Hi Charles: I think you just brought up a very important point when it comes to creating audio games and converting certain games into audio games. A lot of people like yourself have never had a chance to play certain games, and would like to know what they missed out on. Montezuma's Revenge is as good as any to use as an example here.
The original game came out in 1984, and I am told was inspired by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It was a fairly popular game for its day, and was one of the first really good side-scrollers for the Atari 2600 platform. Even today the game has remarkably good game play, and was more about avoiding monsters rather than killing them. I'm not at all surprised someone like yourself would be slightly curious what the game was like. That is in fact why I decided to take over the project myself when James North got rid of it. I had grown up with that game, played it many times as a kid, and loved it. The idea of an accessible version appealed to me as much as someone like yourself. It was a decent game that could easily be converted to an audio only format, and would give me a chance to play an old classic I grew up with. I get where Christopher is heading with his reasoning, and it is fine as far as it goes. Unfortunately, one of the motivating factors why I spent time developing a game engine, why I started USA Games, etc is I grew up playing many games in the 80's and 90's and can no longer play them any more due to going blind. I still want to play them and if I want to I have to rewrite them, and make them accessible. If I could only create new games, create something original, that would be okay but would not have the same personal motivating factors as writing something I really enjoyed from my childhood and early teens. Cheers! On 12/31/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > One thing that attracted me to Montezuma's Revenge, originally begun by > James North, was the hope of playing what sighted gamers had played, in an > audio version. It didn't work out as originally planned, but I'm still glad > > that Thomas Ward took over the project. Some people wouldn't want > audioized, is that a word?, renditions of games for the sighted, but I would > > like them. The main roadblock, or at least one of them, is copyright. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- 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://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.
