Date   : Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:03:22
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: New games?

Steve O'Leary wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:54:01 +0000
>> From: julesrichardsonuk@...> To: bbc-micro@cloud9.co.uk
>> Subject: [BBC-Micro] New games?>
>
>> Random thought, but has anyone written a new game for the BBC in the last
few
>> years, purely for the hell of it?
>
> I've heard some mention they were thinking about it.
>
> I must admit I'd like to, but finding the time.... and that it probably
 > wouldn't be very good :( stop me doing it !

Heh heh, that was my thought too (I mean that mine wouldn't be very good, not
that yours wouldn't be! :-)

I just wondered if it had been tried, given that the wealth of 8-bit game
experience could be drawn upon in order to (in theory) design something that
was both challenging and playable.

I got involved in a port of Repton 2 to the PC a few years ago, but can't help
feeling that given how much more fun 8-bitter games are than modern
counterparts, it'd be more interesting to write something for the original
hardware.

cheers

J.