[access-uk] Re: PC and Online games for the VI?

  • From: Jackie Cairns <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:46:42 +0000

I would agree with you David that some of the Eureka games were a whole lot of 
fun, particularly the word titles like Hangman, Anagrams and Jumble.

I must admit I do still like playing those games on my Franklin Language Master 
from time-to-time. 


Jackie Cairns
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
David Russell
Sent: 24 March 2010 09:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PC and Online games for the VI?

Not sure why we are talking about games which are obviously not for the Blind, 
and cannot be played by the blind.  So I am going to discuss games played by 
blind people as I have never played games for the sighted.
 
My first experience of these games were games designed for and played on the 
Eureka.  I quite enjoyed some of these, particularly the Infocom games.  Some 
of the pc games made for the blind have been fun to play.  the GMA games are 
pretty good, and I had a lot of fun with "Shades of Doom". Unfortunately, some 
of the producers of games for the blind had to give up working on new games 
because too many blind people were pirating the games so not enough were being 
sold to make it worthwhile.  There were also some fairly good BSC Games, one 
called "Troopanom" I think was okay.  some people have tried to work on sports 
games, but nothing has really been satisfactory.
 
The latest arrival on the games scene to my knowledge is Q9, which is one of 
those games where you follow an arrival from space and try to get him through 
various levels, fighting monsters and wild animals through jungles and caves.  
This is nothing too complicated, mainly relying on fast reactions, but it has 
passed a few hours for me.
 
There are also the Bavisoft games, although I am not sure whether they are 
still producing new ones.
 
There used to be many mailing lists for games, but most of these appear to have 
been disbanded.
 
It would be good to have some new games, but it is unrealistic to expect the 
same sounds and standards of production you get from games for the sighted.  
Blind gamers are just not going to buy in sufficient quantities for companies 
to make a profit.
 
I am sure there are one or two I have not mentioned, one called "Pipe" comes to 
mind.  I just wanted to discuss games for the blind rather than games for the 
previously sighted.
 
 
David
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike 
Moore
Sent: 24 March 2010 09:20
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PC and Online games for the VI?


Hi Barry and all,
 
Firstly, good to have you back Barry....
 
Going back to older games, the Commodore c64, remember the tapes?? Well there 
was a game called Uridium, it was a horizontal scrolling shoot 'em up where you 
were in a small space ship, graphics were not spectacular; compared to todays, 
but has a lot of the play-ability not suffered as a result? Another example was 
Speedball 2 on the Amiga, graphics, nothing special but really enjoyable 2 
player ice hockey-esque by Bitmap brothers.
 
 
Mike


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