Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:04:56 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Well, that's unexpected (Speedball reboot) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <3422ijl6l9ec43csiut9j4r1jg3scb04oc@4ax.com> <810be1a178e7cf2b5816833d681fb8012a52d397@i2pn2.org> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:04:56 +0000 Lines: 34 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-zABIuTrp9khIkTme7pHdZ36rXgFI/2sCKmCvUJokYblS58Fj3QQspZasnhDuAQlIxW0v6aApRV0TXW/!tmFLTfMHnX7BF+a7snVpvfGMy6MyZEl0sq2T3Cjq8LFH46LQXN7Fk0LFUNSSHE5r5CmlgIFARNKG!Umkk4SBsxQ/dFQqwyLpn+pet6urQQhRc X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2776 Justisaur wrote: > On 11/10/2024 7:21 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:59:58 +0000, JAB wrote: > > > >> On 02/11/2024 05:13, Justisaur wrote: > >>> On 10/30/2024 2:33 AM, JAB wrote: > >>>> On 29/10/2024 16:16, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Remember "Speedball"? You probably don't. > > > > > >> I can't say I remember playing it in the arcades but by then my visits > >> to them where in decline. I did play Xenon when I visited the computer > >> museum in Cambridge though! > > > > The Bitmap Brothers had a string of hits, mostly on the Amiga and > > Atari ST. They were more successful in Europe, where the 8-bits > > reigned supreme while IBM/PC compatibles, Apple and consoles were > > second fiddle. "Speedball" (1 and 2), "Gods", "Cadaver", "Xenon" (1 & > > 2), "Chaos Engine" (a.k.a. Soldier of Fortune), "Steel Soldiers" and > > "Z" were all extremely well-reviewed games. > Gods was a favorite of mine on the ST. One of my favorite platformers, > which few I even liked. It had a rad theme song! -- "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." --2 Corinthians 11:14. Go away Devil, sins, etc. "Winter is coming!". Not a good Th, tech nite. TGIF? Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )