GroovyBee Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 A 'Hover Bovver' is a floating lawnmower popular in the UK. Not quite. I'm pretty sure the expression comes from this 80s UK advert :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WxyIG-CUt4w It was Qualcast's attempt at putting down Flymo's hover mowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I didn't know where the expression came from, but knew it referred to Flymo's mowers.....very interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Hover Bovver 2: Grand Theft Flymo http://www.mobygames.com/game/hover-bovver-2-grand-theft-flymo Ahahahaha is this a real sequal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Hover Bovver 2: Grand Theft Flymo http://www.mobygames...and-theft-flymo Ahahahaha is this a real sequal? Yep! It came out for Pocket PC over 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Closest I got to Hover Bovver was Mowen Man on the Aquarius and "the one a certain someone didn't write" on the Speccy. Hopefully GB will have his inty at some show soon and I'll be able to go along and try some of his stuff out in person after completely failing to at AC last month. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 "the one a certain someone didn't write" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Closest I got to Hover Bovver was Mowen Man on the Aquarius and "the one a certain someone didn't write" on the Speccy. Hopefully GB will have his inty at some show soon and I'll be able to go along and try some of his stuff out in person after completely failing to at AC last month. I was hoping to make it to Retro Revival this weekend but thats not going to be possible now. Gaztee was hogging the Inty at AC so you wouldn't have got a look in . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
river9999uk Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Shame you cant make it Groovybee as I'll be there flying the homebrew flag for the 2600,Inty and coleco. Looking forward to this one. Jeff' Minters a nice bloke and I've met him a few times to a chat..really into retro gameplay so bet he'd love this. I'll get another wedge of dosh ready then :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vprette Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Minter is one of my idols when speaking videogames. Also one of the few people that preserve his original vision of the gaming experience. hove bovver remind me good times with my c64 and a period of life without the stress of today: it's one reason for making (and play) retro! Today we have big companies that are often hostile to retro collectors, so we hare happy to have Minter in the positive side for Intellivision games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 OH MY GOD HOVER BOVVER! I love Hover Bovver. Awesome choice of game, I'm sure it will be an absolute blast! Do you have to hold the disc down to move, so the mower accelerates, or will it be just single pushes? Cebus, sadly for you Rev and I have already bought ALL of the copies of this game and, as a result, you will have to plead and beg us to get a copy. Also, now that we know you love this game, we will be charging a ridiculous premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Hover Bovver 2: Grand Theft Flymo http://www.mobygames.com/game/hover-bovver-2-grand-theft-flymo Ahahahaha is this a real sequal? Closest I got to Hover Bovver was Mowen Man on the Aquarius and "the one a certain someone didn't write" on the Speccy. Hopefully GB will have his inty at some show soon and I'll be able to go along and try some of his stuff out in person after completely failing to at AC last month. So I suppose the lawn mower genre is one of those very British, but hugely popular genres on the island? Aah, the unique cultural differences. Like old German games mostly devoid of graphics, instead focusing on managing ressources text-only.^^ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vprette Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Groovy you have any animated gift to post as teaser :-) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 So I suppose the lawn mower genre is one of those very British, but hugely popular genres on the island? Aah, the unique cultural differences. Like old German games mostly devoid of graphics, instead focusing on managing ressources text-only.^^ Heh, and old Japanese card-based games with cute Pokemon-like characters amidst naked nubile girls. LOL! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Groovy you have any animated gift to post as teaser :-) ? I'll see what I can do later today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I'll see what I can do later today. Cool! I dont think there has been on official screen shot released yet? I've seen the back of the box so i guess that is it. :-) Will this game release in 2013? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 (edited) A 'Hover Bovver' is a floating lawnmower popular in the UK. Edited May 19, 2013 by CrazyChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 ^^^ Riiiiiight.... Thats a Sinclair C5 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Here is a gifeo of game play :- <---- Click to animate The gifeo shows me playing badly and losing two lives but you can see how the Gardener, Neighbour and Dog NPCs behave. The Dog AI is a bit buggy at the moment because he doesn't change direction often enough. That'll be balanced out when I add a couple more game play features. Many thanks to nonner242 for the animated mower collection dude. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vprette Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 seems more difficult compared to c64 version :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Are you going to have the mower going into warp speed after heading in a given direction for a second or so? That really seems to make the other versions I've watched. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 seems more difficult compared to c64 version :-) The ability to set the dog on the Neighbour hasn't been implemented yet. Its on the list of features to be added and should balance things out better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Are you going to have the mower going into warp speed after heading in a given direction for a second or so? That really seems to make the other versions I've watched. Yep! Its another thing on the list of things to be added. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vprette Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 looks promising! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 ^^^ Riiiiiight.... Thats a Sinclair C5 . I photographed one at a german museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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