Hi Jim, Quote You know that before I wrote my dos card games such as black jack and draw poker we had no such games. End quote
Actually, I did not know that. I joined the Audyssey comunity around 1999 or 2000 when Lonewolf and Trek 99 was just coming out. Before that I wasn't even aware of a public mailing list and magazine for blind gamers. Before I knew about this comunity I was writing my own text based games for Linux in C++ for my C++ courses in college. They were games like Battleship, Hangman, Black Jack, and they were used mainly as practice games but I played them allot at the time. Quote I think that there is room for all types of games and I know that different people have different likes and dislikes for games. End quote I am not disagreeing with that point at all. I agree there is plenty of room for all kinds of games, and am not suggesting there should be one kind of game. I have played my share of Monopoly, NFL, and your card games just as much as the rest of the average gamers on this list, and like them. What I was trying to point out was that for me I was extremely disappointed that back in 99 or so when I first joined this comunity most of the discussion centered around card games, board games, and games like Lonewolf were just starting to come out. I had been hoping for something more along the lines of what I had been playing with my friends in college like Top Gun, Jedi Knight, Tomb Raider, Quake, Mech Warrior, etc.... Of course, at the time I was still learning the basics of programming, and neither had the experience or skills to write my own Mech Warrior or Tomb Raider clone. I also didn't have the concept how long or how complicated such an under taking would be. I know now exactly what is needed to write such a game, and can do so. That is why I started USA Games. Quote I for one do not care for the first person shooter games. And I know many others that have told me the same. I am not into violent games at all. End quote This is probably do to the diference in our ages. statistically speaking children who grew up in the 70's, 80's, and 90's tend to be drawn to more violent and action centered games, because that is what the vidio game industry produced in large quanities. The people who grew up in the 50's and 60's before vidio games were a reality, tend to enjoy pinball, card games, and board games over more action oriented games. So I am not surprised at all that your interests in gaming are different. If I look at my own family as an example the statistics are right on the money. My step mom and my dad tend to play games like Pretty Good Solitaire, Majong, and other games of that nature. I tend to play games like Montezuma's Return and Shades of Doom with more violence and action and adventure in them. Quote I did not get a chance to play many of the computer games that you have. The games that I played were back in the days of Pole Position, Pong, Space Invaders, Pac Man, bowling, baseball and football End quote I was really small when those games came out, but I do remember playing those games well up until I was 10 or so when everyone at school had NES games and it wasn't cool to tell your friends you were still playing Space Invaders. Around 88 or so the games like Double Dragon, Bad Dudes, Legend of Kage, Top Gun, etc were the games I played because that was what my peer group played. However, I don't want to give the impression all I played were vilent games. There were some really good racing games for the NES and there were basketball, football, and baseball games for the NES as well. There were games like Mario that had some violence in it, but was more about adventure than violence. I think if you would have had the chanse to play some games like Mario you probably would have loved them. I know my parents loved the game, and as I stated above they usually go for card games and stuff like that. So personal experience with some games helps as well. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org 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]
