I cant wait to get back and play this. I've recently been having a pang for nostalgia, so have just started the extremely! daunting task of watching pokemon from the beginning. :P
On 3/11/13, Allan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shawn, > You might have wanted to put up a spoil alert or something for those who > play the game, and didn't want to be given hints. > > That is the spoil alert for everyone reading this now in fact. If you are > playing the shadow gate game and don't want hints, do not read further... > > Shawn, those things you mentioned were not bugs in the usual sense. There is > several degrees of seperation between an atari port of a visually played nes > game, and the audio version of the same game on a diffrent platform in an > accessible format. > There will be diffrences, and this isn't all that unusual. In the sighted > world, especially with side scroller games or action games diffrent content > will be snuck in for diffrent systems to keep the game fresh and to give > incentive to buy the game for those diffrent consoles. > For this game, I don't know. Nina might have omitted things out of > forgetfulness, or it might have existed in the same way as on the atari > port. Either way, those things you mentioned are not bugs. > Secondly, the rope does do as you say, but you have to be a little more > clever then the atari walkthru to figure it out. Use that sharp mind of > yours and check out everything around you, and in your inventory, and you > should be able to solve the puzzle. > > As for the use and select menu choices...ironically I mentioned the same > exact thing to Ian a while back. > I guess, for the time being, the best way to remember which does what is to > think of "use" as useing it on yourself, or useing something like an > unlocked door, or a bridge or even a staircase. > "Select" is usually done when you want to use an item on some element in a > room, like a pool, or a monster, or you want to use an item on another item, > like a burning torch on an unlit torch. > > Lastly, yeah, the music is retro. I think it is quaint and takes me back to > the nineties, lol. There is actually some shadow gate music called > overclocked where people take old video game music and rock out with it, or > turn it into disco, lol. > > http://ocremix.org/ > > > > al > > "The truth will set you free" > Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: shaun everiss > To: Gamers Discussion list > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 1:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Brief Description of Shadow Gate > --- > 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]. > --- 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].
