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Post by derboo on Aug 8, 2015 20:10:41 GMT -5
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Post by Snarboo on Aug 8, 2015 21:58:01 GMT -5
Very fascinating read! The site needs more articles covering the early years of PC and independent game development. That's a subject that is often ignored in classic gaming circles.
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Post by TheChosen on Aug 8, 2015 22:05:47 GMT -5
I dont know much about Speccy gaming, just bits here and there, but I still cant believe I've never heard of these. Its a real history lesson.
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Post by GamerL on Aug 8, 2015 22:14:45 GMT -5
Well, this inspired me to create my first YTMND in years, hope everyone enjoys!  (just a heads up, contains sound) tirnanog.ytmnd.com/ |
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Aug 9, 2015 9:11:53 GMT -5
Great article, I remember previews of the cancelled Tir Na Nog reimagining (a shame, beside a character standing out a bit too much, it looked really impressive) but I didn't know about the original and its developer. One thing is unclear, what exactly led them to abandon game development for good? The reason for switching to action games that is stated, wasn't still enough to go on? Or did they find the "serious" side of their business, which they had never really abandoned, more profitable?
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Post by Elvin Atombender on Aug 9, 2015 10:06:38 GMT -5
As a person who loves reading about the early days of European computer gaming I liked this article a lot.
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Post by Ikki666 on Aug 9, 2015 17:37:12 GMT -5
It's great to finally see some love for the ZX Spectrum on HG101. The speccy had some great games back in the day, some really revolutionary pieces of software that are often overlooked (Knight Lore and all of the Ultimate Play the Game pseudo-3D adventures are a clear example). Even some arcade conversions were amazing given the weakness of the hardware. I hope we can read some more of this kind of profiles or articles on the site soon.
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Post by Magma MK-II on Aug 9, 2015 22:05:00 GMT -5
You guys should use animated gifs like the one on this article more often. Sometimes still screenshots just don't make justice to a game.
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Post by dskzero on Aug 10, 2015 8:00:05 GMT -5
Really intesting article. Surprising to see people like these being so unknown considering the nature of the current gaming scene.
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Post by BrunoB on Aug 10, 2015 13:11:43 GMT -5
Quite a fascinating read, I've briefly played Tir Na Nog as a kid and, while not understanding any of it, the walking animation stood impressed in my memory, together with the fascinating atmosphere of the landscape. Thanks for putting this together!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 15:57:26 GMT -5
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Post by drpepperfan on Aug 11, 2015 15:50:07 GMT -5
Your youtube link is dead/not real. Could you fix it cause it actually sounds like a interesting channel.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2015 17:14:25 GMT -5
Sorry mang, tried my best to link directly to the user page the first time according to some how-to website (im inept). They're easy peasy enough to find with YouTube's search function, though!
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Post by elektrolurch on Aug 12, 2015 2:33:22 GMT -5
Wow, never heard of these before. Tir Na Nog is really fascinating,played it a bit and wow. Before knowing it I always thought the evolution of the graphic adventure was text adventure->graphic adventure with text phraser->icon-based point and click-but this somehow defies it, a weird, second evolutionary part. Great insight.
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(just a heads up, contains sound)
