hi while i am not meaning to be rude here, shouldnt raceway be given more development time. we've been waiting four, five maybe six years for that, it is getting long in the tooth. ok, money was promised, monty i mean a year or so ago but i doubt to be fair we will see raceway this year so there's another year added to the calendar
back to the subject though of the message, i do think that original monty elements should be kept and i'm sure we'll ahve fun playing it. i know my raceway issue is off topic but everyone forgets those who pre ordered money two, three four years ago, pre ordered with moeny for raceway will On 23 Mar 2007, at 13:40, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Michael, > I respect your opinions, but I do have some trouble understanding why > just because a game is old to sighted people why does it have to be > old > and boring to many blind users that never had a first chance to play? > This kind of reminds me of my college dorm mates first reaction when > they discovered I had a large stash of 80's, 70's, and 80's rock bands > in my cd case, and their first responce was, "Man, that is as old as > dirt. That stuff is crap. Why don't you stop living in a time warp, > and > listen to snoop Dog, Scar Face, etc?." > My answer then is the same as today. Just because something is old > doesn't make it bad. Peoples taistes may change, interest might > change, > but the workmanship that whent into that song or game hasn't > changed. In > it's day back in 1984 Montezuma's Revenge was hugely popular just like > the Betals, Beach boys, Rolling Stones, etc were back in the 1960's. > Just because a few years have gone by I don't think people have > stopped > listening to the Betals or stopped playing Montezuma's Revenge. In > fact > the only reason they aren't popular any more is a new generation has > sprang up to replace them, and they have different interests than the > old generation that grew up with Monty or the Betals. > Keep in mind the entire intent of remaking Montezuma's revenge is to > capture the original game in all it's glory in accessible format. If I > do as you say and put in allot of 21st century influences then the > game > is no longer Montezuma's Revenge. > Let's think of it this way. Is there a sighted game you really want to > play like Mortal Combat, Doom III, Stark Trek Elite Force, Star Wars > Empire at War, etc? Ok, say I were making that game, a game you wanted > to play because it was your favorite game and it wasn't accessible. > How > many of my own changes would you want me to make in the game? Take > out a > special game level that was in that game, add levels that aren't > there, > drop out certain bonus items, etc... > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You > can visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
