiogames I ever played...Mach1, ping pong... And then all the trivia games and casino... Yeah that was amazing. I still play awesome homer and hoemr ona harley and trucker sometimes..
On 8/1/17, Tyler Zahnke <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Jim was truly a game developing genius. Techniques that today's > blind game developers usually implement in BGT were done by Jim using > a regular programming language; Visual Basic. I bet that Jim's games > had an impact on people; some games, like Skunk, Snakes and Ladders, > and Yahtzee, were aimed at people of all ages. I bet fans of those > games were shocked when he made games like Dungeon Master, one of the > most explicit games in existence. But I have played all of the games > that make use of the Microsoft SAPI 5. Whether he was aiming for a G > rating or an NC-17 rating, he knew how to make a game with little to > no glitches, and he has brightened up the personal computers of blind > and visually impaired individuals since the days of MS-DOS. You were a > true artist, Jim! > > On 8/1/17, Stephen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi. >> Tomorrow is the second anniversary of Jim Kitchen's passing. >> I'll sit back and reflect on what a wonderful life he's lead and I >> might even play a bit of Awesome Homer. >> RIP mate, you really will be missed. >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#117556): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/117556 View All Messages In Topic (4): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/topic/5669570 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/5669570/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
