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"Something of interest to the older gamers..."

While sitting on the toi... erm, in the dining room this morning, I was reading through my copy of the Official PS2 magazine.

The article was about a forthcoming 3D platformer from Jester Interactive, makers of PS2's 'Music' titles, among others. The name of the platformer is Vexx, and it supposedly has a very dark storyline.

It all looks and sounds very good, but this is all besides the point. What really grabbed by attention was a small box-out, regarding other titles in Jester's production line...

Somehow I missed it when it happened, but apparently, over a year ago, Jester bought the rights to the back-catalogue of Graftgold - one of the best developers of the 80's. This purchase gives them rights to 21 Graftgold games, including Commodore 64/Spectrum classics...

Paradroid and Uridium

Now I don't know how many of you know about or remember these titles, but the older ones among you should. I can't even begin to wonder how many hours of my childhood were lost to these two games, or how many homework projects/assignments were delivered late - if at all.

Paradroid - starting as a weak robot, regain control of your spaceship by patrolling the corridors and taking control of bigger, more powerful robots. Certain robots only have access to certain areas of the ship, so you must choose your victim wisely, working your way up the chain until you can get where you need to go.

Uridium - blindingly fast top-down left-right scrolling shooter. Pilot your fighter over the surface of huge space-going freighters, taking out their defence turrets, deftly dodging between obstacles on the deck, and destroying waves of enemy fighters.

And now Jester are re-making these titles, updated for the next-gen era.

Their website - http://www.jesterinteractive.com - has more details, along with screenshots and a 6.7Mb MPEG clip of (the new) Paradroid from the ECTS show.

If they get it them right, it might teach you young whippersnappers something about playability that you never knew existed! :-)

I can't wait!

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Mystique wrote:
> Find someone older for me to wrestle and I'll be
> there

Hang on, I'm just going out to buy a leotard and a wig...

****
MENTAL PICTURE!!!

Bring
It
On

Mystique wrote:
> Find someone older for me to wrestle and I'll be there

Hang on, I'm just going out to buy a leotard and a wig...

Lol, yes, she's only 14...but then, she is a womblewhore, so you never know..

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> If that were the case, I'm sure Mystique and Iguana would be providing the
> motion-capture! :-)

Find someone older for me to wrestle and I'll be there


Your Honour wrote:
Bearing in mind Iguana is only about 14 (I think), that's bordering on the Michael Jackson...



Is that you volunteering to replace her?;O)

Armatige Shanks wrote:
> Seems a little mean?

He can be real ruthless and mean when he wants.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> She played it for five minutes so then I took it in as my
> own.

Seems a little mean?

Uridium was the first game I ever had. My parents bought a C64 for my sister, along with Uridium. She played it for five minutes so then I took it in as my own.

Haven't looked back. Well I have, because I can't actually remember any of that.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
>In
> those days, I used to buy a game simply because it had a Rob Hubbard
> soundtrack!

I still think it was funky being able to play Space Invaders as the game proper loaded in the background...

(Then I got a floppy drive and didnt care anymore... but still)

Are you sure it's sweat?

Your Honour wrote:
> Or Michael Jackson in the payground...

I'm not sweating that much!