billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) (10/17/90)
In article <VoX2q8w163w@valnet> joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: :C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) writes: : :: [whoever has GravAttack, post it to abcfd20 if it's not already there! I :: read about that game in an electronic magazine. It sounds kinda like :: Space Taxi (M.U.S.E. Software) for the C64. Anyway, I want to see that :: game.] :: :: | Baird McIntosh | c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> c503719@umcvmb.bitnet | :: | COOL DRIVING TECHNIQUE #17: Leave your left turn signal on while driving. | :: | (Right signal may be used, but driving with HAZARDS on is _uncool_.) | : :Yeah! When are we gonna see Space Taxi? That was such a COOL game! (even :on a C-64!) : :-Joseph Hillenburg : :UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph :ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu :INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP There's a real grass roots effort to convince someone to do Space Taxi for the Amiga on PeopleLink... It seems like *every* time someone asks what type of new game they should be doing, everyone coruses 'Space Taxi!', 'Hey Taxi!' and 'Pad Nine Please.' -- -Bill Seymour billsey@agora ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes (503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842
C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) (10/22/90)
In Message-ID: <1990Oct16.224159.29044@agora.uucp>
billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) said:
> There's a real grass roots effort to convince someone to do Space Taxi
>for the Amiga on PeopleLink... It seems like *every* time someone asks what
>type of new game they should be doing, everyone coruses 'Space Taxi!', 'Hey
>Taxi!' and 'Pad Nine Please.'
One has to wonder, however, if some of the 'magic' of the game might be lost
in an Amiga translation. If the digitized voices in the C64 version were
fixed up (i.e. made clearer) it might be for the worse. The rough sounding
sampled voices and the tinny 'bee bee beep oo beep' between levels couldn't
be changed too drastically, I feel. I'm not saying they couldn't expand and
improve the sounds in the game, but they should use synthesized instruments
for the music, rather than digitized ones. There are Amiga users who would
disagree with my sound opinions (no pun intended). But, oh well.
The Space Taxi graphics could easily be smoothed and made more colorful
without loosing the ST magic. Include all the original game'e levels,
options, etc... plus add a level editor, hard disk support, multitasking
support, accelerated Amiga support, 2.0 support,...
Someone put this post on Plink! :-)
| Baird McIntosh | c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> c503719@umcvmb.bitnet |
| COOL DRIVING TECHNIQUE #23: Drive without brake lights. |
| (Light deactivation method is unimportant; just try to appear oblivious.) |billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) (10/24/90)
In article <901021.214650.CDT.C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU> C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) writes:
:In Message-ID: <1990Oct16.224159.29044@agora.uucp>
:
:One has to wonder, however, if some of the 'magic' of the game might be lost
:in an Amiga translation. If the digitized voices in the C64 version were
:fixed up (i.e. made clearer) it might be for the worse. The rough sounding
:sampled voices and the tinny 'bee bee beep oo beep' between levels couldn't
:be changed too drastically, I feel. I'm not saying they couldn't expand and
:improve the sounds in the game, but they should use synthesized instruments
:for the music, rather than digitized ones. There are Amiga users who would
:disagree with my sound opinions (no pun intended). But, oh well.
Actually, I agree that part of the Space Taxi experience is the
wonderful 'computer' sounding speech samples. With a coarse enough sample
and a slow enough playback, you could make an Amiga sound right. Although,
the music should definately be a good synthesized set of instruments.
:The Space Taxi graphics could easily be smoothed and made more colorful
:without loosing the ST magic. Include all the original game'e levels,
:options, etc... plus add a level editor, hard disk support, multitasking
:support, accelerated Amiga support, 2.0 support,...
Here's where the Amiga version should really shine. Very smooth
movement, enough more colors to clean up all edges, significantly more
levels, finer control on the ship, etc... I don't know whether multitasking
support is really necessary for this type of game though. Maybe a method
to get back to your typical workbench environment while the game is paused.
A level editor would be a tough nut... Providing support for custom
background images is simple enough, but deciding what is a surface and what
is background would be more difficult. Definately hard disk installable!
:Someone put this post on Plink! :-)
No problem, I'll put it up tomorrow or the next day...
:| Baird McIntosh | c503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu <-or-> c503719@umcvmb.bitnet |
:| COOL DRIVING TECHNIQUE #23: Drive without brake lights. |
:| (Light deactivation method is unimportant; just try to appear oblivious.) |
--
-Bill Seymour billsey@agora
***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL *****
Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes
(503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) (11/01/90)
In a previous article, C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh) says: >In Message-ID: <1990Oct16.224159.29044@agora.uucp> > billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) said: >> There's a real grass roots effort to convince someone to do Space Taxi >>for the Amiga on PeopleLink... It seems like *every* time someone asks what >>type of new game they should be doing, everyone coruses 'Space Taxi!', 'Hey >>Taxi!' and 'Pad Nine Please.' Space Taxi is one of my favorite games. I've considered getting another C64 just to play this game. An Amiga version would be great, I think what would be most important in doing a port would be the feel of the thrust controls. The original game had a great illusion of realism in using the thrusters, it was neither too touchy nor too easy. You could kind of get the feel that the vehicle you controlled weighed a few tons. -- /// Pete Babic - pab@po.cwru.edu | /// /\ Integrated Library Systems | \\\ /// /--\MIGA Case Western Reserve University | \\\/// The future is here now!