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Message: 5280
Author: dm_boozefreek
Date: 12/12/2005
Subject: Events of a recent nature (big)
Hello everybody I'm happy even though today is going to cost me
dearly (christmas shopping....need I say more). Anyway Hello
everybody, I could probably if I rushed have more than 1 game ready
for christmas (but that's not gonna happen quality not quantity),
anyway DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! will be released on christmas eve as
adversed to christmas day (although it could be day by the time I get
in if everything goes right). Anyway reading further about Andrews de-
construction of mind control......I'm crap at it. I seem to keep
dying in places I've done before which really pisses me off. I'm one
of these who tries to complete games within' the intended boundries,
hence once the 8 lives are gone it's back to the start. I even
aquired the sarcastic nickname "The Games Guru" from my friends
because no matter what I'm playing I won't use cheats or continues,
and I pride myself on getting the game finished this way. Don't know
why I just do, partially because I think cheats although useful
destroy a game if it's anything like infinite lives or invincibility.
Modern games that offer stupid cheats, should not be used until
finished especially if they prolong the game once it's finished. What
is the point in spending a stupid amount of money on a game then
cheating at it. I know now at this point in time it no longer really
applies to JSW but still I refuse to cheat at it (that's why I only
ever got about 3 rooms into Ma Jolie.......and almost every other MM
remake LOL).
To Andrew the room number patch would be very useful for us Authors
but for someone who only plays and (maybe) knows nothing of the
scene, may not even notice the effort that was put into the patch in
the first place. However if they liked the original enough maybe they
would notice. Like thinking to themselves that wasn't there when I
played this in 1980-something, I've got the net maybe I'll check it
out. Maybe patching a downloadable JSW is a good way to get those
newbies to the scene who remember how the game worked when they were
younger, to look further into it hence finding the group and joining.
The good thing is if after 20 something years somebody who actually
remembers the way the original played like the back of their hand
will most likely be a devoted new author (wipes a tear....boohoo I'm
feeling a nostalgic moment coming on LOL) Andrew the radiation gauge
is also reniscent of Fahrenheit 3000 and Corruption on the speccy.
The toilet gauge could also be funny as a serious thing, but not to
kill willy but maybe to stop him when it's full so he has to say
stand still for 30 secs while he takes a piss LOL (number 2 should
seriously be considered as maybe something you could put on
hold.......much like in real life LOL). All the other patches are
pretty much what I've been waiting for :)
For Sendy I look forward to Manic Person, I've had a dabble with the
BETA's and I'm pretty rubbish at them but from the sounds of things,
and the way you've described it over the last couple of weeks. I may
be looking at something very different that only adheres to the
principles of the rooms I've sampled. Either way I look forward to it.
Also Igor UMM is coming soon I started holding my breath about 2
weeks ago and I've died 3 times already, I've only got 5 lives left
LOL. Anyway I wait and wait and wait with baited breath or lack of it
hahaha! Hope it's done before christmas or bang on christmas whatever
I want it, I've almost drooled thinking about it. I think you're
building the suspense up like you did for ZX Heroes :)
Either way I can't wait.
Cheers
DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!
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