Godzilla #1 Posted June 9, 2003 Game spy awarded 2600 E.T. with a dubious 'dumbest moments in gaming history' award. http://www.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dum...ts/index4.shtml I still stand by E.T. as a good game (not great though,) and a just plain amazing achievement given the programmers time constraints. It would be interesting to force one of the homebrewers of today to come up with a game based on a hot modern film property in 5 weeks, just to see what would come out of it, and compare it to E.T. :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Cobra Kai #2 Posted June 9, 2003 I'll second that. I believe E.T. to be a fair game, and anyone here could easily pick out a few hundred other 2600 games that are worse than ET. I managed to find some enjoyment with the game, as it's plot isn't completely pointless, and actually relates to the film very well. I find the game to be quite challenging on the hardest setting, what with the scientist and FBI agent coming after you nonstop. It's not great by any means, but I've had more fun with ET as a child than with many, many other 2600 bombs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NE146 #3 Posted June 9, 2003 If you watched G4 as of late, there's a recent episode of FILTER titled "Most Spectacular Failures".. guess what won the #1 spot.. You guessed it. Take a look at the website for a hint Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Slocum #4 Posted June 9, 2003 Maybe we should have an E.T. style programming contest at some point. Everybody gets 5 weeks to program a game based on some movie. -Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariDude #5 Posted June 9, 2003 I got dibs on cloak and dagger! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
broncoman #6 Posted June 10, 2003 i get fight club !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaXpress #7 Posted June 10, 2003 E.T. really is an interesting game in many ways. Too much falling into pits but it's a good adventure game. Superior to offerings like Superman for sure. It just wasn't what people expected. It's also not the sort of game to sell 20 million copies. If the same game had been released without the license, it may have been a modest but respected hit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snider-man #8 Posted June 10, 2003 If you watched G4 as of late, there's a recent episode of FILTER titled "Most Spectacular Failures".. guess what won the #1 spot.. You guessed it. Take a look at the website for a hint However, one of G4's most funny promos is one of HOward SCott Warshaw himself. He says (I'm paraphrasing) "Hi, I'm Howard Scott Warshaw. I designed and programmed Yar's Revenge, one of the most beloved games for the Atari 2600." (It shows him doing a little jig) "I also designed and programmed ET, one of the most despised games for the Atari 2600." (He dances another jig as the phrase "KNow your history" appears beneath him with the G4 logo.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad2600 #9 Posted June 10, 2003 Eh E.T wasn't bad As a 6 year old, I was just glad to have a game based on E.T Didn't care if it sucked or not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NE146 #10 Posted June 10, 2003 If you watched G4 as of late, there's a recent episode of FILTER titled "Most Spectacular Failures".. guess what won the #1 spot.. You guessed it. Take a look at the website for a hint However, one of G4's most funny promos is one of HOward SCott Warshaw himself. He says (I'm paraphrasing) "Hi, I'm Howard Scott Warshaw. I designed and programmed Yar's Revenge, one of the most beloved games for the Atari 2600." (It shows him doing a little jig) "I also designed and programmed ET, one of the most despised games for the Atari 2600." (He dances another jig as the phrase "KNow your history" appears beneath him with the G4 logo.) Yeah I had a topic about that a while back. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16540 .. Someone outta capture that commercial into mpg format and post it here already! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MegaManFan #11 Posted June 10, 2003 Yeah I had a topic about that a while back. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16540 .. Someone outta capture that commercial into mpg format and post it here already! Interesting to note that G4 quite clearly taped that at the CGExpo while they were there covering it last year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockman_x_2002 #12 Posted June 10, 2003 It would be interesting to force one of the homebrewers of today to come up with a game based on a hot modern film property in 5 weeks, just to see what would come out of it, and compare it to E.T. :-) I can see it now. Five weeks later we'll read: : "2 Fast 2 Furious for 2600 released!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Defiance131 #13 Posted June 10, 2003 I'd have to say it's gotta be much worse to be "pubically" flogged than to be publicly flogged. Wrinkled little alien runs around nekkid for the whole movie. I don't remember seein' no pubic hair... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeus #14 Posted June 10, 2003 I sure wouldn't want to be "pubically" flogged. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snider-man #15 Posted June 10, 2003 Interesting to note that G4 quite clearly taped that at the CGExpo while they were there covering it last year. As they will again this year, it appears. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaXpress #16 Posted June 10, 2003 It would be interesting to force one of the homebrewers of today to come up with a game based on a hot modern film property in 5 weeks, just to see what would come out of it, and compare it to E.T. I would bet that the homebrewers could easily meet this challenge, as long as they have the same advantages as well. Can the homebrewers rip code right out of Raiders of the Lost Ark as HSW did (according to my understanding, can a real programmer confirm?) Even more important, will someone pay the homebrewer enough money for them to devote every waking minute of their life to making a game? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #17 Posted June 10, 2003 Even more important, will someone pay the homebrewer enough money for them to devote every waking minute of their life to making a game? 5 weeks work? Hm, let me calculate... 10,000€ (1€ ~ $1.18) before taxes and I am your man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snider-man #18 Posted June 10, 2003 Even more important, will someone pay the homebrewer enough money for them to devote every waking minute of their life to making a game? 5 weeks work? Hm, let me calculate... $12,000 before taxes and I am your man. It's a deal! Whoo-hoo! Wait a minute. Is that a COMMA? Never mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectricTroy #19 Posted June 10, 2003 . When I was a kid I spent a lot of time playing E.T. When I reached the end of the game I LOVED seeing the cool spaceship come down and rescue my little alien. I thought E.T. was just as much fun as other games like Indiana Jones or Adventure. Now SwordQuest<---- THAT was a stinker. I can still smell it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveAtari #20 Posted June 10, 2003 i get fight club !!!!!!!!!!! NEVER talk about fight club Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gulag picture radio #21 Posted June 11, 2003 Okay. I'll handle the hot "My dinner with Andre" license. Would the game be anything more than two guys at the dinner table? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godzilla #22 Posted June 11, 2003 spectravideo already made mangia (sp?). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elllleeott! #23 Posted June 11, 2003 Yeah, E.T.'s game may not have been that good, but I dont think it was bad enough to deserve a pubic flogging! Ouch!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel #24 Posted June 11, 2003 When I was a kid, I was really excited to get hold of Swordquest: Earthworld. I remember being so happy. And I rushed home to plug it into my 2600. After 15 minutes, I realized I had a total dog of a game on my hands. I felt royally ripped off. So, I went back to K-mart to return the turdpile of a game. After some effort, I was able to trade the game in for another. I opted for E.T. I don't know why. There were certainly better offerings available (I seem to remember seeing a Berzerk cartridge), and I HATED the movie. But, for whatever reason, I had wanted E.T. When I got it home, it took me 1 hour to determine that I had another godawful dog of a game. But, at least it was 4 times better than Swordquest: Earthworld. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inky #25 Posted June 11, 2003 I'll make a game based on Close Encounters! Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Zoltan Kodaly's Musical Hand Sign Challenge! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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