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A change of plans

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Re: A change of plans

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Hi Nemesis The Warlock,
and welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat.
Yes, it's a pretty amazing game, and a great community as well. If you have any questions or problems don't be frightened to ask. Come back soon.
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Smivs wrote:
Hi Nemesis The Warlock,
and welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat.
Yes, it's a pretty amazing game, and a great community as well. If you have any questions or problems don't be frightened to ask. Come back soon.
Thanks Smivs, will do and I have :D
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Do I detect a certain 2000AD-ness about you?
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Smivs wrote:
Do I detect a certain 2000AD-ness about you?
Indeed Smivs, indeed :mrgreen:
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Nemesis The Warlock wrote:
Smivs wrote:
Do I detect a certain 2000AD-ness about you?
Indeed Smivs, indeed :mrgreen:
I had your namesake as a game on my C64 many years ago - a side-on platform, hack-and-slash, I recall when you died, your heart was squished into oblivion by a might fist...
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
I had your namesake as a game on my C64 many years ago - a side-on platform, hack-and-slash, I recall when you died, your heart was squished into oblivion by a might fist...
One of the first computer games where killed enemies left their corpses lying around, if I remember right ... did you not have to pile them up to reach the exits?
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Nemesis The Warlock wrote:
Smivs wrote:
Do I detect a certain 2000AD-ness about you?
Indeed Smivs, indeed :mrgreen:
Well, in that case, Borag Thung!
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Zarjaz! And Borag Thung to you too Smivs :)
Nice to meet another Squaxx dek Thargo and thanks for the warm welcome.
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Disembodied wrote:
DaddyHoggy wrote:
I had your namesake as a game on my C64 many years ago - a side-on platform, hack-and-slash, I recall when you died, your heart was squished into oblivion by a might fist...
One of the first computer games where killed enemies left their corpses lying around, if I remember right ... did you not have to pile them up to reach the exits?
Well remembered - that's exactly the case!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUSPEFX-3h4

I thought it looked better than this!!! (Ah, memory, such a selectively tinted window through which we view the past)
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Well remembered - that's exactly the case!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUSPEFX-3h4

I thought it looked better than this!!! (Ah, memory, such a selectively tinted window through which we view the past)
But the music is still great, one of the best SID tunes ever.
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
I thought it looked better than this!!! (Ah, memory, such a selectively tinted window through which we view the past)
Maybe you remember the C128 version. Now those were great graphics 8)
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Taking this game to a 1.76 stable release will be a huge achievement. I may not come to the forums too often any more but I still love this game, and can vividly remember downloading and playing Oolite for the first time. Here was a great space game that ran on my low-powered linux machine! It has now become one my benchmark games that other space games are measured against...

... and since I was only introduced to Oolite some time in the 1.70+ releases - you, Ahruman, are the lead coder responsible for what I found. Building on what Giles left has been clearly been productive, and hopefully another lead programmer may step forward to assist development, even if temporarily.

Looking forward to 1.76. Well done!
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So now 1.76 is released. Congratulations to those who made it possible! And to those who will enjoy it :).

And a full 31 beam salute for the Supreme Grand Admiral, who is probably now loading up his Fer de Lance to retire to an unknown planet with a pleasant climate and attentive natives.

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I keep reading this as "a change of pants" and thinking it's a New Year's day thread started by the Oolite programmers
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Griff wrote:
I keep reading this as "a change of pants" and thinking it's a New Year's day thread started by the Oolite programmers
So their 'New Years Resolution' is to get a fresh pair of pants :lol:
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