Rediscovering old favorite: Ollie's Follies

[Level42]

Between the huge platformers DK, Miner 2049er, Mr. Robot etc. I always was fond of this one....IMHO it's a bit underrated. The reason why is very likely the inertia that was built into the player's movement. Although it irritated me initially too, I "accepted the challenge" and found the game to be lots of fun. The "fake 3D" of the platforms is another hurdle to overcome. But once mastered, this is a great platformer with a lot of levels and toys...

 

 

Does anyone know anything about Frank Cohen? 
I know about the other games he made but is he still alive and has he maybe been interviewed for ANTIC podcast ? 

[Mclaneinc]

He's still alive (or was in late Feb), John Hardie who is on here released a pre lim version of Scrolls with his permission..

 

Perhaps a chat with @cx2k aka John could give you some more answers.

 

And yes, the inertia was a pain in the backside, but like you, I got to grips with it back then and liked all his games..

Edited August 4, 2021 by Mclaneinc

[Heaven/TQA]

Love the game and played often in 80s.

[Faicuai]

46 minutes ago, Level42 said:

IMHO it's a bit underrated.

Totally.

 

Love the simplicity and good use of spatial (dimensional) and color/tonal capabilities it makes of the A8, plus it has its own demo-mode.

 

Looks super-crisp via Sophia-2 (because of the orientation and nature of content, it also lends itself well for flat-screens / LCDs, too). Looks nice on the living-room via Altirra + PC / Win10.

 

Have had Ollie's for a quite a while already, on my HD library (Incognito and Side2)

[Wrathchild]

Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz was my favourite.

Edited August 4, 2021 by Wrathchild
Burt with a 'u' not 'e'

[Lord Thag]

27 minutes ago, Wrathchild said:

Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz was my favourite.

Mine too. Excellent game. 

[adam1977]

I loved Ollie's Follies and Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz back in the day, I still play them both from time to time ?