Hi Allen, That's correct. Super Liam and Q9 really only use the x axis of movement as in moving left to right. The only movement you see along the y axis is when jumping over something, but in the main its still only a 1d game. In order for Super Liam and Q9 to be true 2d games you'd have to be able to climb up and down on things like staircases, ladders, ropes, vines, etc.
For example, the original Montezuma's Revenge game by Parker Brothers for the Atari 2600 was a true 2d game.In that game not only did you walk/jump left and right, but there was a vertical axis of movement too. You often had to climb up and down on ladders and ropes to get to rooms above and below the one you were in. Jewels were often suspended in the air above you, and you had to jump up and attempt to grab them. In trickier situations you might have to climb a rope, and then jump left or right and catch the jewel out of the air. Its 2d elements like this that are holy absent from accessible games. As for games like Shades of Doom those are 2d FPS games not 3d. They are 2d because you can walk left, right, forward, or backward along the x and y axis but you can not move up and down. There is no third axis of movement in Shades of Doom. In fact, you can't even jump in that game limiting you to north, south, east, and west directions only. A true 3d game allows you to move north, south, east, west, up, and down on an x/y/z axis. So that's why by and large the VI community have never seen a true 2d side-scroller besides MOTA, and they've never experienced a true 3d FPS game either. They just assume this or that game is 2d or 3d without understanding the actual definition or mechanics of what that implies. HTH On 1/2/12, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, gamers, > > I have to admit that I too thought that games like Super Liam and Q9 were 2d > and that Shades of Doom and Monkey Business were 3d. But from what I have > been reading on this list, Super Liam and Q9 could actually be said to be 1d > games, while Shades of Doom and Monkey Business were true 2d games? > Am I understanding or am I way off, which could easily be in the realm of > possibility, (smile)? > > Sincerely, > Allen > --- > 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://mail.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://mail.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].
