Hi
Rowland on the Ropes sounds as if it could be a lot of fun,I haven't played
it before.
Amanda
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From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 1:10 AM
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Internet Archive puts classic games online
Hi Dark:
Yeah, I have heard the Power Joy was pretty decent. I don't own one
myself, but it sounds like something I would certainly enjoy.
As for Rowland on the Ropes it does sound like it could easily be made
into an audio game. It sounds fairly simple to create, doesn't need a
lot in the way of sounds, and I probably have the basic code written
if I consider the work done for MOTA etc. In fact, I have strongly
considered redoing MOTA exclusively as a side-scroller along the lines
of something like this freeing up my Tomb Hunter series for the FPS
genre.
Cheers!
On 12/29/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Hi tom.
Well the power joy, the one my dad owned wasn't too bad, it had the 30 or
so
games it played in a big long list so you just hit down, though I
personally
would've liked a little more highlighting.
What I enjoyed about that console was as I said the chance to play
several
old nes titles such as Balloon fight, warp man and ice climbers, though
later I got the ice climbers gba remake to play on my gamecube since I
liked
the game so much.
Rowland on the ropes was a great game. I'm told it was released as freddy
on
other systems, where as the Amstrad cpc used the mascot for a games
company, namely the titula rowland, but under whatever name it was an
awsome
game. Sadly I only found a rather badly done pc remake.
The ghosts could be frightened away with the gun, so you weren't
completely
helpless, but where as it'd take one shot to shoot a mummy or a bat,
several
shots would be needed to get rid of a ghost. Usually the best way to
deal
with a ghost was run or climb in the opposite direction until the ghost
got
tired of chasing, or duck into a passage and let the ghost pass since
they
only traveled in one direction.
The game also featured dropping acid, and rats that ran across ledges
which
you needed to traverse around.
One very unique thing about the game is that you pretty much didn't
really
jump beside hopping on and off ropes, one reason why the rats were such a
pain since you could only pass them by hopping of a rope in front of them
then walking to the next rope and jumping on before they hit you.
This is also why it'd be an easy one to do in audio, since you'd need no
arcing jump controls or edge of ledge issues (all ledges had ropes),
though
you would need indicators of enemy movement in four possible directions,
left and right along passages, or up and down the ropes.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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