| From: | Jim Cadwallader |
| Date: | 28 Aug 2001 at 17:33:03 |
| Subject: | Re: The Computer Gamer's "Mans Problem" |
Hello David
On 28-Aug-01, you wrote:
> Hmmmm, what about a 'How To Scare Yourself ****less' feature in AA?
> Trouble is, who'd want to research such a piece? Any volunteers to stay up
> late with the windows open whilst playing a scary Amiga game like, uh...
> Bubble Heroes? No, that won't work. Would have to be an old one like
> Gloom, I suppose.
>
> What's the scariest Amiga game, then? Maybe a web poll, folks? What d'you
> think? Hey, I feel a Halloween Special coming on :-)
A couple of "obvious" votes, AlienBreed 3D and 3D II. AB3D used to make me
jump due to its atmospheric sounds etc., but the worst part was the last
level when you first catch sight of .... THE RED THING .... and "Boom!", a
rocket launcher hits home - doesn't the bugger run too! I remember playing
this with my ex's nipper and we were both sh*tting it! :-) AB3D II: the red
robots, and the yellow insect-men, yikes! oh and the pesky Inca chiefs.
Or .. the "Berserker" in Warhead?
Or .. in the good old days of v1.2 there was a left-right-fire shoot-em-up
called (I think) Viper? This had the scariest attack waves and sound
effects. Often hundreds of critters would by flying at tortuous speeds all
over the screen in and out of your player space. Some of them would hover
menacingly then wobble and DROP like a stone! Hard to explain why this was
scary but it was, really creepy - at later levels you would find your heart
pumping as you didn't know what to expect and where to hide.
Regards
Jim Cad*
Avon: They don't like humanoids in general and homo sapiens in particular.
That puts their intelligence in no doubt.
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