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Epileptic Dolphin fun

http://www.mausland.de/dolphin.swf

Penguin baseball

http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=2437

Both quite amusing.

Icarus wrote:
> suppose. He's rather obsessed with sheep isn't he?

worryingly so. I'm sure he's had erm "intimate" relationships with some in the past.

suppose. He's rather obsessed with sheep isn't he?

unknown kernel wrote:
> Do you ever read his blog? He sounds like my kind of lunatic. Some
> cool, if blurry, screenshots of Unity on there too:

No, but I will be from now on. He's insane. Well, British, so eccentric ;)

> http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=13754
>
> A mess, Icarus? A mess? The best mess in the world!

Ohhhhhhhhh, I can *hear* the colours. That looks *superb*

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Jeff Minter is God :)

That is actually true. Llamatron is one of my favourite games of all time - I've been playing it ever since I got an Atari ST. I've already bought two copies of Gridrunner++ and due to hard drive failure (& stupidity) I'm about to buy a third.

Do you ever read his blog? He sounds like my kind of lunatic. Some cool, if blurry, screenshots of Unity on there too:

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=13754

A mess, Icarus? A mess? The best mess in the world!

Pandaemonium wrote:

> He’s a true individual in the games industry, and where the tendency
> is now for a faceless team of 50 - 100 individuals to churn out
> another uninspiring sequel this is a valuable quality.
>
Yes but that's because of the very nature of the projects; 3D work, testing, larger games, more scripted stuff, etc.

> All of his games are graphically rudimentary, and instead concentrate
> on gameplay. He is also a genius, and able to program in any, and I
> mean ANY language, from basic to low level machine code on machines
> that have just been released.

OK, impressed by that, but that's more common nowadays, and as a result some possible "Minters" that would have shone in his time may have gone unnoticed.
>
> Cant wait to see the project he’s working on for Lionhead….. :) :) :)
> :) :) :) :) :)

It looks a bl00dy mess.

Yeah I can remember him from way back in yonder old days too! My bro knew him and got a copy of Attack Of The Mutant Camels off him. I used to love that...

Icarus wrote:
> Tell me, why do some refer to him in such high regard? He made
> Tempest, and some camel gamee. Great.

Because I have played his games since I started playing games. I've played "Gridrunner" on the vic20, "attack" and "Revenge" of the mutant camels and "Ancipital" on the C=64, and "Llamatron" on the Amiga and "Tempest 2000" on the PC.

He’s a true individual in the games industry, and where the tendency is now for a faceless team of 50 - 100 individuals to churn out another uninspiring sequel this is a valuable quality.

All of his games are graphically rudimentary, and instead concentrate on gameplay. He is also a genius, and able to program in any, and I mean ANY language, from basic to low level machine code on machines that have just been released.

Cant wait to see the project he’s working on for Lionhead….. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Tell me, why do some refer to him in such high regard? He made Tempest, and some camel gamee. Great.

Icarus wrote:
> The flashes? Not good.

Hehehhehe. Hence epileptic.

I love screen flashes, and every game should have them in. Jeff Minter is God :)

The flashes? Not good.