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About three years ago, I went down to Cornwall for the solar Eclipse. Being Cornwall, there was loads of amusement arcades along the beach front. I went into one of them. After spending, and losing, a pound on those 10p machines that shunt the other 10p's across, I noticed, right at the back of the arcade, that there was a gun shooter game, much like House of the Dead.
I went over to it, and noticed that it was not made up of polygons and graphics, but there was actually people (on the screen). It was like a real life game.
In went my pound, and the game started - I chose the western level. Suddenly 3 men jumped out from behind a hay-stack. BANG...BANG BANG. I shot them, and as I did they performed a routine of dieing depeneding on where they were shot. It was like a TV - it used a movie sequences every time you shot the gun, like the baddies turning round if the bullet went past them and shot a basket, which went flying into the air. It must of taken a long time to shoot all of those scenes when they were producing that game.
I got quite far, but eventually was shot, and fell to the floor in a limp, oh:(.
So what happened to games like these? I have not seen that one particular game in the arcades anymore. It was a good game.
I imagine games like and/or better than these will be the future. What about you?
Namostar
I went over to it, and noticed that it was not made up of polygons and graphics, but there was actually people (on the screen). It was like a real life game.
In went my pound, and the game started - I chose the western level. Suddenly 3 men jumped out from behind a hay-stack. BANG...BANG BANG. I shot them, and as I did they performed a routine of dieing depeneding on where they were shot. It was like a TV - it used a movie sequences every time you shot the gun, like the baddies turning round if the bullet went past them and shot a basket, which went flying into the air. It must of taken a long time to shoot all of those scenes when they were producing that game.
I got quite far, but eventually was shot, and fell to the floor in a limp, oh:(.
So what happened to games like these? I have not seen that one particular game in the arcades anymore. It was a good game.
I imagine games like and/or better than these will be the future. What about you?
Namostar
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About three years ago, I went down to Cornwall for the solar Eclipse. Being Cornwall, there was loads of amusement arcades along the beach front. I went into one of them. After spending, and losing, a pound on those 10p machines that shunt the other 10p's across, I noticed, right at the back of the arcade, that there was a gun shooter game, much like House of the Dead.
I went over to it, and noticed that it was not made up of polygons and graphics, but there was actually people (on the screen). It was like a real life game.
In went my pound, and the game started - I chose the western level. Suddenly 3 men jumped out from behind a hay-stack. BANG...BANG BANG. I shot them, and as I did they performed a routine of dieing depeneding on where they were shot. It was like a TV - it used a movie sequences every time you shot the gun, like the baddies turning round if the bullet went past them and shot a basket, which went flying into the air. It must of taken a long time to shoot all of those scenes when they were producing that game.
I got quite far, but eventually was shot, and fell to the floor in a limp, oh:(.
So what happened to games like these? I have not seen that one particular game in the arcades anymore. It was a good game.
I imagine games like and/or better than these will be the future. What about you?
Namostar
I went over to it, and noticed that it was not made up of polygons and graphics, but there was actually people (on the screen). It was like a real life game.
In went my pound, and the game started - I chose the western level. Suddenly 3 men jumped out from behind a hay-stack. BANG...BANG BANG. I shot them, and as I did they performed a routine of dieing depeneding on where they were shot. It was like a TV - it used a movie sequences every time you shot the gun, like the baddies turning round if the bullet went past them and shot a basket, which went flying into the air. It must of taken a long time to shoot all of those scenes when they were producing that game.
I got quite far, but eventually was shot, and fell to the floor in a limp, oh:(.
So what happened to games like these? I have not seen that one particular game in the arcades anymore. It was a good game.
I imagine games like and/or better than these will be the future. What about you?
Namostar
Page: