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E3 - John Romero's Newest FPS, Via N-Gage
It seems that Nokia's 'mobile game deck', the N-Gage has lured John Romero and his Monkeystone Games posse back from reliving their 2D shareware glory days with Hyperspace Delivery Boy, and onto his 3D shareware FPS glory days, with their own adaptation of THQ's first-person shooter Red Faction. Here are links to the new Red Faction N-Gage trailer in MPEG-4 and Quicktime.Update: 05/13 15:58 GMT by H : We had a story on N-Gage a couple months back.
good thing for Nokia that Romero is doing an adaptation, we all know what happens when he decides to make something of his own. :)
Mike
http://www.cube-europe.com/movies/mariokart2.wmv
sorry about the format.
I would say "Let the Daikatana jokes commence!" but I see I'm too late. Is there any video game personality as hated or joked about as he is?
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Oh wait, slashdot staff doesn't read comments. Right. My mistake.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
looks like billy and his boys are hear to play Has anyone seen the new footage of Halo2 and Doom III. My god they are freaking awesome. Halo 2 Doom III
Since it takes /. about a week to catch up (Really Old News For Nerds, Stuff that mattered last week) how about the newly announced Sony handheld thingy?
They taste like burning. (obligatory Simpsons quote)
Romero: Coding revolutionary games such wolfenstein, doom, and quake along side brilliant minds such as Jonah Carmack.
Romero: Running his own company, into the ground. Release one horrible game that nobody plays. Romero laughs critics off as he deep conditions his hair.
Romero: Teaching at game-coding schools
Romero: Doing Contract work for handheld games producer n-gage (probably hopeless against the huge competition of the gameboy).
Poor, poor, Romero. He should have stayed with ID software...
is in fact NOT MP4 (or its some bastardization thereof), but is in truth some form of ASF that my OS X Windows Media Player can't handle.
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Having just skimmed the bit about the N-gage.. It is a phone.. with a small gameboy-like device built into it. or possible a hand held gameconsolle with a phone inside - same difference.
So, either some bastard will call me just as I'm about to beat the highscore... or the batteries will be dead from me playing to much games, so I'll miss that vital call. Neitehr sounds like a deal to me.
I may be old skool here, but I much prefer my handheld game to be seperate from my phone, and both to be seperate from my PDA (even thought I do play some games on the later). That way, I'll never miss my calls or have to end my game to take the phone.. and as every old skool nerd knows; the more gadgets, the better. Still, I can see how this may go down well with those who gets a device just because it is new and thus cool - and it looks pretty neat too. Have anyone here one of these and can give some info on how it is in actuall use?
Everything in the world is controlled by a small, evil group to which, unfortunately, no one you know belongs.
I don't plan on giving John Romero any of my money.
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He told me, via ads in PC Gamer, to "Suck it down"
No, Mr. Romero, *you* suck it down.
Why don't you just go all the way and put A WIRE IN YOUR HEAD ?!!!
Mr. Romero, will you make me your bitch?
Do you see the sig? Do you have it in your sights? Why yes, Miss Moneypenny...
Yeah, because compressing allready-compressed video is such a productive use of one's time...
You can't take the sky from me...
I have no eyes!
(after having read the last games.slashdot.org story).
But this looks awful.
Not since Rise of the Triad on a 386 have I seen such a terrible resolution and absolute mess of pixels.
Did you see the shot where you looked down the hall and it was all a blur of brown and green/blue? Yeah, that's the whole game for you. "Did that blob move? Shoot it!"
And deathmatch? Don't make me laugh.
What little gameplay this will provide will be VERY SMALL roomed deathmatch with awful looking weapons on a very small screen.
I'm all for FPS on N-Gage if it can look better than this. And hell, if you're going to go, why not just port Doom 2? Its still a great game and you won't have to make a fool of yourself trying to make it look "as good" as the original.
I say go for fighting games on the N-Gage. Something like Samurai Showdown, which has an active zoom-out feature, would work great because of the screen width limitation.
The phone should've been longer, or the resolution should've been better, because this "hype" trailer just makes me glad I haven't through twice about buying an N-Gage.
Good job Romero! Once again you've underwhelmed everyone.
I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet, but Romero has recently announced at E3 that Daikatana's source code will be released in 3 weeks. As you can imagine, everyone is very excited, because we can bring the advanced AI "buddy bots" from Daikatana to our favorite games, like Half Life, or maybe even the upcoming Doom3. Nothing will be better than having Superfly Johnson behind you helping you frag a cyberdemon.
this sig limit is too small to put anything good h
Good lord, it's getting slow...
Try here for those files. It'll be a few minutes before the MP4 one is downloaded, but it'll be there. QT is there already.
-- Bill "Houdini" Weiss
I've got to say, I'm a little underwhelmed by it. It looks a bit crisper than the typical GBA FPS game, but it didn't look nearly as impressive as I was expecting. The narrow gamescreen seems a little annoying too, but outside of that, the graphics just don't seem all that impressive. - Tom
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Earth to Romero--we've moved on.
Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% dumb luck.
Now you tell me. I belong to that 99% who have been using anti-perspirant ever since we grew hair in our arm pits.
"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." -- George H. W. Bush
If so, where can I download a demo? If not, why
is this story on Slashdot.
I'm surprised no one has seen your pathetic attempt to score some $ from a referral link.
this sig limit is too small to put anything good h
The N-Gage hasn't been released yet, but it has the same processor, OS, screen resolution and basic buttons as the 3650/7650. The main differences will be:
1. Uses removable media cards for games
2. Buttons are laid out like a handheld game system
I have played some games on my Nokia 3650 and it is a very capable gaming platform. The battery lasts for several hours while gameplaying. The screen is bright and clear, and the controls are reasonable if not exceptional.
If you want a perfect device for every possible function then more power to you. I found that my Palm PDA stayed in my bag because it was too large to carry in my pocket. I would rather have a slightly less functional device that I can (and do) carry with me all the time. I don't care for the idea of a batbelt for a separate phone, portable game machine, PDA, camera, etc.
Bombero: The sheer amount of hype coupled with the Q2 credibility disintegration delay added in with the fact that it just takes 18 months to make up enough lies to describe a game this size.
Upsuckers: Are there any special features in Daikatana's multiplayer mode that will set it apart from other 3d shooters?
Bombero: Players getting erections and jacking off while they are deathmatching. Another one is the prospect that we might allow the player to blow any monster from the time period the map is based in.
Upsuckers: Will the camera position in Daikatana be strictly first person during general gameplay?
Bombero: There will also be a 3rd grade point of view which will be helpful during food combat but is pretty much a staple of 3rd grade games today.
Upsuckers: Could you explain the "level AI"? How will the levels give hints?
Bombero: There's an AI bloat system that basically craps out everywhere that creatures can travel so they always get stuck and look dumb while going after the player. An AFLAC duck monster will definitely be able to quack down the player no matter where he is located. There are other special gimicks in the maps but these are basically there to support my crystal meth habit.
Upsuckers: Can you ever see yourself doing something other than a first-person shooter?
Bombero: Sure. But right now I still love this style of game more than any other. But there's no way you'd catch me making those faggy little handheld cellular phone games. I'd have to totally run out of ideas and money, before I ever did anything bottom-of-the-barrel like that. That kind of crap is for intellectually bankrupt washed-up has-beens. I've bet my reputation of the success of Daikatana, and when it finally ships, everyone will know what a great designer I am. They will never forget what I've done!
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Much bigger news is the story that Sony will be releasing a portable to compete with Nintendo's Game Boy series. They are calling it the PSP (PlayStation Portable) and it should have graphical quality akin go to the PS1. No firm release date but they said 'late next year' (why the freaking wait!?!?!?).
To oust Nintendo, they better allow it to play PS1 games though it apparently uses a proprietary media format.
smd4985
I'm getting really tired of only hearing about Romero just because he's louder. In my mind Tom Hall is a far more admirable figure who cofounded monkeystone and is just as worthy of mention.
Actually Doom has already been ported to the Series 60 platform. It looks kinda like the video for the Red Faction port. It may not look very impressive running on a modern PC but when you see it on a phone it looks pretty cool. The real problem with the game is the controls.
Hey dudes,
A few days ago I did a mockup of a slightly altered version of Slashdot's Games Dept theme that is a little more pleasing to the eyes. You can see it here. It recieved some good response, however the topic only got a few views. Just wanted to post it one more time in a busier thread and see if people like it enough for me to submit to the editors.
(I know, it's OT. At least I put some work into fixing the problem that's being complained about!)
"Derp de derp."
Does anybody seriously think he can have another hit like Daikatana again?
The cake is a pie
runs it just fine.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
Well that seems appropriate new project, since Red Faction was one of the worst FPS games I've ever played -- the only notably worse exception being Gore.
This game freaking looks like doom on a 386. Uber blocky, and slow as hell. Complete waste of time -- get a GBA or something else instead.
All in all I wasn't that impressed with it. The chip (ARM9) and board (some kind of TI OMAP) were very impressive, but the screen, controls and storage media really let it down. The OS is not well suited to writing games at all, which is a big no-no for a games platform. On the plus side, the CPU and RAM are really powerful for the size and battery. It can piss all over the GBA's ARM7 and various memory spaces. However, I think that the obvious design flaws and (probably) insane price will leave the GBA with little to worry about.
it's hard to believe a site hosting a directly-linked file on slashdot's front page is still around.
props to nokia.
Defiance was revealed at the last minute along with Eidos other offerings.
There's some other cool-looking products at this year's E3, but I know what *I'm* pre-ordering as soon as it's available =).
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
Superfly is a character Romero made in his previous game, Diakatana or whatever. Superfly was an anoying side kick that everyone hated as you had to keep him alive while playing or the game was over, and his AI was poor so he always got himself into trouble.
:P
The parent post to this one should be marked Funny: 1, not Offtopic: 1.
It is a funny comment! Where is Superfly in the latest game?
Modesty is one of life's greatest attributes
As both IGN and Gamespot charge to see them :(
I prefer the larger gauges, but N gauge is pretty cool if you have limited space.
So much for "inside".
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Wait a minute! So YOU were the one who bought Daikatana... I always wondered who that person was!
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From 'Eurogamer.net':-
"...a newly shorn John Romero nervously took the stage, looking uncannily like a short version of Huey from the Fun Loving Criminals. But after a spectacularly unconvincing demo of the jerkathon that is Red Faction, Romero managed to inspire one of the longest periods of silence in gaming history. It was as if at the point of applause, the audience went into a stunned state of mourning, suddenly recalling the travesty that was Daikatana. Sometimes past sins are just too unforgivable. Romero was visibly shaken by the abject lack of enthusiasm..."
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...you dipshit, your swastika's backwards. If you're going to be a racist moron, at least do it right.
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