p1FqO3 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 It's fixed now. Looks like it's not a WordPress site any more (probably to avoid more hacking) and now has some fun, interactive content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Except commenters in this thread, amirite? No, We all are entitled to our opinions. Posting them here is not going to change my opinion or yours, You can easily look up all the threads that have "made a turn for the bad" when politics were interjected into the conversation . Politics is a very 'close to the heart' type belief and many people have problems discussing it without using insults. I This is a privately owned site and the owner(AL) has decided that politics are not to be debated here. IMO this thread isn't about whether you agree or disagree with the comments. It is more about if it is appropriate to put in this type of book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 No, We all are entitled to our opinions. Posting them here is not going to change my opinion or yours, You can easily look up all the threads that have "made a turn for the bad" when politics were interjected into the conversation . Politics is a very 'close to the heart' type belief and many people have problems discussing it without using insults. I This is a privately owned site and the owner(AL) has decided that politics are not to be debated here. IMO this thread isn't about whether you agree or disagree with the comments. It is more about if it is appropriate to put in this type of book. I don't have a problem with Al's non-politics policies; in fact I embrace it. Please don't put words into my figurative mouth. My only issue was with that particular post, which seemed to be implicitly saying that Robinett's rant was fine but the way people were reacting was not. But, I'm glad we all concluded we're entitled to our opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I realize that Adventure is one of the all-time greats for the 2600. I would love to hear more about his experience with the Swordquest series of games and how the games ended up being so god awful. It was touted as a sequel to Adventure, right? The contest was such a great idea but the games were such dogs! What happened??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I would love to hear more about his experience with the Swordquest series of games and how the games ended up being so god awful. It was touted as a sequel to Adventure, right? The contest was such a great idea but the games were such dogs! What happened???Robinett had nothing to do with the SwordQuest games. He left Atari in June 1979; the first SwordQuest game was released in 1982. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Robinett had nothing to do with the SwordQuest games. He left Atari in June 1979; the first SwordQuest game was released in 1982. My mistake. I mixed him up with Tod Frye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Wasn't Rocky's Boots the game meant to be the sequel to Adventure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Have you ever given any thought to a sequel to "Adventure"? "Yes, a great deal of thought. "Rocky's Boots" was originally intended to be an adventure game where you built machines to defeat the monsters. But it evolved in a different direction." https://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/ROBINETT.HTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyex Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Teaser chapter at http://makingthedragon.com/ Well that was a shame. I thought it was going to be about Adventure for VCS not a bunch of ivory tower virtue signalling. That old phrase saying you should never meet your heroes might be true in this case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 "Virtue signalling" must be the most overused, tired and tedious Internet-favourite phrase since "the strawman". Here's hoping it will go away sooner than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 "Virtue signalling" must be the most overused, tired and tedious Internet-favourite phrase since "the strawman". Here's hoping it will go away sooner than later. That and "killer app" as used for video games. Back in those days, apps were applications that helped you with your income tax. They were not associated with video games. It's all about the correct choice of words which some don't have obviously as they only use "uber" to describe something great. Well, there you have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 If you're just interested in the creation of Adventure watch this video (without any politic rambles): GDC Classic Postmortem: Warren Robinett's Adventure Yeah, this definitely salvaged things for me after reading his "Afterward". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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