As a full game it would lack a lot of depth, but you could always borrow from Kirby's Adventure and make it into a bonus game. In that game there was a large Kirby and a small one that you could grab for extra lives.
Interesting fact about the jaws not clamping properly. I didn't know that. -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:19 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new game idea: teddy bear machines I have seen these machines, ---- we have them in England too, and in America I believe (sinse one featured in the film toystory), ---- though the background music may be various things not just the lambada you mention. The problem is that they are actually a horrendous scam, sinse the jaws on the crane arm only tighten properly one time in about 50 (there is actually a mechanical switch inside the machine that assures this). As to making it an audio game, ---- well I'm personally not sure about that, sinse it'd be a rather symple one even for a basic arcade game, and would need a good few extra features to be interesting to play, and by the time you'd added those features, ---- your probably talking about a completely different game entirely. Beware the grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicol Oosthuizen" <noosthui...@sars.gov.za> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [Audyssey] new game idea: teddy bear machines > Attention all south African members: arrie willem and jakob > But you guys in other parts of the world may also comment. > Have you seen those machines where one can win a teddy bear by beating > a little game? > My mom has always told me about these machines, they are very tricky. > Basically you are using an arm to pick up one of the teddy bears inside > the machine. You have to press buttons similarly to those found on > joysticks, the arm is inside the machine. > Its very tricky, most of the times the teddy bear falls off the arm into > the bucket before one can retrieve it. > Basically one have to move the arm forward somewhat like in a > sidescroller, till the arm riches a teddybear, then one have to try and > pick up the bear with this arm and bring it to the side of the bucket > and lift it high enough so that the machine releases it. > The machine will try its best to drop the bear again. > So how would you guys feel about a game similar to these teddy bear > machines ?Of course, I am not the potential developer, I just wish that > a game like these teddy bear machines can be made. > The teddy bear machines I have been to, while you play the game and also > while the machine idles until someone else plays, the music these > machines plays, is the lambada tune instrumentally. > Have you guys in other parts of the world also seen these teddy bear > machines?Some of them even contains watches. > A teddy bear catch game would rock. > have a sunny day > > Please Note: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal > notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf > > --- > 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/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.