heh that hero VS villin game would be huge! what with the sounds, voices, code and instructions
On 6/4/10, Bryan Peterson <bpeterson2...@cableone.net> wrote: > Ah yes, Ice Climber. I believe they were a creation of Rare. I didn't know > the game was released two weeks afrter Mario Brothers, but that would > certainly explain why they never got their turn, so to speak. Interesting > note is that if you pay close attention their jump sound is more or less > exactly the same sound as Mario in big form in the original Super Mario > Brothers. The music is very similar at least in sound to what little music > you hear in Excitebike. Hmmm, another possibly interesting audio remake, > though the track editor might be problematic. > We are the Knights who say...Ni! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 2:09 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts About Healing Potions > > >>I probably ought to get mario brothers advanced and play it on my gba >>player actually. >> >> in terms of the original mario game, it was also included as an extra on >> the remake of Super mario brothers 3 in super mario all stars along with >> various other minigames, ---- and in fact I was also playing the nes >> original at my friends' a bit ago who had it on wii ware. >> >> An amusing fact I do remember eading once, is that apparently Ice climbers >> >> was released two weeks after that game, which was (according to the author >> >> of the ice climbers faq I read), the reason why the ice climbers never got >> >> a come back until smash brothers melee. >> >> I must confess, it's quite a shame, sinse I have the nes classics gba >> version of ice climbers, and it's actually a really fun game, ---- pluss, >> it'd make a cool audio remake, especially given that most threats to the >> character are horizontal to you and the only vertical scrolling is >> upwards. >> >> Beware the grue! >> >> Dark. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bryan Peterson" <bpeterson2...@cableone.net> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 8:20 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts About Healing Potions >> >> >>> Then there was the original Mario Brothers game (no, not Super, just >>> Mario Brothers), wich was originally an Arcade game and then got ported >>> to the NES as well as other platforms. But that game was much more >>> similar in stle to Donkey Kong since it involved a lot of jumping and >>> avoiding enemies and things like that. Then after every two or three >>> levels or so you got a timed bonus level where you grabbed as many coins >>> as possible. I played the Arcade version once or twice and used to >>> frequently borrow the NES version from a friend. Then when I got my Game >>> Boy Advance it came with Super Mario Advance, which I eventually traded >>> in. But that contained the original Arcade Mario Brothers with a lot of >>> the same sound effects as the original NES version but with some weird, >>> that just being extremely out of place, background music. >>> We are the Knights who say...Ni! >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org> >>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >>> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 12:50 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts About Healing Potions >>> >>> >>>> Actually Tom, a miner correction. Marrio's first game was indeed the >>>> original Donkey Kong, ----= apparently he began as a carpenter working >>>> on construction sites and was renamed from his japanese name of Jumpman >>>> to appeal to Americans as a nice italian sterriotype! of course, with >>>> nes graphics the way you make someone Italian is to make them fat, ---- >>>> >>>> ie, round, ---- thus causing the double pun sinse maru is Japanese for >>>> ball shaped, and give them a mustache, ;D. >>>> >>>> Also, apparently his original gf in the donkey kong games who he rescued >>>> >>>> was called pauline. >>>> >>>> then, in the 2nd donkey Kong game, you actually played donkey kong >>>> jrrescuing a caged dk from the evil mario (yes! he was the villain in >>>> that game). >>>> >>>> In the third, for some crazy reason, apparently mario got lost entirely >>>> and the main character became Stanley the bug man, who had to stop >>>> donkey kong descending onto potted plants in a greenhouse by, ---- mmmm, >>>> >>>> spreying insecticide up his behind! >>>> >>>> The only one of these I've actually played is Dk Junior (the one with >>>> evil mario), sinse once my sister was in hammersmith Hospital having >>>> some tests done and they had a nes with super mario bros and that game. >>>> >>>> I am however very! familiar withe the Donkey Kong country games on the >>>> snes Released in 1994 onwards, ---- in fact I remember using the games >>>> as revision breaks for my gcse's when I was 14 ;D. >>>> >>>> A company called rare got the rights to donkey Kong, and actually >>>> completely revamped the series. You now played as Donkey and his litle >>>> friend diddy kong, running through their own platform game on Kongo >>>> island trying to stop a bunch of evil crocodiles called Kremlings who'd >>>> pinched their banana hoard! >>>> >>>> I love these games! the environments, music, and gameplay are fantastic, >>>> >>>> in fact some of tarzan jr rather reminded me of dk country sinse they >>>> involve a lot of swinging across vines. >>>> >>>> Also amusingly enough, they feature the original Donkey Kong, now known >>>> as Cranky Kong, who turns up, gives hints, and goes on about how the >>>> young kids should be lucky to get all these fancy shmancy colour >>>> graphics and how when he was young he was lucky to get a single shade of >>>> >>>> grey! ;D. >>>> >>>> Btw, how I know all this is a combination of said mario character faq, >>>> and in fact playing the dk country games myself. >>>> >>>> I'd love to see some audio platform adventure games with the sort of >>>> variety of environments and ambience (not to mention music), which dkc >>>> has. Everything from jungles to mine cart riding to factories, pirate >>>> ships and wimming through caves, and at least two hidden bonus rooms per >>>> >>>> level! >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> 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. >> >> >> --- >> 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. > > > --- > 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. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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