Personally I love Space Giraffe ~ though it can be a colourful on-screen vomit at times I found the in-game sounds help during frantic play (well, a bit) and it differed enough from Tempest to make it it’s own game.
I’ve never played TxK but it’s worth bearing in mind Llamasoft were apparently ‘politely’ “asked” to make Tempest 4000 (allegedly) when the collection of lawyers that currently wears the Atari cloak threatened them after plans to release TxK on other formats were announced.
Anyway I went into playing Tempest 4000 expecting to play a made-under-duress game but I still ended up liking it.
Maybe it’s better suited to handheld (I have it on switch lite)? Maybe I’m a Llamasoft fanboy? Perhaps I know know what I’m talking about? Who knows or cares?.. either way I am looking forward to seeing how Akka Arrh plays, assuming Atari last long enough to release the f*cking thing.
Jambon
1 year ago
Bit of the old Emperor’s New Clothes on this one. I bought TxK on Vita after various rave reviews from “the retro scene” and was similarly disappointed. Bit of a slapdash, haphazard, floaty feeling mess IMHO. Thanks for reminding me of the classic episode of Morse though where he sent Lewis to a rave wearing a little cap so he’d be down with the kids. “It’s just noise Lewis!!!”
TxK was rubbish too he needs to develop something new and interesting it’s just a bit silly now. i mean, we could argue that nintendo just re-release the same game over and over but they don’t really, they use the same characters over and over but each game is usually a leap above the previous ones. “just put more coloured shit all over the screen” isn’t a tactic they use. for jeff, it seems to be the main string to his bow and it wore thin for me a long time ago !
Frot hat
1 year ago
E tabs! Maybe he was a futurist and was talking about electronic cigarettes?
old cookie is many things mate but a futuristic geordie is not one of them !
u4ria
1 year ago
You would have to drop quite a few trips to overdose yourself and then it probably wouldn’t be life threatening unless you’re licking the fuckers by the 100’s like folding leaflets in to envelopes at ten bob per 100 in the 80s. (80s council house dwellers like myself will get this reference)
My mother use to do the Xmas decorations and card holders to make extra cash even though she worked full time caretaker for the NHS when my father was getting his Garage of the ground. But my m8s dad and brothers use to do the Envelopes and prawns on top of being scrapmen who would weight it in then jump over the wall of the yard at night to lift the copper for the next day. Their house use to stink to high heaven and if i was there the rule was i had to help in between making the brews.
Personally I love Space Giraffe ~ though it can be a colourful on-screen vomit at times I found the in-game sounds help during frantic play (well, a bit) and it differed enough from Tempest to make it it’s own game.
I’ve never played TxK but it’s worth bearing in mind Llamasoft were apparently ‘politely’ “asked” to make Tempest 4000 (allegedly) when the collection of lawyers that currently wears the Atari cloak threatened them after plans to release TxK on other formats were announced.
Anyway I went into playing Tempest 4000 expecting to play a made-under-duress game but I still ended up liking it.
Maybe it’s better suited to handheld (I have it on switch lite)? Maybe I’m a Llamasoft fanboy? Perhaps I know know what I’m talking about? Who knows or cares?.. either way I am looking forward to seeing how Akka Arrh plays, assuming Atari last long enough to release the f*cking thing.
Bit of the old Emperor’s New Clothes on this one. I bought TxK on Vita after various rave reviews from “the retro scene” and was similarly disappointed. Bit of a slapdash, haphazard, floaty feeling mess IMHO. Thanks for reminding me of the classic episode of Morse though where he sent Lewis to a rave wearing a little cap so he’d be down with the kids. “It’s just noise Lewis!!!”
TxK was rubbish too he needs to develop something new and interesting it’s just a bit silly now. i mean, we could argue that nintendo just re-release the same game over and over but they don’t really, they use the same characters over and over but each game is usually a leap above the previous ones. “just put more coloured shit all over the screen” isn’t a tactic they use. for jeff, it seems to be the main string to his bow and it wore thin for me a long time ago !
E tabs! Maybe he was a futurist and was talking about electronic cigarettes?
old cookie is many things mate but a futuristic geordie is not one of them !
You would have to drop quite a few trips to overdose yourself and then it probably wouldn’t be life threatening unless you’re licking the fuckers by the 100’s like folding leaflets in to envelopes at ten bob per 100 in the 80s. (80s council house dwellers like myself will get this reference)
i did that envelope job mate ! i ended up getting a foam blotter thing to do it with as my tongue got really painful and dry !
My mother use to do the Xmas decorations and card holders to make extra cash even though she worked full time caretaker for the NHS when my father was getting his Garage of the ground. But my m8s dad and brothers use to do the Envelopes and prawns on top of being scrapmen who would weight it in then jump over the wall of the yard at night to lift the copper for the next day. Their house use to stink to high heaven and if i was there the rule was i had to help in between making the brews.
Good times.