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YaBB Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline I love YaBB! Posts: 22 The Land of YaBB	Re: Insectoid Reply #10 - 03.02.2008 at 04:31:26 It's funny to see these old screenshots and see how much the game has already changed. Here's a new one.
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Chippy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 816 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Insectoid Reply #11 - 03.02.2008 at 23:22:17 A new game?? I find that games are really old????
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Reply #12 - 05.02.2008 at 17:40:07

Chippy wrote on 03.02.2008 at 23:22:17:

A new game?? I find that games are really old???? Undecided

I think something may have been lost in translation here? Do you mean this kind of game is old? Galaga was a hit back in the 1980s, which in the video gaming world is almost as old as it gets.

So I guess I can see that.

But it definitely looks like what Vern is doing with Insectoid looks and feels very modern -- and with Vern's record on MM, I don't think any of doubt that it will be fun, polished, and a great value!

I just hope that MM community does not rebel because they are so impatient for the MM Expansion!

By the way, Vern, does the Expansion have a clever name/subtitle? Midnight Mansion: The Thirteenth Hour? That has a nice ring to it! Cheesy

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VernJensen YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 1064 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: Insectoid Reply #13 - 06.02.2008 at 02:43:09 Oooh, The Thirteenth Hour... I like it! We were trying to come up with names, but none of them really fit... but that one is really good! I think I just might use it!
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sherryl199 Explorer Offline Posts: 227 Wilmington, NC USA Gender:	Re: Insectoid Reply #14 - 06.02.2008 at 05:20:08 That is a great name! Scary sounding and intriguing.
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Anthony YaBB Administrator Offline Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 1367 Canada Gender:	Re: Insectoid Reply #15 - 06.02.2008 at 07:06:15 HOLY $%^& thats a good name. But make sure you have that name have a part in the game. It would be a bit okward if you name it that and it says nothing about a thirteenth hour in gameplay. Make something related to it in the final mansion, which I urge, that all the judges of that contest, make a third of that mansion.
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Reply #16 - 08.02.2008 at 19:48:41

Hah, glad you all seem to like the name.

Maybe you should put a grandfather clock graphic into the game, Vern, which has thirteen hours for those who look carefully. And if you want to get bonus points, make it start ticking from "midnight" to that thirteenth hour in real time with the mansion played time. And if you're in a room with a clock when the clock strikes 13 -- You hear 13 chimes, of course! And then the clock breaks. It'd be cool to encounter these clocks as you progress through a mansion, particularly in save rooms and the final treasure room.

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Chippy Treasure Hunter Offline Posts: 816 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Insectoid Reply #17 - 09.02.2008 at 17:48:27 okay nice game anyway
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Reply #18 - 10.02.2008 at 16:42:55

Hey, so I'm not sure that we have too many "space shooter" fans here, but maybe I'm wrong?

I was at a diner the other morning and they had this kind of ultimate Neo-Geo system (well it was not Neo-Geo, but it let you choose from a variety of games) and it included a number of classic arcade shooters.

I got to play "Phoenix", "Astro Fighter", and a couple others.

They were fun, to an extent. I found the whole history of arcade starship shooters fascinating.

I also have Galaga at home on a joystick that lets you play Galaga or Mrs. Pac Man, or a few other classic games. Galaga is the best though. At least until Insectoid comes out!

Does anyone else have a favorite such game?

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ryos Explorer Offline Colorado, USA Posts: 243 Utah, USA Gender:	Re: Insectoid Reply #19 - 11.02.2008 at 05:02:46 When I was a kid I played the heck out of "Battle Squadron" on the Amiga. Great game.
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