Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:42 am
Oh yeah? and they said Doom couldn't be done on the VIC 20 too! ...and they were right. It couldn't. But that's not the point! Derivatives can be downright fun in their own charming attempts to appropriate! (BTW, I'm really not going to waste my time trying to recreate Omega Race... :p)rhurst wrote: I agree that any "derivative" can be written in BASIC, if that is the objective. The end result cannot stack up against Omega Race (or any other arcade-like video game) game play -- any such claim is false bravado. But I like seeing all the creative attempts -- go for it!
The VIC is great just the way it is. I make unexpanded games because I like the idea of it being able to run on any VIC, any where, at any time. Still, I admit it's just a personal quirk. All of my games require a disk drive, tape deck, or transfer device. In mose cases, a joystick is needed as well, so a memory cart would really not be such a big deal. I just like the idea of a very brief expression (my previous analogy was a short poem.) One could list out, examine and modify with little effort. I also want the player to be impressed by the range the VIC has in 3.5k.rhurst wrote: A little OT, but why is unexpanded so important? Back in the day, it was deemed important, but that was short-sighted thinking too. C128 and Amiga suffered terribly for publishers promoting software for the "lowest common denominator" in stock C64 and Amiga 500 configurations.