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Let’s face it – game developers are running out of ideas. We’ve had just about every type of game you can imagine, and the most recent trend has been for imagination-starved developers to acquire film licences. Even though game versions of The Thing, Spiderman, and Star Wars etc are on the way, they hardly inspire great confidence do they? Superman on N64 was laughable, and bar Jedi Knight 2, and a few others, the Star War games have been utter pap. What we need is a new source of games…
Fortunately, an idea has spring into my head. In a temporary moment of weakness/utter stupidity, I watch the British Soap Awards last Wednesday. I got thinking, and realised that soap operas are a veritable goldmine of recognisable locations, memorable (lol) characters and ‘personalities’. With just about every avenue of idea sources already explored, soaps are just stored potential just waiting to be untapped. So here are a few I came up with, loosely based around existing franchises…
CORONATION STREETS OF RAGE™
Very) loosely based on Sega’s excellent Streets of Rage series, comes Coronation Streets of Rage! A side scrolling beat ‘em up, you control a renegade gang of old Coronation Street stars, raging at the young upstarts who make an awful racket and stick chewing gum in between the cobbles in the road. Controllable characters include Norris, armed with an assortment of rolled up magazines and out of date sweets from ‘The Kabin’, Blanche and Deirdre, who use their massive glasses for X Ray Vision (enemies can also be taken out with Deirdre’s uncontrollable neck spasms). Unlockable characters include Rita and a returning Mavis. You must take out character like Rosie, Sophie, Tyrone etc until you face the main boss, the unbelievably ugly Fizz Brown, who in a repeat of her stunt before, is threatening to…ahem…expose herself in the street, thus rendering the entire world in blindness. Stop this dastardly plot now!
SERIOUS SAM DINGLE™
You’ve played Serious Sam before, but were was the passion? The motive? The sheep? Thankfully this has been rectified in the latest instalment. In this first person shoot ‘em up; you control Sam Dingle, the village idiot who, after years of mistreatment, torment and abuse, has decided to get serious and wreak havoc on the people that have made his life a living hell! Armed with a couple of twigs he tied together in string, a dead sheep’s head and a variety of other similarly devastating weapons, you must destroy Emmerdale Village, wasting the Woolpack and eliminating people like Eric and Betty. But beware, as they are equally well equipped. Power ups will aid your quest, pints of beer rejuvenating your health and elastic bands to hold your oh-so-unfashionable woolly hat on you noggin, protecting you from unexpected cowpats. Help is available from the other Dingles – all except one…Cain, your main adversary! Take out the inhabitants of Emmerdale farm and face Cain to get your vengeance!
EASTENDERS: THE FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY™
Based on the popular 3D strategy game ‘Commandos’ comes Eastenders: Fight for Supremacy. The battleground? Albert Square. You control one of two factions, the Mitchell’s or the Fowlers, as you try and gain supremacy for the control of Albert Square. As we know, this war has been fought on many fronts for ages, but it is time to settle this feud once and for all. Arenas that are playable as standard include good ol’ Albert Square, the allotments and, as an unlockable extra, Manchester, where the characters of yesteryear battle it out for further fame in music or film (but that’s being saved for the sequel). From your base of the Queen Vic for the Mitchell’s, and the Fowler family home for Mark, Pauline and Co., you must try and take each other out. Characters can be hired to join your team, for example Barry to steamroller the opposition by sitting on them, Dot to bore them to death, or Ian Beale to scare them to death with his latest haircut. Whoever you chose, supremacy is the aim, so assemble you motley crew of misfits and get fighting!
RAMSAY STREET FIGHTER 3D™
In the last but certainly not least of our Soap/Game hybrids, we have Ramsay Street Fighter 3D, based on everyone’s favourite Aussie, Neighbours! But whereas in the daytime soap ‘good neighbours become good friends’, the game version is somewhat different, as they fight, scrap, and generally beat the hell out of each over in this amazing beat ‘em up! There is a variety of your favourite characters to pay as, such as Harold Bishop, Joe Scully, Libby and Drew, Lou Carpenter, and a few returning favourites such as secret characters the Mangel family and Helen Daniels, as well as many more. As for the environments, there are too many to mention – the Coffee Shop, Lou’s Place, the Surgery, in the actual street, all fully interactive. Experience a different side of Neighbours in this superb street fighting game.
And that’s it! I’m sure there are many, many more you guys can think of, so how about it? Can you think of any more soaps that can be turned into games?
Thanks for reading
Fortunately, an idea has spring into my head. In a temporary moment of weakness/utter stupidity, I watch the British Soap Awards last Wednesday. I got thinking, and realised that soap operas are a veritable goldmine of recognisable locations, memorable (lol) characters and ‘personalities’. With just about every avenue of idea sources already explored, soaps are just stored potential just waiting to be untapped. So here are a few I came up with, loosely based around existing franchises…
CORONATION STREETS OF RAGE™
Very) loosely based on Sega’s excellent Streets of Rage series, comes Coronation Streets of Rage! A side scrolling beat ‘em up, you control a renegade gang of old Coronation Street stars, raging at the young upstarts who make an awful racket and stick chewing gum in between the cobbles in the road. Controllable characters include Norris, armed with an assortment of rolled up magazines and out of date sweets from ‘The Kabin’, Blanche and Deirdre, who use their massive glasses for X Ray Vision (enemies can also be taken out with Deirdre’s uncontrollable neck spasms). Unlockable characters include Rita and a returning Mavis. You must take out character like Rosie, Sophie, Tyrone etc until you face the main boss, the unbelievably ugly Fizz Brown, who in a repeat of her stunt before, is threatening to…ahem…expose herself in the street, thus rendering the entire world in blindness. Stop this dastardly plot now!
SERIOUS SAM DINGLE™
You’ve played Serious Sam before, but were was the passion? The motive? The sheep? Thankfully this has been rectified in the latest instalment. In this first person shoot ‘em up; you control Sam Dingle, the village idiot who, after years of mistreatment, torment and abuse, has decided to get serious and wreak havoc on the people that have made his life a living hell! Armed with a couple of twigs he tied together in string, a dead sheep’s head and a variety of other similarly devastating weapons, you must destroy Emmerdale Village, wasting the Woolpack and eliminating people like Eric and Betty. But beware, as they are equally well equipped. Power ups will aid your quest, pints of beer rejuvenating your health and elastic bands to hold your oh-so-unfashionable woolly hat on you noggin, protecting you from unexpected cowpats. Help is available from the other Dingles – all except one…Cain, your main adversary! Take out the inhabitants of Emmerdale farm and face Cain to get your vengeance!
EASTENDERS: THE FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY™
Based on the popular 3D strategy game ‘Commandos’ comes Eastenders: Fight for Supremacy. The battleground? Albert Square. You control one of two factions, the Mitchell’s or the Fowlers, as you try and gain supremacy for the control of Albert Square. As we know, this war has been fought on many fronts for ages, but it is time to settle this feud once and for all. Arenas that are playable as standard include good ol’ Albert Square, the allotments and, as an unlockable extra, Manchester, where the characters of yesteryear battle it out for further fame in music or film (but that’s being saved for the sequel). From your base of the Queen Vic for the Mitchell’s, and the Fowler family home for Mark, Pauline and Co., you must try and take each other out. Characters can be hired to join your team, for example Barry to steamroller the opposition by sitting on them, Dot to bore them to death, or Ian Beale to scare them to death with his latest haircut. Whoever you chose, supremacy is the aim, so assemble you motley crew of misfits and get fighting!
RAMSAY STREET FIGHTER 3D™
In the last but certainly not least of our Soap/Game hybrids, we have Ramsay Street Fighter 3D, based on everyone’s favourite Aussie, Neighbours! But whereas in the daytime soap ‘good neighbours become good friends’, the game version is somewhat different, as they fight, scrap, and generally beat the hell out of each over in this amazing beat ‘em up! There is a variety of your favourite characters to pay as, such as Harold Bishop, Joe Scully, Libby and Drew, Lou Carpenter, and a few returning favourites such as secret characters the Mangel family and Helen Daniels, as well as many more. As for the environments, there are too many to mention – the Coffee Shop, Lou’s Place, the Surgery, in the actual street, all fully interactive. Experience a different side of Neighbours in this superb street fighting game.
And that’s it! I’m sure there are many, many more you guys can think of, so how about it? Can you think of any more soaps that can be turned into games?
Thanks for reading
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why would you want to make a game about soaps?
Who would want to play a game about washing your hands?
tsk.
Who would want to play a game about washing your hands?
tsk.
Jeez, if you don't mind me saying, take a chill pill man...
*lights frankinsence*
Anyways, I undestand that you took half a day to do that, but i mean, you didn't have to go to the trouble of writing that all out when you could have put the idea accross first, and then done it if people liked it.
Just a suggestion.
Microchips
*lights frankinsence*
Anyways, I undestand that you took half a day to do that, but i mean, you didn't have to go to the trouble of writing that all out when you could have put the idea accross first, and then done it if people liked it.
Just a suggestion.
Microchips
wtf u mean "err thanks for that" no f'kin comments for this half a day effort? , what a nice community this is , **hmm they must dislike people who post on there first day , and waste half there f'kin day when they should be revisin for a test**
i will never get final fantasy 10
i will never get final fantasy 10
Er...thanks for that.
the best would definatly be = SUPERSOAP WORLD CUPtm-road to the soap cup.
this would be a football game with ALL the soaps in the world , england based soaps , american , french , spanish , Japanese. ALL the soaps of the world in one big world cup! some of the english teams would be :
Rovers Returns Football Club - RRFC (coronation street)
Queens Vic Rangers - QVR (Eastenders)
Woolpack Inn Wanderers - WIW (Emmerdale)
The Coffee Shop Queers - TCSQ (neighbours)
Bar Brookie united - BBU (Brookside)
THE TEAMS - i have carefully scouted and watched all the soaps thousands of times and picked a good team for each soap. (not really , i dont even watch them!)
QUEENS VIC RANGERS
Formation = 442
GK = Phil Mitchell
DL = Peggy Mitchell
DC = Pauline Fowler
DC = Kat Slater
DR = Rikki Butcher
ML = Martin Fowler
MC = Bianca Butcher
MC = Lil'Mo
MR = Zoe Slater
FC = Ian Beale
FC = Mark Fowler
BAR BROOKIE UTD.
Formation = 433
GK = Jimmy Corkhill
DL = Jerome Johnson
DC = Anthony Murray
DC = Nisha Batra
DR = Max Farnham
ML = Sammy Rogers
MC = Lyndsy Corkhill
MR = Jacqui Farnham
FC = Tin Head (tim O'leary)
FC = Ron Dixon
FC = Bev McLoughlin
ROVERS RETURN FC
Formation = 532
GK = Mike Baldwin
DL = Fizz Brown
DC = Roy Cropper
DC = Kevin Webster
DC = Sally Webster
DR = Deirdre Barlow
ML = Ken Barlow
MC = Curly Watts
MR = Charlie Ramsden
FC = Ashley Peacock
FC = Les Battersby
WOOLPACK INN WANDERERS
Formation = 442* diamond
GK = Donna Windsor
DL = Diane Blackstock
DC = Danny Daggert
DC = Chris Tate
DR = Charity Dingle
ML = Carlos Diaz
DMC = Betty Eagleton
AMC = Andy Sugden
MR = Alan Turner
FC = Angie Reynolds
FC = Ashley Thomas
THE COFFEE SHOP QUEERS
Formation = 442
GK = Ruth Wilkinson
DL = Hannah Martin
DC = Amy Greenwood
DC = Bill Kennedy
DR = Tad Reeves
ML = Anne Wilkinson
MC = Stephanie scully
MC = Madge Bishop
MR = Dione Bliss
FC = Lance Wilkinson
FC = Paul McClain
God you must think im a boring person , but please enjoy and maybe sprout some more ideas of the silly soap games.
-By the way i forkin love final fantasy 10-
this would be a football game with ALL the soaps in the world , england based soaps , american , french , spanish , Japanese. ALL the soaps of the world in one big world cup! some of the english teams would be :
Rovers Returns Football Club - RRFC (coronation street)
Queens Vic Rangers - QVR (Eastenders)
Woolpack Inn Wanderers - WIW (Emmerdale)
The Coffee Shop Queers - TCSQ (neighbours)
Bar Brookie united - BBU (Brookside)
THE TEAMS - i have carefully scouted and watched all the soaps thousands of times and picked a good team for each soap. (not really , i dont even watch them!)
QUEENS VIC RANGERS
Formation = 442
GK = Phil Mitchell
DL = Peggy Mitchell
DC = Pauline Fowler
DC = Kat Slater
DR = Rikki Butcher
ML = Martin Fowler
MC = Bianca Butcher
MC = Lil'Mo
MR = Zoe Slater
FC = Ian Beale
FC = Mark Fowler
BAR BROOKIE UTD.
Formation = 433
GK = Jimmy Corkhill
DL = Jerome Johnson
DC = Anthony Murray
DC = Nisha Batra
DR = Max Farnham
ML = Sammy Rogers
MC = Lyndsy Corkhill
MR = Jacqui Farnham
FC = Tin Head (tim O'leary)
FC = Ron Dixon
FC = Bev McLoughlin
ROVERS RETURN FC
Formation = 532
GK = Mike Baldwin
DL = Fizz Brown
DC = Roy Cropper
DC = Kevin Webster
DC = Sally Webster
DR = Deirdre Barlow
ML = Ken Barlow
MC = Curly Watts
MR = Charlie Ramsden
FC = Ashley Peacock
FC = Les Battersby
WOOLPACK INN WANDERERS
Formation = 442* diamond
GK = Donna Windsor
DL = Diane Blackstock
DC = Danny Daggert
DC = Chris Tate
DR = Charity Dingle
ML = Carlos Diaz
DMC = Betty Eagleton
AMC = Andy Sugden
MR = Alan Turner
FC = Angie Reynolds
FC = Ashley Thomas
THE COFFEE SHOP QUEERS
Formation = 442
GK = Ruth Wilkinson
DL = Hannah Martin
DC = Amy Greenwood
DC = Bill Kennedy
DR = Tad Reeves
ML = Anne Wilkinson
MC = Stephanie scully
MC = Madge Bishop
MR = Dione Bliss
FC = Lance Wilkinson
FC = Paul McClain
God you must think im a boring person , but please enjoy and maybe sprout some more ideas of the silly soap games.
-By the way i forkin love final fantasy 10-
Nice ideas there Russ, very well presented :)
I like the Coronation street one! :) Good stuff man.
I like the Coronation street one! :) Good stuff man.
uuuugh , what about = icewind emmerdale lol :D (based on icewind dale)
Damn, keep thinking of ideas after I posted it...
How about EastEnd of Empires?
(loosely based on Age of Empires in case you don't get it.)
:D
How about EastEnd of Empires?
(loosely based on Age of Empires in case you don't get it.)
:D
LOL another good post russ, will it be another GAD? ;)
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