Albert Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Paul Slocum has announced that his new Atari 2600 project will be a role playing game mixed with the characters from Homestar Runner. This will be the first in-depth RPG on the Atari 2600, and will be comparable to early computer based RPGs. But the absurd scenarios and dumb fairy-tale characters will be replaced with true-to-life stories and much more believable characters from the popular Homestar Runner crew. Mike and Matt Chapman (creators of Homestar Runner) will be contributing story, graphics, and creative ideas to the game. Play as Homestar, Poopsmith, or Strongsad Large world, comparable in size to early Ultima/SSI releases Ability to save your place in the game with a code system Large amount of in-game story text Turn-based gameplay Magic, weapons, HP, all the goods. Fight enemies from other Atari 2600 games Mini-games First demonstrated at the Austin Gaming Expo last weekend, Paul Slocum has released a demo that you can download and try for yourself. You can grab the demo from Paul's Homestar Runner RPG page, as well as view screenshots and learn more about this upcoming game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 This writeup is tongue-in-cheek, I hope. The Homestar Runner gang are anything but "true-to-life" and "believable". It's some of the most surreal stuff I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Holy Poop. This looks like the coolest thing I have ever seen. Very ambitious and if anyone can pull this off, its Paul Slocum. Sadly, I am not familiar with "Homestar Runner" or any of its characters, so this will be new to me. "Fight enemies from other Atari 2600 games" This I cannot wait to see. "Mini-games?" It will be interesting to see what these are.... Very very exciting stuff!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.FoodMonster Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 OH THANK GOD!!! i happen to be wearing my 'trogdor!! the burninator' shirt right now, and i hope that he makes a cameo. MMF will also get a kick outta this =D oh, if you go to the homestarrunner.com link above, at the bottom left there are numbers, click on 13 and hover over each section, they are pretty funny, the dragon from adventure makes a nice cameo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 It's all about the Strong Bad emails, baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elllleeott! Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I'm really digging this demo music! Really looking forward to seeing this when its done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 This is going to be the best atari 2600 game ever made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 What? No Duck Feeding Simulator? stupid crap for crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 This is great I finaly get to live out my life long dream, To be the Poop Smiith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 This is great I finaly get to live out my life long dream, To be the Poop Smiith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I got to try it out at AGE. He told me that it was going to be around 128k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Wow this really is one unbelievable looking game!!! I wonder how long it'll take to "solve" the quest?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 will the teen girl squad be in it? POSSUM!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 It's all about the Strong Bad emails, baby. I've seen reference to these popping up on Fark but since they're Flash I haven't bothered. What's the deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Some of the home hilarious flash movies in the WORLD, basically. "Oh, I am truely the greatest guy!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 This looks great! Hoping I can play it on my 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I've seen reference to these popping up on Fark but since they're Flash I haven't bothered. Huh? What are you, an HTML snob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbird Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I love the demo (especially when homestar starts dancing in the title), but for some reason, in the map section, whenever I enter a certain area, a tree automatically grows, and there's no way out of that small area. Is something like that intentional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 OH THANK GOD!!! i happen to be wearing my 'trogdor!! the burninator' shirt right now, and i hope that he makes a cameo. MMF will also get a kick outta this =D I got a kick out of it in person, in Austin, sankyewverymuch. I even got to chat with Paul about his plans for the game, and asked him if he'd be including the Atari 2600 style games that are featured on the Homestar website (if you haven't seen all of them, some are hidden as easter eggs). He said it might be tough, and he'd probably have to boost the EPROM to 64K, but it +could+ be done especially since most of those games are just clone hacks of regular 2600 games like Night Driver, Kaboom, et cetera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Why would it take doubling the cart size to include games that were 2K/4K to start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari and Beer Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 It does look pretty cool. Cant wait to try it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Just tried out the demo, WOW! can't wait to see the finished product... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yar Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I love Homestar Runner! This could seriously be a great game if it's pulled off right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I love the demo (especially when homestar starts dancing in the title), but for some reason, in the map section, whenever I enter a certain area, a tree automatically grows, and there's no way out of that small area. Is something like that intentional? It's not a bug, it's a feature! I noticed that too and I was wondering if anyone else would stumble across it. Although if I isolated and controlled the bug, it could make for some cool level design. -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 "A tree suddenly grows and blocks your path." "Poopsmith, got anything I can cut this down with?" "Poopsmith hands you a smelly shovel." "How about something else?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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