Hi Cara, Did I? Shame on me. Poor Blinky.
Seriously, though, that is an excellent description of the ghosts. I was trying to figure out how to describe them, and your description was the best one I've read yet. Its so accurate I definitely could not have done better. Cheers! On 7/8/14, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed Thomas, but you forgot Blinky! lol!shame on you! ;) > > Yes, the ghosts certainly looked like ghosts accept that they were colored > rather than white, as you mention... > > To go just a bit further as people might not completely know the shapes, the > ghosts were round at the top and had two little round white eyes with black > pupils which faced in the direction the ghost was moving. > > Their eyes looked quite cartoonish which fits perfectly with the game > itself. Each ghost gets a little wider as you go from their top to the > bottom. > > The bottom edge of each ghost was a zigzag which further gives the > impression of a sheet draped over a creature with a round head. So basically > the ghosts are round at the top, gently flair out closer to the bottom and > are zigzagged across the bottom. > > so they look exactly like little colored cartoon ghosts with cute round > eyes. > > Yes, the graphics were pretty poor in terms of today's standards, (or even > for twenty years ago :) ) but you could certainly tell what everything was > or was supposed to be... > > Hope this helps... > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > iOS design and development - LookTel.com > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Jul 8, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dark, > > Actually, I disagree with your point of view here somewhat. When I had > sight Inky, Pinky, and Clide were easily identifiable as ghosts. As > someone else pointed out here basically they looked like sheets with > the eyes and mouth cut out. The classic kids ghost Halloween costume. > The only difference is that they were red, green, and pink instead of > white. For someone with a set of fully functional eyes they were not > vague at all. > > Cheers! > > > On 7/8/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Nicol. >> >> Well I still occasionally play packman with my limited vision, although >> it's >> >> not the easiest game to play with low visual field. >> >> the first answer is yes, Phil included the ghosts in packman talks >> precisely >> >> because they're in mainstream packman. The second answer is a little >> harder >> >> because packman being a very old game never had particularly specific >> ghraphics that give a clear sense of things, so the ghosts in mainstream >> packman were just sort of undistinguished shapes in redd, green or blue >> with >> >> eyes and a mouth, just the same way packman himself is basically just like >> a >> >> circle with a bit cutout (imagine a pizza with a slice missing). >> >> This lack of detail in older graphics is a little hard to explain if >> you've >> >> not had sight, and even to me, who has limited vision and needs to pretty >> much guess at what things are it is a somewhat difficult concept but I >> will >> >> try to explain. >> >> In Sansens carnival of the animals he makes the sound of a lion raw by >> playing a long chromatic run up and down several octives of the piano. >> Well, >> >> that as compared to the real sound of a lion raw is rather like the old >> atari style graphics compared to real objects. It's a sort of vague >> outline. >> >> if you weren't told that the ghosts were ghosts you probably wouldn't >> know >> what they were. >> >> Hope that sort of makes sense. >> >> All the best, >> >> Dark. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> 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/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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