You should do it! Or somebody should. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liam Erven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 8:54 AM Subject: RE: audyssey: Monty, of course
>I had started something along the lines of double dragon, and I still > have it sitting here. > I'm debating whether or not to pick it up again. When I was in Utah > last year teaching a class, I had let someone play it and they were > extremely impressed. Shrugs. I just don't know. I can never hold my > interest on one project long enough. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: audyssey: Monty, of course > > > Chuckle. Well, that would be a wonder. However, speaking of classics I > am currently thinking of writing some of my own side scroller classics > now that James has opened that can of worms. > For instance how many of us loved NES games like Double Dragon or Legend > > of Kage. They would be easy enough to write, and were fun and simple to > use. You had four movements like jump up, crouch, left and right, and > the A > and B buttons fired your weapons. Like swing bat, sword, roll barel, > etc... I don't know if you remember Double Dragon but thugs would > attack you > with say a bat and you used your kick and punching skills to get the bat > > away and then proceeded to beat the crap out of the thugs. was great fun > > I asure you. Especially, when they dropped to the ground knocked out. In > Legend of Kage you faught an relentless army of ninjas in the forest > outside a castle. Then you went under this mote, jumped up these stone > stairs while thugs attacked from above and behind. If you kicked the > black ninjas butt you made it in to the castle proper and got to take on > > even more ninjas. Eventually you rescued the princess, but wait you have > > to finish off with the leader of this band. > One thing about those games they were less about story and characters > then all out kicking butt. > > > > > allan thompson wrote: >> Hi Thomas, >> Thanks for the info. Just think, when Usa games is twenty years old, >> we will >> all be playing the console version of those old USA games classics > *grin* >> >> as for James... Does it get any better than that? How did he not bust >> a gut >> from pure delight? >> >> allan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 4:36 PM >> Subject: Re: audyssey: Monty, of course >> >> >> >>> Hi, Allan. >>> Actually Atari has risen from the dust nationally. Activision has >>> produced tv game consols with all the classic Atari games on them at >>> Wal-mart. I have seen several different ones, and baught a delux one >>> for my son recently which plugs in to your audio-vidio ports on your >>> tv and all the games are on it like Asteroids, Pacman, Galaxian, >>> etc... They are pretty cool. An all in one console. Although they >>> have cheaper versions with 5 to 10 games on them. Check your local >>> Wal-mart toy and games isles and you should be able to find them. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> allan thompson wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Tom, >>>> *gives secret atari brotherhood handshake* >>>> Atari will rise again! >>>> lol >>>> It is good to hear some of those machines are still kicking. My >>>> atari computer kicked the bucket in the late eighties and I grieved > >>>> over it. I can't seem to recall my atari call sign. I want to say it > >>>> was 7600? It was white and had this interesting feature where you >>>> could create a virtual ram >>>> disk with it. I am probably wrong about the number, I also owned the >>>> advanced atari game machine with the controllers that had a number > pad >>>> and >>>> side fire buttons made of soft rubber, and a joystick. I remember > playing >>>> galaxians and star raiders on it. Oh and pac man. I can't remember > any >>>> others. It all starts to run together after a while. >>>> keep gaming, >>>> allan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tom Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 2:14 PM >>>> Subject: RE: audyssey: Monty, of course >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Allan and all. >>>>> >>>>> Ah, another Atari Freak! Hail brother! I remember all those >>>>> titles >>>>> too, >>>>> in >>>>> fact I still have several working atari systems here and have some > of >>>>> them >>>>> on good old 5.25" floppy disks and tapes although I avoid the tapes > like >>>>> the >>>>> plague whenever possible. Not sure if I have the original > Montezuma >>>>> game >>>>> or >>>>> not, may have to hook one of the old beasts up and see. It is > amazing >>>>> how >>>>> many of those old games we can play, true not as well as a sighted >>>>> guy/gal >>>>> but we could learn them because the sounds actually meant > something. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> msn username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> skype username: lord_amexos >>>>> yahoo username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> On >>>>> Behalf Of allan thompson >>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:03 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: audyssey: Monty, of course >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello,I remember playing several old atari computer games in the >>>>> old days. My friends and I would have to load the program into the >>>>> olde timey atari >>>>> 800 with a cassette loader. Any little bump or movement in the load > >>>>> would >>>>> crash the load and we would have to start it again. So basically > you had >>>>> a >>>>> bunch of kids being very still and quiet for ten to twenty minutes, > and >>>>> then >>>>> a flurry of fisticuffs for the wico joystick when the game was > ready to >>>>> play..lol Man, we used to play blue max, shamus, this very cool > game >>>>> called >>>>> age of discovery, and the classic lode runner. I seem to recall > playing >>>>> monty's revenge as well and this game returns back alot of > memories... >>>>> One >>>>> question for James. Was any sounds used or recreated from the > original >>>>> game? >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I am going to have to buy a copy for myself and my friend >>>>> from those old days. He is sighted, but playing something like >>>>> this, being a recreation >>>>> from a game he actually played might be very cool. thanks allan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> to leave send a blank Email to: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message > to: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. >>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> to leave send a blank Email to: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> to go nomail send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. >>>>> Yahoo! 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