The Future of Gaming according to the 1982 edition of the Usborne Guide to Computer and Video Games

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

http://www.datarealms.com/devlog/general-drl/the-future-of-games/

I had this book when I was a kid! It had a tips section in the back for games like Wizard of Wor and that... and suggested that if you want to make a game more challenging you should use the opposite hands for the joystick and fire buttons (there was a pencil sketch of a boy playing an arcade game with his arms crossed over). I think there were also type-in BASIC games for the Vic-20 and ZX Spectrum, though that might have been in their other books (they brought out loads of different books on computers - one taught you how to write in assembly!).

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Thursday, 4 January 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

"The Ultimate Game." Heh. G-Loc doesn't sound like the ultimate to me.

They were sooo close as to be astonishing until they hit 'Long Distance Games' and the execution was so far off.
They didn't anticipate interwebs.

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 4 January 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

and suggested that if you want to make a game more challenging you should use the opposite hands for the joystick and fire buttons

This is how most southpaws play Galaga, by making an X with their forearms.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 4 January 2007 20:58 (eighteen years ago)

*does Degeneration X pose*

― The GZeus (The GZeus), Thursday, 4 January 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

I'm left-handed and I never did that shit, but when I first played Master System and NES games I was totally clumsy at it since I was used to controlling stuff with my right hand on the 2600. And D-Pads just felt fucking weird. I had to use that little nub that you could screw into the Master System d-pad as a kind of training wheel for a while.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 4 January 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

They were sooo close as to be astonishing until they hit 'Long Distance Games' and the execution was so far off. They didn't anticipate interwebs.

I disagree, how else does your wireless network in your house work other than by using radio trasmitters and receivers?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 13:14 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.urbanape.com/images/photos/pic25583-2.jpg

― onimo (onimo), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

bah it's a spoof :(

― onimo (onimo), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 13:51 (eighteen years ago)

xxpost.
I don''t connect to YOUR computer with radio waves.
It's also a dedicated game.

Basically, they got too specific.

― Gilded in Peat Reek, in a Perfect Whiskey Climate (The GZeus), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

pretty cool pic, but that ultimate game is biz really isn't it.

re the radio waves thing, i think this works with linking up Nintendo DS's by blutooth yes?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 15 January 2007 13:55 (eighteen years ago)

That's like 500 feet.

― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado, Smackababy with a Grampas Guitars (The GZeus), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 17:36 (eighteen years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.