Hrm... It doesn't sound like Adventure. If there is a game like this, I've never seen it. However, it almost sounds like you're getting Adventure and Swordquest confused...
In Adventure, you were a dot. There were three dragons, and a bad. Objects included keys, a sword, a bridge, a magnet, and the holy grai... err... the enchanted chalice.
The Swordquest series (the ones I played) didn't have enemies. You were a little man. There were many rooms with "traps," and lots of odd things to collect.
Also, for those who care, here's a wal-thru to get the easter egg in Adventure.:)
Dude. Pacman DOES suck. As for Pitfall... I used to enjoy it as a kid, but these days, I just don't get it. (I also don't get Yars Revenge, which is more than a cult classic.)
However, if you don't think Adventure kicks ass, you're obviously still playing mode 1 or 2. You need to switch to three (the truly random game) and watch the sweat ooze out of your pores.:)
There are numerous millions of ET: The Extra Terrestrial carts (for 2600) burried in New Mexico somewhere. (They supposedly made more carts than there were 2600's. Idiots)
"CD consoles will live for a lot longer than many others (ie cartridge or dvd) cause they are so easily pirated."
Not necessarily. Do a brief 'net search for Atari 2600 ROMs and you'll find a ZIP file with over 800 games in it. That plus emulator equals serious longevity for the games.
Jay Miner... may he rest in peace.
(He died a few years ago; never did keep up with what ever happened with Atari 8-bits... I wonder
how he would have felt seeing some of the AWESOME stuff that came out of the European demo scene!?)
Speaking of Amiga, I was playing emulated Sinistar on my PSX last night, and was reminded that the guy who wrote it ALSO worked on the Amiga (and the Atari Lynx). It's a small (kick-ass) world.:)
I can't believe I'm saying this, but... post it on Ebay.
Or post a For Sale message to comp.sys.atari.8bit.
Or have a garage sale.
Or give one away to a charitable organization.
Or get an SIO2PC cable (to use your PC as a disk drive) and hook it back up and play games!:)
It's amazing how many 8K-32K files you can download with DSL.:)
I agree. The LUG I run, the Linux Users' Group of Davis, has had a number of guest speakers come from abroad to speak, but if you
look at our past meeting listing, you'll notice a lot of our ow members have done talks...
Those talks can often be the most useful. Sure, someone from company X can come and explain their brand new Linux product "Y", but sometimes a talk on kernel compiling, bash scripting, or C programming is a little more real-world.;)
See if any of your members have topics they'd like to talk about, and then get them to do it! I've talked at my own LUG about The GIMP and the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library - two things I consider myself good at.
On the other hand, I've immensely enjoyed the talks we've had on bash and Perl, two things I had almost know experience with, which were talks presented by our own members.:)
(HOWEVER, if any big name is out there reading this, and you'd like to swing by Davis, California to talk at a LUG, let me know!;) )
I do online banking (mainly watching to see when
checks clear and the occasional 'crap, need more
money in checking!' transfer) with my Wells Fargo
account.
It works just fine with Netscape 4.7x for Linux,
even with Java and JavaScript off (which is how
I prefer to use browsers).
I even tried it using an HTTPS-enabled version of
Lynx while SSH'ed into my ISP and, after tricking Wells Fargo's servers into thinking I was using a particular version of a different model browser (ie, Netscape 4.7 and not Lynx), it seemed to work just fine!
I dunno if I'd do it too often because the site is harder to navigate using Lynx (sigh), but at least it works!
With the Linux market growing so much in the
Asian market (ie, Turbo Linux), and with a number
of my free Linux games being mentioned in 3 or 4 Japanese Linux magazines in the last 6 months, I'd love help localizing my games to Japan.:)
Everyone keeps complaining "why link to the page and give them all the hits?"
Might I suggest a few things?
Someone anonymously mirror the page somewhere (like GeoCities) and link to _that_... Ok, nevermind... Slashdot'd get sued for illegally using an <a href> tag.:)
When you go to the URL, don't click the link, but copy and paste it into an "OpenLocation" field. THEN, append something like "?witty_comment_about_moody_here" to the end of the URL.
You'll see the document... and if anyone's watching the server logs, they'll see all these fun comments attached to the article. >:^)
Turn off automatic image loading! (No banner revenue!)
Of course... it's obviously all too late for this article... but next time, Moody... next time... (reaooowww!)
I wrote some classic clones for Linux... Like "Mad Bomber," a clone of the intense Atari 2600 game Kaboom!... Or "Defendguin," a Defender clone, but with penguins.;)
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Too bad for me. Another website decides that using a video format whose creator decides should only viewable by two OSes is a Good Idea.
Slashdot Mirror
Hrm... It doesn't sound like Adventure. If there is a game like this, I've never seen it. However, it almost sounds like you're getting Adventure and Swordquest confused...
:)
In Adventure, you were a dot. There were three dragons, and a bad. Objects included keys, a sword, a bridge, a magnet, and the holy grai... err... the enchanted chalice.
The Swordquest series (the ones I played) didn't have enemies. You were a little man. There were many rooms with "traps," and lots of odd things to collect.
Also, for those who care, here's a wal-thru to get the easter egg in Adventure.
I said: "Pacman DOES suck."
Addendum - I mean only PacMan for the 2600. PacMan on pretty much any other platform is awesome.
Also, Ms. Pacman and Pac Man Jr. for the 2600 were excellent.
-bill!
(who loves his Ms. Pacman for his Atari Lynx)
Dude. Pacman DOES suck. As for Pitfall... I used to enjoy it as a kid, but these days, I just don't get it. (I also don't get Yars Revenge, which is more than a cult classic.)
:)
However, if you don't think Adventure kicks ass, you're obviously still playing mode 1 or 2. You need to switch to three (the truly random game) and watch the sweat ooze out of your pores.
Damned bat...
There are numerous millions of ET: The Extra Terrestrial carts (for 2600) burried in New Mexico somewhere. (They supposedly made more carts than there were 2600's. Idiots)
"CD consoles will live for a lot longer than many others (ie cartridge or dvd) cause they are so easily pirated."
Not necessarily. Do a brief 'net search for Atari 2600 ROMs and you'll find a ZIP file with over 800 games in it. That plus emulator equals serious longevity for the games.
Edtris, a Tetris game for the Atari2600 was published in 1995 by homebrew 2600 hacker Ed Federmeyer.
This year, Video Simon was released. There are many more - these are just homebrew games I found on a very brief net search!
People are still producing Intellivision games, some awesome games for the Atari Lynx handheld and Atari Jaguar, and more!
Just dig a little, and ye shall find!
Jay Miner... may he rest in peace.
:)
(He died a few years ago; never did keep up with what ever happened with Atari 8-bits... I wonder
how he would have felt seeing some of the AWESOME stuff that came out of the European demo scene!?)
Speaking of Amiga, I was playing emulated Sinistar on my PSX last night, and was reminded that the guy who wrote it ALSO worked on the Amiga (and the Atari Lynx). It's a small (kick-ass) world.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but... post it on Ebay.
:)
:)
Or post a For Sale message to comp.sys.atari.8bit.
Or have a garage sale.
Or give one away to a charitable organization.
Or get an SIO2PC cable (to use your PC as a disk drive) and hook it back up and play games!
It's amazing how many 8K-32K files you can download with DSL.
And even 10 years ago, people were making fun of me for having Atari 8-bits!
(I even still write software for them sometimes:
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atari/)
I agree. The LUG I run, the Linux Users' Group of Davis, has had a number of guest speakers come from abroad to speak, but if you
;)
:)
;) )
look at our past meeting listing, you'll notice a lot of our ow members have done talks...
Those talks can often be the most useful. Sure, someone from company X can come and explain their brand new Linux product "Y", but sometimes a talk on kernel compiling, bash scripting, or C programming is a little more real-world.
See if any of your members have topics they'd like to talk about, and then get them to do it! I've talked at my own LUG about The GIMP and the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) library - two things I consider myself good at.
On the other hand, I've immensely enjoyed the talks we've had on bash and Perl, two things I had almost know experience with, which were talks presented by our own members.
(HOWEVER, if any big name is out there reading this, and you'd like to swing by Davis, California to talk at a LUG, let me know!
I do online banking (mainly watching to see when
checks clear and the occasional 'crap, need more
money in checking!' transfer) with my Wells Fargo
account.
It works just fine with Netscape 4.7x for Linux,
even with Java and JavaScript off (which is how
I prefer to use browsers).
I even tried it using an HTTPS-enabled version of
Lynx while SSH'ed into my ISP and, after tricking Wells Fargo's servers into thinking I was using a particular version of a different model browser (ie, Netscape 4.7 and not Lynx), it seemed to work just fine!
I dunno if I'd do it too often because the site is harder to navigate using Lynx (sigh), but at least it works!
Fuck off you goddamn troll...
Hmm... I thought I posted the article
to begin with...
Lurn 2 reed
Build a PC with no Hard Drive or keyboard, but
;) )...
with a CD drive and a floppy drive. Stick it in
a cabinet with a monitor.
Voila... arcade system. Lotto number machine...
Learning device (say, at the Exploratorium
Anything else you could imagine Linux being good
at.
Don't most customers (ie, Windows users) need to ;)
reboot their machines all the time ANYWAY?
Even if they don't crash, don't most Windows
users turn their computers off at the end of the
day?
Apple Licences Amazon's 1-click Shopping, in which I said:
HRMPH! You'll be hearing from my laywer!
Wait.. I don't have one.
When I put my site Bill's Games online, I ended up going through about 10 different ad networks before I finally dropped all but ValueClick.
They pay well, they have good statistics tools (no JavaScript needed), and friendly customer support!
If you're lucky enough to make $2000 or more a month, they can even send your payment via wire.
When I put my site Bill's Games online, I ended up going through about 10 different ad networks before I finally dropped all but ValueClick.
They pay well, they have good statistics tools (no JavaScript needed), and friendly customer support!
If you're lucky enough to make $2000 or more a month, they can even send your payment via wire.
No I don't, thank god. /.? ;)
Any why READ patents when I can just read ABOUT them here on
How about have a single field in a form. Press [RETURN] or [ENTER] to purchase? "1-Keypress Shopping"
Or maybe just a JavaScript onMouseOver image. "1-Rollover Shopping"
Or maybe a downloadable application that listens to microphone input? "1-Clap Shopping"
With the Linux market growing so much in the Asian market (ie, Turbo Linux), and with a number of my free Linux games being mentioned in 3 or 4 Japanese Linux magazines in the last 6 months, I'd love help localizing my games to Japan. :)
Yes, and saying something like "Title Image" or
:)
"title.gif 500x50 23kilobytes" in an ALT tag doesn't cut it.
Y'hear that, IBM!?
If ever I saw lemon computers, they were from Compaq. :)
Might I suggest a few things?
- Someone anonymously mirror the page somewhere (like GeoCities) and link to _that_... Ok, nevermind... Slashdot'd get sued for illegally using an <a href> tag.
:) - When you go to the URL, don't click the link, but copy and paste it into an "OpenLocation" field. THEN, append something like "?witty_comment_about_moody_here" to the end of the URL.
- Turn off automatic image loading! (No banner revenue!)
Of course... it's obviously all too late for this article... but next time, Moody... next time... (reaooowww!)You'll see the document... and if anyone's watching the server logs, they'll see all these fun comments attached to the article. >:^)
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/x/
% xanim p3_2_uk.mov
XAnim Rev 2.80.0 by Mark Podlipec Copyright (C) 1991-1999. All Rights Reserved
Video Codec: Sorenson Video not yet supported.(E18)
Video Codec: Sorenson Video not yet supported.(E18)
Notice: Video and Audio are present, but not yet supported.
Too bad for me. Another website decides that
using a video format whose creator decides should
only viewable by two OSes is a Good Idea.
Thanks a whole freakin' lot Apple and Honda.