Okie just plain rocks...

[Cassidy Nolen]

(Allright, I know this post is about five years too late, but I just wanted to say it.)

 

Been playing the heck out of it on GBA Anthology. I think it is one of the best all-time games for the 2600. I actually think its one of my top 10 fav's of all time. Easy to learn, hard to master.

 

Cassidy

[Gregory DG]

Phoey, I never liked that type of "lights out" game. I was given one of those Lights Out cubes and I think I played with it for about 5 minutes.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

You are talking about Okie Dokie, right?

[Albert]

You are talking about Okie Dokie' date=' right?[/quote']

 

It's actually called just "Okie" on the Anthology, but yes, it's the same game.

 

..Al

[Thomas Jentzsch]

It's actually called just "Okie" on the Anthology' date='[/quote']

Due to some copyright reasons?

[DEBRO]

Due to some copyright reasons?

I believe it was. I think this was answered on [stella] (I had the same question) but I can't find the thread.

[DEBRO]

I found the threads.

 

Read...

http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archiv...1/msg00197.html

and

http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archiv...1/msg00206.html

[Thomas Jentzsch]

I found the threads.

 

Read...

Thanks, I guess my brain really needs some reindexing.

[Numan]

I remember playing Okie Dokie when it was first released, back in 1996 or thereabouts.

 

It's probably one of the first homebrews.

[bjk7382]

It's probably one of the first homebrews.

 

It is very close to the first, but I think that Sound X and Edtris were before okie. I am not even 100% sure myself.

 

I really like okie dokie though, I play it on the cc2 every once in a while.

[StanJr]

Okie Dokie is great. Frustratingly hard if you are not willing to sit down and really play it, but its still great. Then again, I love puzzle and pattern games!

 

And it looks great too!

[Mindfield]

I always thought that copyrighted names could be used if the company that used the name was in a completely different field? More specifically though I thought that the copyright conflict wouldn't exist if you were talking about two completely different subjects? (i.e. the name of a video game versus the name of a company or a line of its products which are unrelated to video games and electronics)

 

At least, that's how it is in Canada. I recall back in my printing days that the catering truck that came by twice a day went by the name of "Ferrari Catering"

[A.J. Franzman]

I always thought that copyrighted names could be used if the company that used the name was in a completely different field?  More specifically though I thought that the copyright conflict wouldn't exist if you were talking about two completely different subjects?  (i.e. the name of a video game versus the name of a company or a line of its products which are unrelated to video games and electronics)

 

At least, that's how it is in Canada.  I recall back in my printing days that the catering truck that came by twice a day went by the name of "Ferrari Catering"

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That's true, and it applies here in the U.S. as well. Not to forget the fact that the phrase "okie dokie" (in a multitude of variant spellings) has been around for decades as part of the American English vernacular. Kind of like Volvo's ridiculous attempt to trademark "Drive safely." Edited July 21, 2005 by A.J. Franzman

[AtariAger]

(Allright, I know this post is about five years too late, but I just wanted to say it.) 

 

Been playing the heck out of it on GBA Anthology.  I think it is one of the best all-time games for the 2600.  I actually think its one of my top 10 fav's of all time.  Easy to learn, hard to master.

 

Cassidy

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[supercat]

I actually think its one of my top 10 fav's of all time.  Easy to learn, hard to master.

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On the other recent "Okie" thread, I charted out the basis vector that can be used to solve the game on paper with the minimum number of moves.

[A.J. Franzman]

On the other recent "Okie" thread, I charted out the basis vector that can be used to solve the game on paper with the minimum number of moves.

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Oh yeah, that's the one I was reading when AA brought this one up as "similar" at the bottom of the screen.

 

Sorry for dragging up old threads, I didn't notice the date!

[Godzilla]

iirc soundx was the first, edtris second and okie dokie 3rd.

[rcolbert]

There are a couple of easter eggs in Okie Dokie, depending on the version that you have. One will show you which spots you have inverted on the playfield as a tool to help you finish the game, you can do that by pressing the fire button on the right joystick. The other is the scrolling message you can get when you complete a puzzle. Pull down on the left joystick and press the fire button.

[supercat]

There are a couple of easter eggs in Okie Dokie, depending on the version that you have.  One will show you which spots you have inverted on the playfield as a tool to help you finish the game,  you can do that by pressing the fire button on the right joystick.  The other is the scrolling message you can get when you complete a puzzle.  Pull down on the left joystick and press the fire button.

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BTW, if you feel like doing a rerelease, one feature which would make the game much more interesting would be a setting which would only allow you to click on okies, and not on blank spaces. Note that not all positions are solvable under this rule, random flipping can render a solvable position unsolvable, and the basis vectors I gave before, while still helpful, won't provide the solution (in particular, the basis vectors will reveal which squares must be clicked an even or odd number of times, but they won't indicate the order, nor will they indicate which squares need to be clocked at all).