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How many people here would know what the Indrema L600 is? For the vast majority of those that don't, I will grace you with my words of wisdom (or something vaguely similar). A small company thought it would be a good idea to make a games console based on Linux, why they thought this, is beyond me, but they did. They were going to make a high quality gaming platform, which would have original games, and have the power of a PC. Last month however, this company went into liquidation because no-one thought it would work.
Unfortunately, there is no happy ending, but it proves that unless your a multi-billionaire and/or a renound games manufacturer, then you will fail, no matter how good your idea is. There have been precidences in the past, of small people making it big time, like when IBM said,
"Yes Mr. Gates, you can have the rights to your new Windows software", and when there used to be people spending days on their Amstrads and Commodores to make games. This has made many games companies, possibly the most famous being Codemasters.
Alas, this isn't the eighties, even if the quality of music may suggest otherwise. I think the odds of Bill Gates helping out the little man are in comparison with "snowballs in hell". Original ideas and enthusiasm count for nothing nowadays, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel...
A new program called Dark Basic has appeared on the market, which allows people to maketheir owned BASIC based games, with the power offered by new age PC's. The era of people sitting in their rooms programming away to make their own successful game my not be dead, as one game has already been published using this, nd at £25, this may be a welcome injection of originality in gaming.
Unfortunately, there is no happy ending, but it proves that unless your a multi-billionaire and/or a renound games manufacturer, then you will fail, no matter how good your idea is. There have been precidences in the past, of small people making it big time, like when IBM said,
"Yes Mr. Gates, you can have the rights to your new Windows software", and when there used to be people spending days on their Amstrads and Commodores to make games. This has made many games companies, possibly the most famous being Codemasters.
Alas, this isn't the eighties, even if the quality of music may suggest otherwise. I think the odds of Bill Gates helping out the little man are in comparison with "snowballs in hell". Original ideas and enthusiasm count for nothing nowadays, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel...
A new program called Dark Basic has appeared on the market, which allows people to maketheir owned BASIC based games, with the power offered by new age PC's. The era of people sitting in their rooms programming away to make their own successful game my not be dead, as one game has already been published using this, nd at £25, this may be a welcome injection of originality in gaming.
Interesting to point out how great Indrema would be if it had big support:
1) Open source code allows people to go back to bedroom programming- something I would love to do!
Ummm... actually that's the only thig I can think of. It's meant to be a "hardcore player's console" but it hasn't got any big name support. The whole idea was floored and not back finacially enough.
Sonic
1) Open source code allows people to go back to bedroom programming- something I would love to do!
Ummm... actually that's the only thig I can think of. It's meant to be a "hardcore player's console" but it hasn't got any big name support. The whole idea was floored and not back finacially enough.
Sonic
Wòókiee Møn§†€R wrote:
>> VenomByte wrote:
>> (everyone knows the eighties had much better
>> stuff).
> Damn straight!
Who said sarcasm doesnt wort on the internet? :)
>> VenomByte wrote:
>> (everyone knows the eighties had much better
>> stuff).
> Damn straight!
Who said sarcasm doesnt wort on the internet? :)
He is making fun of Bill Gates again, so sad.
VenomByte wrote:
> (everyone knows the eighties had much better stuff).
Damn straight!
> (everyone knows the eighties had much better stuff).
Damn straight!
fitz wrote:
A
> new program called Dark Basic has appeared on the market, which
> allows people to maketheir owned BASIC based games, with the power
> offered by new age PC's. The era of people sitting in their rooms
> programming away to make their own successful game my not be dead,
> as one game has already been published using this, nd at £25,
> this may be a welcome injection of originality in gaming.
What games that man?
A
> new program called Dark Basic has appeared on the market, which
> allows people to maketheir owned BASIC based games, with the power
> offered by new age PC's. The era of people sitting in their rooms
> programming away to make their own successful game my not be dead,
> as one game has already been published using this, nd at £25,
> this may be a welcome injection of originality in gaming.
What games that man?
Firstly how dare you compare the music of the modern era to the likes of the eighties! ;)
(everyone knows the eighties had much better stuff).
Secondly most of us have heard of Indrema. No scratch that, most of us who've been here a couple of months or so have heard of indrema. (Is that a majority or not? In terms of populus or posts?)
What else did you write?
Ah there's a point. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to read the thread whilst you're posting a new message? I suspect that's already on the list of 'forum improvements pending' though.
Well, to those developing the Indrema, they were right. It wouldn't work. Thing is, David would have had the living daylights beaten out of him by Goliath. The mouse never beats the cat, and the tortoise does finish last. Trust me on this one. I've tried it a few times, admittedly with a domestic rabbit rather than a hare, but it still trounces the tortoise.
If anyone thinks they can program a game to meet up with todays standards, all on their own in their spare time, good luck to them. Mostly people write these things becasue they are good experience, rather than because they realistically expect to be able to make a big seller.
(everyone knows the eighties had much better stuff).
Secondly most of us have heard of Indrema. No scratch that, most of us who've been here a couple of months or so have heard of indrema. (Is that a majority or not? In terms of populus or posts?)
What else did you write?
Ah there's a point. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to read the thread whilst you're posting a new message? I suspect that's already on the list of 'forum improvements pending' though.
Well, to those developing the Indrema, they were right. It wouldn't work. Thing is, David would have had the living daylights beaten out of him by Goliath. The mouse never beats the cat, and the tortoise does finish last. Trust me on this one. I've tried it a few times, admittedly with a domestic rabbit rather than a hare, but it still trounces the tortoise.
If anyone thinks they can program a game to meet up with todays standards, all on their own in their spare time, good luck to them. Mostly people write these things becasue they are good experience, rather than because they realistically expect to be able to make a big seller.
How many people here would know what the Indrema L600 is? For the vast majority of those that don't, I will grace you with my words of wisdom (or something vaguely similar). A small company thought it would be a good idea to make a games console based on Linux, why they thought this, is beyond me, but they did. They were going to make a high quality gaming platform, which would have original games, and have the power of a PC. Last month however, this company went into liquidation because no-one thought it would work.
Unfortunately, there is no happy ending, but it proves that unless your a multi-billionaire and/or a renound games manufacturer, then you will fail, no matter how good your idea is. There have been precidences in the past, of small people making it big time, like when IBM said,
"Yes Mr. Gates, you can have the rights to your new Windows software", and when there used to be people spending days on their Amstrads and Commodores to make games. This has made many games companies, possibly the most famous being Codemasters.
Alas, this isn't the eighties, even if the quality of music may suggest otherwise. I think the odds of Bill Gates helping out the little man are in comparison with "snowballs in hell". Original ideas and enthusiasm count for nothing nowadays, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel...
A new program called Dark Basic has appeared on the market, which allows people to maketheir owned BASIC based games, with the power offered by new age PC's. The era of people sitting in their rooms programming away to make their own successful game my not be dead, as one game has already been published using this, nd at £25, this may be a welcome injection of originality in gaming.
Unfortunately, there is no happy ending, but it proves that unless your a multi-billionaire and/or a renound games manufacturer, then you will fail, no matter how good your idea is. There have been precidences in the past, of small people making it big time, like when IBM said,
"Yes Mr. Gates, you can have the rights to your new Windows software", and when there used to be people spending days on their Amstrads and Commodores to make games. This has made many games companies, possibly the most famous being Codemasters.
Alas, this isn't the eighties, even if the quality of music may suggest otherwise. I think the odds of Bill Gates helping out the little man are in comparison with "snowballs in hell". Original ideas and enthusiasm count for nothing nowadays, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel...
A new program called Dark Basic has appeared on the market, which allows people to maketheir owned BASIC based games, with the power offered by new age PC's. The era of people sitting in their rooms programming away to make their own successful game my not be dead, as one game has already been published using this, nd at £25, this may be a welcome injection of originality in gaming.