bazyar@ernie (Jawaid Bazyar) (04/13/91)
In article <14382@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > > I just posted the demo to comp.binaries.apple2. > > ALL OF YOU PLEASE GET THIS AND WRITE A LETTER TO THE GUY! Why is everybody getting so worked up over the WORST demo I've ever seen? I mean- if this guy was serious, was REALLY "testing the waters", he'd have put in *some* functionality. And if was really capable of doing the project, he'd have done something to show us that fact. Personally, I think he's some 14 year old pirate who boasted he was going to make the best game ever and his friends called his bluff. So he drew a stupid Mario bros. screen, and is probably a pirate-circle outcast to this day. Of course, that's just my interpretation. -- Jawaid Bazyar | "Twenty seven faces- with their eyes turned to Senior/Computer Engineering | the sky. I have got a camera, and an airtight bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu | alibi.." Apple II Forever! | I need a job... Be priviliged to pay me! :-)
unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) (04/13/91)
In article <1991Apr13.013742.21529@m.cs.uiuc.edu> bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar) writes: > Why is everybody getting so worked up over the WORST demo I've ever seen? Because, even though I'm not the world's greatest Super Mario Brothers fan, I like the idea of people writing more stuff for the GS. (And I have a quite a few ideas of things to write, but I realized I now need Toolbox #3 AND the GS/OS manual too to do write some of the programs) Also, even though I'm not the biggest fan, I do like Super Mario Brothers II, and probably would like III too. For a third thing, if it's done as a freeware program, maybe it'll get Nintendo all pissed off and they won't be able to do anything (especially if the guy doesn't put his name on the release version). I really really dislike Nintendo's business practices, and doubt I'd buy a Nintendo ever unless I got some spectacularly great deal. They even said they'd give people $5 gift certificates because some government agency got all pissed at 'em (FTC?) because they were price fixing. That and the fact that they control who writes software for the damn thing pisses me off, even though the few games I've seen are pretty good. A little explanation.. The last paragraph was a bunch of my opinions, and has little to do with why I'm "worked up" about the demo. I like the game and would like to see it on my GS.. Getting Nintendo hot under the collar would just be frosting on the cake. heh .I mean- if this guy was serious, was REALLY "testing the waters", he'd have .put in *some* functionality. And if was really capable of doing the project, .he'd have done something to show us that fact. Personally, I think he's .some 14 year old pirate who boasted he was going to make the best game ever .and his friends called his bluff. So he drew a stupid Mario bros. screen, .and is probably a pirate-circle outcast to this day. . Of course, that's just my interpretation. Nope.. There's some guy who reads this newsgroup who knows the guy who did the demo. The guy with Usenet access may reply to this and clarify things, but he said that the demo_writer only got like 3 letters about the game (one of them being mine!). So the programmer put SMB GS on the back burner and may never go back to it. -- /unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu Apple IIGS Forever! ULTIMA VI GS -mail me. CDs-mail me\ \ McIntosh Junior: The Power to Crush the Other Kids. /