Hi Shaun: Well, I don't know about that. Rewriting a retro game is fine, but I don't necessarily agree with going to the extreme of trying to make everything as retro as possible. Technology has drastically improved to the point we have better graphics, better sounds, better music, and so on. Improving those elements in a retro remake of an old classic would only enhance the game not detract from it.
To give you an example in the original Montezuma's Revenge when Panama Joe walked or ran it made a boop, boop, boop sound which really doesn't convey any information to the player at all as to what he is walking on. In the Alchemy/USA Games version we used realistic sounds for dirt, ladders, ledges, sand, etc to convey to the gamer exactly the type of surface being walked on. So that is one of many examples where going too retro is actually a pretty major detraction from the remake. As for the PC speaker you aren't missing much. I played a number of Dos games when I was sighted that used the PC speaker, and comparatively speaking it was nothing to write home about. Most of the sounds were beeps, boops, and bleeps. In short, not very realistic at all, and pretty inaccessible from a blindness perspective. Cheers! On 1/1/14, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree. > To be honest since they have not been played I do feel that some of > the retro games that were played by sighted should try to have as > retro a feel as they can. > a remake is good but then its a remake. > Even if there was a free crappy retro that came with the remake or > whatever I wouldn't mind. > We started with text then we went straight to the sound card basically. > I have never played that many games that used the pc speaker my self. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
