attention MSXers, what the hell is this?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:26 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Punch-Judy-MSX-Alte ... dZViewItem

thanks.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:29 pm

It's a cassette tape. They used to use those in the olden days.

Pa

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:36 pm

funny haha. i mean a punch and judy game?!

aside: for the entertainment of the brits out there, i used to want to be a punch and judy man.

and incidentally, speaking of old computers: anyone heard from Blue Lander lately?

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:43 pm

This game seems to be available on the C64 and the Amstrad CPC too

Though I admit I had never heard about it before.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:06 pm

Don't know the game, but I bought from Bird-Cage and it's totally reliable, so if any of you wants to try Punch & judy...

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:13 pm

captain ahar wrote:funny haha. i mean a punch and judy game?!

Theres a Sooty and Sweep game and an Edd the Duck game, so why not?

K-J N. · Post by **K-J N.** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:26 am

Sly Cherry Chunks wrote:
captain ahar wrote:funny haha. i mean a punch and judy game?!
Theres a Sooty and Sweep game and an Edd the Duck game, so why not?

Yeah, Alternative Software did a lot of licensed games like that. Count Duckula, Fireman Sam, Postman Pat, Superted, Thomas the Tank Engine, just to mention a few.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:51 pm

i can understand all that stuff. but this is a puppet show where someone dies every few minutes. i also understand that it serves as a morality lesson as well, though.

edit: I found a screenshot!!!

looks pretty basic but it has some nice graphics (for msx anyway

)

and yes everyone, i am that bored.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:56 pm

Ugh, now I remember who is Alternative Software.

They were usually regarded as the worst games publisher in the Amiga. I think the best game they ever published was Death Mask ( http://hol.abime.net/290/ ) , which was a poor Doom alike where you could make only 90 degrees turns.

And this wasnt developed by them, it was developed by Apache Software (Who did the entertaining Super Methane Bros)

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:15 pm

Shatterhand wrote:Ugh, now I remember who is Alternative Software.

They were usually regarded as the worst games publisher in the Amiga. I think the best game they ever published was Death Mask ( http://hol.abime.net/290/ ) , which was a poor Doom alike where you could make only 90 degrees turns.

Wait, worse than Domark? Worse than Tiertex?

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:30 pm

Alternative Software did Dalek Attack. Anything with Daleks is automatically awesome.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:42 pm

Turrican wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:Ugh, now I remember who is Alternative Software.

They were usually regarded as the worst games publisher in the Amiga. I think the best game they ever published was Death Mask ( http://hol.abime.net/290/ ) , which was a poor Doom alike where you could make only 90 degrees turns.
Wait, worse than Domark? Worse than Tiertex?

I doubt too many companies are worse than Tiertex. They're the company that actually thinks holding down the jump button just to jump in platform games is a good idea.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:09 pm

Dalek Attack was HORRIBLE.

Tiertex indeed was horrible too.

But Domark? Why did they suck? They had published Total Football on Amiga, which was great, also F1 on Amiga and Mega-Drive, which is the best sprite-based racing game ever. Also the Championship Manager games, Klax, Hard Driving,. ...