Voice comentaries and new clients..

StormcloudCreations · #1 December 18th, 2003, 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by rabelais:
Disabled folks (and their parents) have a *lot* of ambient aggression. Since it's a strat game, I'm not sure the "younger" set really enter into it demographically, ('apps between naps' is already fairly well served) but given the baseline for entertainment these days, I'm not sure that even somewhat graphic (heehee) text is out of bounds.[/QB]

Heh, you bring up a good point about the baseline for entertainment; sadly, Coliseum would probably get an E or perhaps a T from the Ratings Boards these days.

As far as demographics, I was shocked to hear from a number of younger people who played my earlier games. Overlord and Trader 2 both had a fair number of parents writing me that those games got them into "thinking" games, kids ages 10-16 or so. Surprised me a bit. But that's a good thing, I think.

gregebowman · #2 December 19th, 2003, 03:22 PM

Those kids are lucky. When I was 10-16, pc's hadn't even come out yet. I remember those old text adventure games, but could never really get into them. But Coliseum is different. And I can't wait to play the full game. Any idea of a release date?

StormcloudCreations · #3 December 19th, 2003, 07:14 PM

When I was around 12 or 13, the Commodore 64 came out (counts as a PC, kinda

). Boy, I loved that machine (and its cousin, the 128). Cheap and powerful for the time and money it cost.

My father always insisted in get into something like computers, since he always wished he knew more about it. He sorta overdid it though: At one time later on: I had three* omputers in one room, a C-64, an Atari ST 1040 and an IBM PC. It looked like something out of a Star Trek episode.

You didn't like Zork? Ohh I loved those games. Like novels you participated in.

gregebowman · #4 December 19th, 2003, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by StormcloudCreations:
When I was around 12 or 13, the Commodore 64 came out (counts as a PC, kinda ). Boy, I loved that machine (and its cousin, the 128). Cheap and powerful for the time and money it cost.

My father always insisted in get into something like computers, since he always wished he knew more about it. He sorta overdid it though: At one time later on: I had three* omputers in one room, a C-64, an Atari ST 1040 and an IBM PC. It looked like something out of a Star Trek episode.

You didn't like Zork? Ohh I loved those games. Like novels you participated in.

Zork! That's the name I was trying to think of. No, not really. It just wasn't my style back then. And, incidently, my first computer was also a C-64. Got it for Christmas 1983. Those were the days. But I only had the C-64 and my ole Atari 2600, which I later gave to my sisters-in-law after I bought a Colecovision with the Atari 2600 converter. I didn't really get a real computer until 1990 or 1991, when I bought a used Amiga 2000. Too bad they're not around anymore, although I understand there still is some support for the computer. It wasn't until 1997 when my uncle gave me a Compaq computer that I entered into the realm of the PC.

[ December 19, 2003, 17:41: Message edited by: gregebowman ]

StormcloudCreations · #5 December 20th, 2003, 02:15 AM

Yes, there is still support for the Amiga somewhat (more than the genuises at Commodore actually supplied when the system first came out; don't get me started!

) It was a great system ahead of its time, but Commodore just fumbled the ball when it came to marketing and supporting it.

I remember the Atari 2600 and the Colecovision too...classic stuff. Spent many hours playing Pitfall.

Gosh I sound old.