Subject: RE: [stella] Warring Worms From: "Norby the Robot" <norby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:25:36 -0500 |
<Billy plugs Surround into the Atari 2600 for the first time in his life> Billy: Doh! I can't say anything except I had a nagging suspicion that someone who PLAYS their Atari cartridges a little more often than I do would eventually point something out like this to me. In my defense, I am just a little too young (born the year Atari 2600 was released) to have had quite the hard-core Atari youths that many have had. I hope no one got the impression that I am attempting to portray my game as anything more than what it is, or I was just ripping off another game's idea. I figured there would be something similar out there, just never looked very hard. I was having too much fun just programming the game. Forunately for me I didn't release the original non-guns version of it and say, "wow look at the cool new thing I've done." I certainly will include the fact that it now seems as if "Warring Worms" is a derivative of Surround on my webpage. It is a little interesting to me how the same idea led to nearly identical playing fields and game play. I guess that comes with the limitations of the Atari hardware. I guess I now I will have to try extra hard to make sure the game stands on its own. It has the guns and the various starting fields, which Surround does not. I already have a rudimentary AI for a one player game and am working on improving it. I plan on making a one-player, hostile enviroment game, space permitting. I also have a snazzy title screen, which I will point out that Surround does not :> As for the name, I know it is not a masterpiece, but it beats the heck out of the previous versions of the name: Snakes <- misleading, another game called snakes exists, and is very different Wormy Blast Wormy Worms You can thank my wife for "Warring Worms" as a title. I had one suggestion of "Warrior Worms" which is pretty good, unfortunately, it is probably too late to change the name now. As for immediately comparing the game to Tron and the light cycles game, that comes from a game I use to play on TRS-80 model III's (ancient even then) in middle school. And yes, I have been lurking for a few days now. Just had to respond to the Warring Worms discussion. Billy (Who, in case you haven't figured it out by now, is the programmer of "Warring Worms.") -----Original Message----- From: owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-stella@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Glenn Saunders Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:28 PM To: stella@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [stella] Warring Worms >It looks like a smart variation on some classic videogame concepts. I'd >like to see it finished. I just don't like the name :-) One thing I find interesting is how pop culture has associated the Surround type game as originating in Tron rather than the early arcade games like Dominos and Blockade. It's even more interesting that the author doesn't seem to remember that this style of game already exists as Surround on the 2600. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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