Hi, Exactly. Not only the games you mentioned but in the early 1980's, perhaps 1980, or so there was a game called Demon Attack which was pretty much a knock off version of Space Invaders itself. Basicly, you had this cannon which you moved left/right trying to shoot down these demons with wings as they tried to blow you up. It was a highly adictive game, but the graphics were very poor because they were in black and white, and it was basicly the same game play as Space Invaders. The point is the classic arcade game where you move left/right while trying to shoot something out of the sky is as old as vidio gaming, and I for one don't want to see more games of this style. I lived through the 80's and saw my share of those games already. However, I also seen a lot more arcade games that were nothing like Space Invaders such as side-scrollers, beat-m-ups, Breakout style of games, etc. There is a lot more to the classic arcade game than Space Invaders that's for sure. As you and I know when the Nintendo came out the side-scrollers like Megaman really launched a totally new era of gaming. they were still arcade type games, but they were a huge departcher from the Space Invader and Pac-Man era of games. This is where I'd like to see accessible games go.
On 5/31/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > hmmm, funnily when you said "do they relate to the craft" my first thought > was to do with wizardry ;D. > > To answer your question though, space invaders clones refers to any game > based upon the concept of the early 1980's arcade (and later atari), game > space invaders, in which you have a gun, and must move left or right to > shoot down descending spaceships before they land and end the game. > > Of course, it doesn't particularly matter accept for aesthetic reasons that > the enemies are alien spaceships, ---- they may well be copters and planes > as in judgement day, or a psycho cyborg as in copter man.The point is the > game mechanic of going left and right and shooting (often while dodging > enemy fire). > > There have been a number of audio remakes of this game, --- judgement day, > troopanum, dark destroyer etc, hence the discussion of it. > > imho we really! don't need another game of this type. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
