HI Dark, Right. Unfortunately, a lot of VI gamers look at Super Liam, Q9, and assume its 2d when its only 1d, and doesn't have nearly the features a normal mainstream side-scroller would have. You and I both have that experience, and its just as irritating to me to have people put side-scrollers down because I've played some pretty darn good ones over the years.
For example, even the original Donkey Kong is far more complex than the average accessible-side-scroller, and Donkey Kong was a very simple game. Basically Mario started out at the bottom of a series of ramps leading up to the top of the building, and wooden barrels came rolling down at you as Donkey Kong threw them down at you. Simple it might have been, but the game play was extremely difficult. You had wooden barrels and burning barrels to jump over, moving escalators, and the longer you played the faster the barrels rolled down at you and escalators moved. I never reached the end of the game because it was just too hard requiring fast reflexes and good timing. If people haven't had that experience playing Montezuma's Revenge and Donkey Kong on the Atari let alone something more advanced like Super Castlevania or Megaman its no wonder they think side-scrollers suck. All they've had is Super Liam and Q9 to compare the concept to. Some day I'd like to create something like Super Star Wars just to show off a true side-scroller, but that's for another day. Cheers! On 1/3/12, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi tom. > > well I'll see what you end up developing. It is true that because of sight > differences I've never actually been able to play 3D or fps games, in fact > the release of the ps1 was really the end of me plaing mainstream games > seriously for this reason. > > this isn't however why i have a downner on 3D generally, sinse obviously > everything would be playable in audio and I'm indeed a big fan of shades, > swamp etc. > > it's just that when i see people like michael making the very obvious > mistake about side scrollers mentioned it rather irritates me when i > considder all the fun I've had with the games I've mentioned. > > Personally i'd love to see a 3D game in audio, and will be interested to see > what you develope in this area, and if it can be done quickly, all the > better. > > however I'd stil love to see a side scroller in future, even if not of the > tomb raider series just to show what is possible. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- 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://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
