[access-uk] Re: PC and Online games for the VI?
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:42:27 -0000
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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