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Special on Ultimate Play The Game, now Rare
Jonathon Miller
writes "Nintendorks
has posted a huge special
about Rare, the software company that brought us Goldeneye
for the Nintendo 64. The special outlines Rare's release
list for '99, including their sequel to Goldeneye, the first
person shooter Perfect Dark." For those of you who had
an old 8-bitter (ZX Spectrum, BBC,etc) this is also a blast from the past:
Rare used to be called Ultimate Play the Game, makers of Alien 8,
Nightshade, etc... the only games I still play.
Although i see how you don't consider this news for nerds, videogames are something most nerds are fond of, whether its the coding or just playing a great game.
-Anonymous Coward
Holy fucking mother of shit. GAMES = COMPUTERS = NERDS.
Are you fucking lame? STOP READING THE FUCKING
PAGE. You're obviously a nerd wanna-be and don't
belong here. Go back to CNN you fucking flunky.
yeah, maybe, but it worked for me anyway... /. ripoff, at least they did a decent job of it.
I went there and Legions is actually pretty cool. Even if it is just a
Plus, have you actually ever tried to start a website? If you want any traffic at all you end up resorting to lame tricks like this, no matter how good your intentions. Don't dis it until you've tried it.
Didn't they write Pssst, Jet Pack, Atic Attack and Knight Lore for Sinclair ZX-Spectrum?
Sentimentally, A.C.1.
This interview should also be of interest. Moaners, read it to learn why Rare/U:PTG matters. The mere fact that this one dates from 1988 should give some idea why.
Speaking of which, it's interesting to contrast Sabre Wulf with Goldeneye. :)
(I found this at the Planet Sinclair website, shrine to the Speccy and all the works of Clive Sinclair. Old Ultimate Spectrum games are floating about in various places, such as the Java Spectrum Emulator website.)
You do protest too much. True, Rare don't produce games that are extremely hackable like iD's, and they don't exactly do Linux ports, either. However, Rare are wizards at what they do do, and they have been for a very long time, especially when you include their predecessor, Ultimate. Their status in the old Spectrum world would be enough on its own to justify this appearing on Slashdot. Rare is not just another console games designer, and this is not just a random piece of N64 news.
Elite for BBC / Electron
Little time for games these days looking after a small ISP but still looking for a PC version of this game. 3 D wire frame graphics, interstellar trading, dogfights (3D), buying weapons, docking with spacestation ALL IN 64K RAM from a audio cassette. That was quality programming. Took weeks to finish a game.
Oh yes! i remember the hours of fun back in the early to mid 80's playing Jet Pak and KnightLore... didnt know the same people were responsible for goldeneye... they should be writing for linux platform... sheesh!
Rare has so far made some really nice games for the N64 (blast corps and KI Gold come to mind. ..) but I don't see what is so good about Golden Eye ... I have played it over and over again against my little cousin, and that only to make him happy. The graphics suck, the weapons are dry, and the frame rate is pretty crappy for such a well designed system. Can someone explain to me what is so good about this game, or does every other self-respecting PC FPS-er scoff at this game too?
... i haven't touched my playstation in about a month because of this nasty work load.
anyway, back to homework
So... posts about silly MP3 things are news for nerds, but posts about game consoles aren't? Hello?
I think you meant www.stormfront.com, which is a game company, rather than www.stormfront.org, which is a "white pride" site. Since I would hope that my fellow Slashdotters aren't rascists, I'm going to assume that it was just a simple error.
And Sabre Wolfe, Underwurlde and Cookie. Underwurlde was the only one I never managed to complete. Sad, but true.
No, Jetpac is not the best game ever written, Knight Lore is :-) Jetpac was the first ever game I saw on Speccy and Knight Lore is definitely one of the most influential games for 8-bit computers ever.
And last summer I finally managed to complete Knight Lore, while mapping Knight Lore for my Knight Lore page
Can I just be really pedantic and say
Ultimate - Play the Game
was the companys slogan/logo.
The company was actually Ashby computers and
graphics. Based near Ashby-de-la-zouch.
No wonder you never found it, the truck/trailer didn't exist. A hoax, I'm afraid!
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Rod Begbie done this, and he's not
Anyone for Jetpac 64?
Anyone else not see the connection here?
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However, the ZX Spectrum - which Sengan also mentions - was the training-ground for many, many British nerds / hackers / computer enthusiasts.
/. community.
This makes the article relevant to a significant portion of the
Hmmm,
No coding, nothing really of interest except to people playing N64. Looks like someone is just trying to promote their own interests.
I generally disagree with people complaining about sengan's editorials, but in this case that's all it is.
Lando
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Hexy - a strategy game for iPhone/iPod Touch
...some nerds might actually be interested in COOKING, but you shouldn't see cooking articles on here... unless sengan lets it through.
Ok, so GAMES=COMPUTERS=NERDS, so..
Anyone check out the new Barbie Magic Hairstyler game? It ROCKS! Here's a URL for ya:
Barbie Fun
Tata
And if you thought for one moment I was serious, you need to wake up.
So someone is spamming the linux kernel mailing list as meept?
Meept says that it isn't meept, as meept wouldn't go near that list without a condom.
However, anything that upsets meept's student linux friends is to be encouraged.
Ho! Ho! Ho! This is better than Elvis.
MEEPT!!
My little bro has a N64 and I tried playing him once @ goldeneye, the problems I forsee: A) No-fun Physics Engine (Can't jump, can't run, can't go off platforms) B) Crappy 4 color Textures C) Too Bright D) Levels are too square (reminds me of Wolf3D) E) Can't control anything with that FSCKING claw of d00m they are marketing as a controller F) No Chainsaw...
Strangely enough, it was apparently produced before Sabre Wulf, but was regarded as being too far ahead to be released!
I for one bought every game from Ultimate up until Nightshade, which was crap compared to Knight lore, which also beat Alien 8 (too slow).
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