Mousetrap--now there's a game I haven't heard about in years! Yeah, I like a lot of the concepts--I just hate the mentality of using the old game sounds--and wasn't all the music from the 70s annoying! Ken Downey President DreamTechInteractive!
And, Coming soon, Blind Comfort! The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ken the Crazy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:23 AM 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] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.19/1008 - Release Date: > 9/14/2007 8:59 AM > > --- 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]
