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Post by 50tbrd on Aug 15, 2013 19:35:57 GMT -5
Tunnel Runner/ Escape from the Mastermind look like the rom "Rogue" that someone did for the Vectrex.
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Post by VectorX on Aug 15, 2013 20:34:57 GMT -5
Rogue?! Where can I download that from? I just looked at several sites but couldn't find it.
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Post by 50tbrd on Aug 15, 2013 22:26:22 GMT -5
Its Chris Salomon's game and apparently goes by many names Labyrinth, Maze, and Rouge. I am not sure which is the most complete version though.
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Post by VectorX on Aug 15, 2013 23:05:50 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I messed around with Labyrinth before. It looked promising.
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Post by VectorX on Sept 29, 2013 14:49:02 GMT -5
Here's one that's very far-fetched, as Dondzila might not make another Vectrex game for many more years, but I'd say that, since he did Birds of Prey, being a clone of Phoenix, he (or someone else) could make a clone of Pleaides, its sequel.
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Post by 50tbrd on Sept 30, 2013 15:10:29 GMT -5
I checked out Pleaides. It looks like a better game than Phoenix. Who said its far-fetched? Seems like a good project for KidQuaalude.
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Post by VectorX on Sept 30, 2013 16:28:03 GMT -5
I checked out Pleaides. It looks like a better game than Phoenix. I think they're about equal. It gave you more to do with having you go down that runway at the end. It should have done better in the arcades. Who said its far-fetched? Dondzila doing it, I mean. Seems like a good project for KidQuaalude. Well, lets see him finish stuff first before doing other things  |
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Post by 50tbrd on Sept 30, 2013 17:19:37 GMT -5
I want to see his Schumps game that he intends to package with Nagoya Attack.
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Post by VectorX on Oct 24, 2013 20:12:53 GMT -5
I was thinking about Laser Blast recently. At the time, it was a pretty neat concept for an Atari 2600 game to move over a scrolling landscape while taking out targets; there wasn't anything else quite like it on that system at the time. Unfortunately the gameplay got old quick, even at the higher levels where they shoot in really quick fashion (unless you're not very good at video games). Kokovec attempted a Laser Blast clone, but either lost or accidentally destroyed the source code for it (I don't recall which), so that'll probably never be finished. Anyway, I think that would make a good concept game, starting off as a Laser Blast rip-off with shooting those three targets for a few rounds...then perhaps have another one pop out of the ground to take care of. Then possibly have the screen continually scroll for other targets...then maybe there could be another change where you pick up stranded astronauts or something. And then later you could enter some underground caverns (Gravitar- or Subterranea-like [also for the 2600]) for some other kind of mission, maybe even scrolling back to the left that time around. Quite a few possibilities there, I think |
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Post by VectorX on Nov 13, 2013 14:10:27 GMT -5
Bosconian would be another good candidate, due to the Vectrex being able to handle scrolling. Scrolling around a galaxy while blowing up starbases and space crap along the way = good |
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Post by xefned on Nov 20, 2013 22:31:09 GMT -5
First thought when I saw the thread title: TAC/SCAN. But I see I'm the 3rd or 4th person to suggest it. Bosconian (+1 VectorX) would be cool too. Or in true homebrew spirit, an amalgamation of the best features of Bosconian, Thunder Force 2, Time Pilot, Sinistar, Dragon Spirit, and Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy. |
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Post by VectorX on Nov 20, 2013 23:49:43 GMT -5
Well that's a mouth (and game) full!
Like Buckaroo Bonzai: what was he, like a comic book artist, musician, surgeon, hero, and about five other things?
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Post by xefned on Nov 21, 2013 15:53:42 GMT -5
I'm ashamed to say, I've never seen Buckaroo Bonzai.  |
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Post by VectorX on Nov 21, 2013 15:59:57 GMT -5
I've never seen the whole thing either, I just know Peter Weller had like eight jobs in the movie.
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Post by VECTREXER on Nov 21, 2013 17:21:01 GMT -5
Well that's a mouth (and game) full! Like Buckaroo Bonzai: what was he, like a comic book artist, musician, surgeon, hero, and about five other things? And physicist, race car driver and of course he was his very own comic book hero in the movie. Not to mentions his Blue Blaze Irregulars that he was more or less in command of. All those John's you simply had to laugh at. John Yaya. John Smallberries. John O'Connor. John Parker. John Emdall. John Gomez. John Bigbootie (Bigbooté! té! té!) You rock Christopher Lloyd! Such great 80's cheese. I must have seen the whole movie 20 times or more. Now that IS a movie worth making a Vectrex video game out of. Heck! The game design is already written into the plot! Just have to make the Vectrex version of it. There might even be a Vectrex graphic at 00:05:11  |
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