hello tom. I agree with you about adding sounds, both for purposes of making the game's audibley playable and for atmosphere, however there do seem to be cases where if you were doing a remake, using some of the original sounds would be crucial to preserve the game your doing.
Mario wouldn't be mario without the main theme, mushroom effects etc, and while adding a sound here and there to make things audio comprehensive is certainly a good idea, I'm not certain about completely exchanging the sfx for more modern ones. for some of the old Atari 2600 games like space invaders and asteroids, it seems fine to update the sounds, provided the fun of the graphical original gets translated. but for audio remakes of games that have a unique setting or characters, like Mario, or that audio Metroid or Zelda we're all waiting for, it wouldn't seem to me to be a correct audio wrenditionn unless some of the original sfx and music were used, ----- even if more were added later. Obviously there's a fine line here, about which games need updating, and indeed how much, but I think both sides probably need to be recognized, ----- especially when dealing with famous games or characters. Beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ken the Crazy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Time for some middle of the road gaming > Hi Ken, > I think allot of the problem is that many of those in favor of keeping > the games audio exactly as it was aren't aware of how few sounds were > actually in the old arcade classics. For example, take a simple game > like mouse trap. There was some music as you traveled through the traps, > a few bleeps and beeps as you opened traps, a beep/bleep when you got an > item, a death sound, and the dog bark when you ate the dog bone and > could chase the cats. Other than that it was pretty visual, and no one > has given me a good alternative to making that game accessible without > using modern day sound effects. > In some cases like the game of Asteroids the game is drastically > improved by using modern realistic sound effects. When you hit an > asteroid you can realistically make the sound of a cracking rock or a > rock being blasted. Lasers, spaceships, etc all sound much more > realistic and improves the over all environmental effects for the game. > If we stick to the 1979 sounds then we are talking about some pretty > lamo effects. A bleep for a laser shot, unrealistic explosions for the > asteroids, and the music in hind sight is kind of annoying. > > > --- > 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]
