Albert Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 http://www.baroquegaming.com/projects/tree...tree_hugger.htmAtari 2600 programmer Billy Eno has given us word that his next 2600 game, Tree Hugger, is well underway.Tree Hugger will be a multi-screen game with different goals for each screen. The first screen will be titled "Pave the Greenbelt", where your objective is to bulldoze trees and ponds to get up to six lanes of traffic to appear. Other screens include "Spotted Owl Hunting", "Whale Sport", and "Oil Spill". You can find more information about Tree Hugger, as well as an early demo you can download, at the freshly updated Baroque Gaming Homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 A politically incorrect Atari 2600 homebrew. This will be the best thing to hit the home market since Custer's Revenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 WOW! An ANTI-Environmental game? Not terribly PC are we? The EPA is going to be ALL OVER this game. I like the multiple screen/game concept. Maybe the game should be called "Destroy the Earth!" From the website: If you have any complaints about the content, please email me here. HA! Is your mailbox full yet? Should be an interesting game! Tree Hugger Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Maybe the game should be called "Destroy the Earth!" Too bad we can't get Bloody Human Freeway released to the public. Someone could hack that cart and replace the man with deer; then we could have yet ANOTHER politically incorrect game: ROADKILL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Ha HA! That's great. I'll be certain to pick one up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 LOL www.cpuwiz.com/images/temp/tree.wav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I welcome the new game .. but did you read on his site that the Sniper game will be incorporated as a level into the Tree Hugger game. Does this mean that Sniper will not be a lightgun game? Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Heh heh heh, looks like a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxSpeed Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Outragious, Contemptuous, and Hilarious ! I am a tree hugger, but certainly will enjoy this game ! Anyword if Mondo Pong is going to be an Atariage Offering ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I am going to be the opposition on this one. I for one am horrified at the idea of this game. The paving roads bit doesn't bother me that much..but the spotted owl hunting and the sniper bit on whales down right pisses me off! Sorry Billy but I will not be purchasing this game. And I am not going to say anything more on this. I am offended by the idea and that is my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I think it's all in good fun, and I'm excited to get it... :-) After all, in splinter cell you interrogate people in a choke hold and then put a cap in their head. I don't condone that anymore than killing whales, but it's fun to play none-the-less. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 yeah, I'm going with its meant to be fun and a video game. Now if he had a kill the earth video game and used the proceeds to fund terroism or big tobacco (what's the difference ), then I wouldn't be interested in buying. But sometimes it's fun to play as the bad guy, my favorite is being a dark Jedi in Jedi Knight II, running around and choking people to death with my force powers, now try explaining that to my mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxSpeed Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 What is next ! Crack House King or Drug Lord ! Then again I have played and Axis power in Return To Castle Wolfenstein and I hate Nazis, I am undecided on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 There was a game like that available for DOS a long time ago :-) you had to kidnap children and sell them for money :-) as well as rob banks, and sell drugs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxSpeed Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Gaming has a history of being politiocally incorrect - Custer's Revenge, Leisure Suit Larry, just to name a famous few. In the future Tree Hugger, Crack House Whore, .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Billy Eno is my hero now, just for having the balls to make a game like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Looks cool.For those that oppose this game, at least one can destroy the earth on the TV screen and not in reality.And if you really oppose it,then go find a cave to freeze in,where you would not use any natural resources at all(not for long anyway).Gaming is not reality;it's just simple fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorbytheRobot Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 From the website:If you have any complaints about the content, please email me here. HA! Is your mailbox full yet? Should be an interesting game! Tree Hugger Stan Just for grins, follow that link.... -Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorbytheRobot Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 I welcome the new game .. but did you read on his site that the Sniper game will be incorporated as a level into the Tree Hugger game. Does this mean that Sniper will not be a lightgun game? Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA I haven't completely given up on it as a light gun game. The light gun concept is cool, but to really be effective, I figured it would have to follow where you are pointing the gun. It may not be possible given the limitations of the hardware. But, I do hope to return to some sort of light gun game. -Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorbytheRobot Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 I am going to be the opposition on this one. I for one am horrified at the idea of this game. The paving roads bit doesn't bother me that much..but the spotted owl hunting and the sniper bit on whales down right pisses me off! Sorry Billy but I will not be purchasing this game. And I am not going to say anything more on this. I am offended by the idea and that is my opinion. I can respect your opinion. But the only reason it is funny is that the ideas are really riduculous. I am certainly not an anti-enviromentalist. I just figured it might get featured in the Austin paper when it is done, the Greenbelt is quite a touchy subject around here. Any press being good press... -Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloatedmonkey Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 Freakin' awesome! I'll buy two to help make up for the uptight goobers who end up boycotting you. Here's a song we used to sing - for inspiration.... You don't bludgeon a seal 'cause you want a meal No you do it 'cause you wanna hear those little suckers squeal You hit 'em on the head and you do it just for kicks And you poke out their eyes with you eye-pokin' sticks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 I haven't completely given up on it as a light gun game. The light gun concept is cool, but to really be effective, I figured it would have to follow where you are pointing the gun. It may not be possible given the limitations of the hardware. But, I do hope to return to some sort of light gun game. -Billy You mean follow it onscreen? I don't think I've ever seen a light gun game that did that. You might as well buy a $5 laser pointer and mount it on the light gun itself. If you meant "prevent the player from scoring big by aiming his gun at a lightbulb" like you could do with the first Odyssey game, that's trickier, but there's no reason you couldn't do the Nintendo thing of "blank the screen for one frame except a white square where the target is, sample the gun's input at the beginning of the frame and the end of the frame to make sure it's not seeing light, sample the gun while the white square is displayed and if it's seeing light, record a hit" on the 2600. You just have an alternate kernel for when the trigger's been depressed. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 I don't relish the thought of having to find a 2600 light gun to play this game... I'd rather it work with standard equipment. Unless you plan to sell Light Guns with it some how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 id buy 2 as well.. great parody game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 WOW!! looks GREAT!!! @billy when do you think the game will be finished? take care, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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