Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients News

[Clement Chou]

I'm curious about one thing though, and that is... do side scrollers have to 
be as complex as donkey kong to be considered good ones? Sure Super Liam and 
q9 are simple, but many side scrollers also played like that... final fight, 
Streets of Rage, dynasty world... all those old classics are simple side 
scrollers. As I see it, there are different types of side scrollers, and how 
good one is generally falls into what category it's in. Q9 and super liam 
are more in the vein of beat em ups and run n gun type games whereas Donkey 
Kong, Montazuma's Revenge, etc all fit into a more platformer type of 
category. I don't know... this is just my opinion. Growing up I played a lot 
of side scrollers too, usually with help. Seems to me that not even all 
mainstream side scrollers are what you've described as 2d. It's an 
interesting discussion though, I always just assumed side scrollers were 2d 
because that was what I imagined it as... 2d to me was always something that 
was flat and horrizontal. 


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