Jim's version of battleship was the first game I ever played when I owned a Windows machine, and I was thrilled, to say the least. Spanker, puppy1 and Simon were also favourites.
Sent from my iPad > On 1 Aug 2017, at 8:53 pm, Oriol Gómez <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 (#117561): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/117561 View All Messages In Topic (9): 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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
