Hi Philip, Definitely. I really think you should create an updated version of Tarzan Junior. As has been said the game had a lot of good elements, great game play, but it fell short on some design aspects. The big one is that it was written in Javascript which is crap for a game development language, and if it were ported to C++ or something would be a vast improvement. Replace the Dectalk with some human voice overs, perhaps redo some of the acting, etc and you'd have a great game. Otherwise it is still one of my favorites and it would be well worth buying.
On 11/29/10, Philip Bennefall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been following the recent discussion and thought I would jump in with a > few notes and a question. All of my old games from pb-games.com such as > Tarzan Junior, Dark Destroyer, Showdown and 3d Snake were all written in > JavaScript. This is not a good language for even remotely serious game > development, but it was a wonderful sandbox for a curious 12 year old to > take the first staggering steps on the road to programming and eventually Q9 > and BGT. Grin. Anyhow, these games were written with Internet Explorer 4 in > mind and ran very well in that browser, but do not work nearly as nice in > newer versions like 7 and 8. The cause of this I know not, I just know that > it's a fact. > > Now to my question. If I were to rewrite and vastly improve these old > titles, would you buy them? I am thinking Tarzan Junior especially. That > game had some good elements in it, underneath all the bad acting that I'm > afraid I was responsible for as well as the now rather sluggish game play. > So in short, if I rewrote this game into a good product, would any of you > want to spend $30 on it? > > Kind regards, > > Philip Bennefall --- 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].
