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From: michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:32:36 -0300
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: James Watt's sculpture, jewelry, and bots.
I think i have played a text game like that over the net playing with other people, i
tryed to throw an apple at them but i mised :-)
Richard Piotter wrote:
> Drawing maps on paper of all the rooms in an old video game, often
> taping sheets together cause a map is so big. Some games were text
> based, some were graphic, far different than what we got today. Many
> games today have in game maps now, and that defeats most of the purpose
> of a hand draw map, but nothing beats a hand drawn map for some games.
> Graphics have become more important than gameplay and size in some
> games. You'll find decent modern games though, but so much is dedicated
> to grapics. I think the next generation of consoles will help. they have
> the memory and storage for 3D as well as large game areas. hopefuly RPGs
> will be large once again, like they once were. Right now I've been
> playing several SNES RPGs. They sure don't makem like they used to!
>
> Michael Hirtle wrote:
> >
> > Can u explain this map stuff?
> >
> > Richard Piotter wrote:
> >
> > > Ahh!!! Map taping!!! I knew there were others out there! :)
> > >
> > > I still have my old map for Gemstone Warrior from the old 64!
> > >
> > > "Ed Jones Jr." wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear James,
> > > >
> > > > I haven't seen the phrase " twisty little passages , all alike " in years
> > > > !!! It's hard to beleive someone is still around who remembers Infocom . I
> > > > spent months on my ole trusty " 64" , drawing maps & then tapeing them
> > > > together for my wall . The younger generation has no clue what fun we had
> > > > back then even without 3D , nothing but words on our screens . Glad you
> > > > remembered !!!!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for taking me back in time (:
> > > >
> > > > Ed Jones
> > > > sargon@gte.net
> > > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > > From: James G Watt
> > > > > To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> > > > > Subject: Re: [alt-beam] Re: James Watt's sculpture, jewelry, and bots.
> > > > > Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 11:57 AM
> > > > >
> > > > > In article <380BDF10.8EED4B7F@cafe.net>, Sean Rigter
> > > > > writes
> > > > > >Wrong logic family James!
> > > > > >It should any of 74HC/HCT/AC/ACT240.
> > > > > >I like the art! Each piece seems to come from some gothic techno future.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ah, yes. That fixed the problem right up. Thanks.
> > > > > --
> > > > > James G Watt
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
> > > > > Part of the Video Arcade Game Collectors WebRing.
> > > > >
> > > > > You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Richard Piotter
> > > richfile@rconnect.com
> > >
> > > The Richfiles Robotics & TI web page:
> > > http://richfiles.calc.org
> > >
> > > For the BEAM Robotics list:
> > > BEAM Robotics Tek FAQ
> > > http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/FAQ.html
> > >
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> Richard Piotter
> richfile@rconnect.com
>
> The Richfiles Robotics & TI web page:
> http://richfiles.calc.org
>
> For the BEAM Robotics list:
> BEAM Robotics Tek FAQ
> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/FAQ.html
>
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