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 Braille Specialist Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Tel: 01604 798024 Mob: 07887 883815 www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4969 (20100323) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4969 (20100323) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq