Hi Kevin,
I hate to say it, but that's usually the case. Far too many people
associate side-scrollers with games like Super Liam or Q9 when to be
honest they are not even close to what a mainstream gamer thinks of when
you mention side-scroller to them. If mainstream side-scrollers were
that simplistic I don't think they would have lasted as long as they
have for mainstream consoles.
Clear back as early as 1984 Montezuma's Revenge was far more challenging
and advanced than Super Liam. You basically were in an Aztec pyramid
with several chambers above, below, to the left, and right of the room
you were in. There were colored keys to unlock doors, chains to climb
up/down, vanishing platforms to jump on, gems hanging in the air you
had to jump up and grab, etc. Then, some of the skulls bounced up and
down forcing you to try and duck under them as you ran, and other skulls
rolling on the ground you had to jump over. You had to use torches to
light dark rooms, and certain levels were completely blacked out. So
even then, by the early 180's, the mainstream games were light years
ahead of something like Super Liam or Q9.
Of course, as time went on they even got more advanced. There are too
many changes and different things added to mainstream side-scrollers
over the years to name them all, but they are still being developed, and
older side-scrollers are still being offered as downloads for various
consoles. However, needless to say, our perspective of what a
side-scroller is happens to be very limited in scope compared to the
hundreds of mainstream side-scrollers our sighted peers play, and yet
most blind gamers continue to associate the term side-scroller with
those few games we have.
Cheers!
On 3/26/2012 10:51 PM, Kevin Andrews wrote:
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the pointers. Those were indeed the games I was indirectly
referring to when mentioning side-scrollers. i know Philip Benefall
does some of the things you mention in his game Perilous Hearts, like
there is side to side stuff as well as jumping on and climbing vines,
falling back down, etc.
Take care!
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