Re: Indy gets no respect

Posted by ~The Raider~ from ppp-ip227-s12.inetnorth.net on October 24, 1998 at 10:43:42:

In Reply to: Indy gets no respect posted by graml on October 23, 1998 at 06:16:13:

: My fellow Indy fans,
: I'm pretty sure we are all in agreement that the Indiana Jones
: character is one of the best action/adventure heroes of all times.
: So why are there so few decent Indy video games? I'm old enough
: to remeber the Raiders game for the Atari 2600, and I have always
: felt that it has been one of the video game industry's best attempts
: on an Indy game. TOD for the Nintendo and arcade was God-awful,
: while every Last Crusade attempt has been sub-par at best. Why
: is Indy treated this way? Don't even get me started on any of the
: laughably bad YIJC games! Man, I'm ranting like Mussolini on the
: balcony... sorry about that. But I'm sure some of you see my point.
: Any comments?
: -graml

Well, it seems Indy just doesn't translate to action arcade as well. The computer games were intelligent and required problem solving. I guess it's because we require this from Indy that straight action games just don't work with Indy.
If that makes sense, congratulate me. I was up till 1:30 last night filming an 8mm movie with a cast memeber who excells at irritating me, and I just got up.

~The Raider

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: : My fellow Indy fans,
: :       I'm pretty sure we are all in agreement that the Indiana Jones 
: : character is one of the best action/adventure heroes of all times.
: : So why are there so few decent Indy video games?  I'm old enough
: : to remeber the Raiders game for the Atari 2600, and I have always
: : felt that it has been one of the video game industry's best attempts
: : on an Indy game.  TOD for the Nintendo and arcade was God-awful,
: : while every Last Crusade attempt has been sub-par at best.  Why
: : is Indy treated this way?  Don't even get me started on any of the
: : laughably bad YIJC games!  Man, I'm ranting like Mussolini on the 
: : balcony... sorry about that.  But I'm sure some of you see my point.
: : Any comments?
: :                                           -graml

: Well, it seems Indy just doesn't translate to action arcade as well.  The computer games were intelligent and required problem solving.  I guess it's because we require this from Indy that straight action games just don't work with Indy.
: If that makes sense, congratulate me.  I was up till 1:30 last night filming an 8mm movie with a cast memeber who excells at irritating me, and I just got up.

: ~The Raider

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