Spectrofon #21 04 декабря 1996

Игры

From the world of bat - an analytical article on the topic of games, "I you had never seen?" (Plagiarism).

   Finally, we offer you a little
fun. The following article was
published this year in English
the electronic journal "EMULATE!". Thus, even
one look at the game ...


(C) Stephen Smith (Stephen Smith), 1996
Translation (c) STEP, 1996


       I have you before never seen?



   There is one thing I simply can not stand, and it is - 
blatant plagiarism. And hardly anything subjected to blatant 
plagiarism often than Spectrum game. After all, they (in most 
cases) - this fountain of originality. And when

modern software companies happens shortage of original ideas, 
which may be easier than to blow off the dust from the true 
rubber keyboard, download the old 


classics and in haste to convert
it for the last mega-computer that can
be hastily slightly improved graphics. But
here I was, in his cowboy hat, walking
expose this dirty business and pull out those responsible for 
the eye to the sun. 


   The first suspect - Dungeon Master
for the Atari ST. This is probably the best example
Blatant plagiarism. How raged all
computer world, when this game came out and
the company announced that it is an entirely new word. Well, if 
so, then perhaps that for a man who spent seven years in the 
sack. And for us, the real Spektrumistov, it's clear that old 
copy of the wonderful game of Quicksilva - Dragonsbane! 
Quicksilva'y lawyers should be, just sleep, otherwise they 
would get wind of a multi-million deal for mile.




   Three-dimensional letalok-shooters on the Spectrum was not 
so much. Of those few that come to mind to me (Dark Star, Star 
Wars, Star Strike), the only game in Was not the word "Star" in 
the title - a 3D Tunnel. This is quite unusual

game in which there are some excellent
ideas - and it appears that the programmer
Descent'a agreed in this with me. Well
well, I'm sure you all noticed some improved graphics on the PC 
(and if You Pentium, you can even see

how it moves with a fairly decent
rate). But I believe that if the Spectrum
was suitable for games with vector graphics, shading and 
textures of planes in 1984, the authors wrote a 3D Tunnel Game, 
ten years ahead of its time. 


   The next step Doom - and, of course, is
just a Catch 23, only (as all games
mentioned here) with a slightly improved



graphics. Actually, I myself have never played in Catch 23, and 
my opinion is not based on any facts, but when it stopped 
authors Crash, eh? (This is just a joke, Crash was an excellent 
magazine (I mind - you can remove this pistol).)

Catch 23 - hodilka shooting from the first
person. Doom - hodilka shooting first-person. The fact that in 
Doom'e You can see the wall, not just wire frame, is not really 
that important. Other it - blood, bodies and weapons.



   The next defendant - Arkanoid. He was also on the Spectrum. 
But before you break out three-letter word tirade, let's 
remember that he was on the Spectrum conversion from the gaming 
machine (Taito, if I'm not mistaken), so it's best programmers 
Slaughterhouse Taito, and Imagine forgive. Apparently, the 
programmers just stuck Arkanoid Horizon cassette into his tape 
recorder, stretch fingers and sat down to play Thro 'the Wall.


Immediately after learning a great idea (but not forgetting
about such things as copyright), they
resorted to a reliable method in such
cases - entered the game falling prizes, which increase the 
energy. It turned out the same way as with Street Fighter'om 
that only his special attacks differ from the Way of the

Exploding Fist.


   And finally, getting to the bottom of the barrel and
exhausted all ideas, I thought: why would
not pull into the dock authors
virtually every flight simulator since the Flight Simulation 
and Fighter Pilot? Knights of the Sky? F14-Tomcat Fleet

Defender? The list is endless, and they all
something must those two beautiful specimen of the genre. Well, 
of course, every prefer to play Knight of the Sky, and

not in Flight Simulation, but this is simply because in the 
Flight Simulation No fire! When I was younger, and the fields 
around were green, we preferred shooting aerobatiku and 
navigation ... 



   So what - you say - do you think
we should get together and shake a fat payment of these 
scourges of the computer market? No, better we'll forgive them 
(and let's hope they will forgive us if we somehow will 
exchange copies of any already coming out of the game modes). 

 "Spectrum users load before they shoot."


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