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Ummon:

I've been playing Tutanham. I remember when this game came out, and of course was immediately intrigued by the Indian Jones element or whatever. However, I was almost as immediately, and severely, dismayed by how the game handled. It would seem that whoever did the coding for the controls response was a ---goshdarn--- idiot, and this factor probably hurt it extremely in the arcade.

ivwshane:

Do you mean love to loathe?

DaveMMR:


--- Quote from: ivwshane on February 22, 2009, 01:46:28 am ---Do you mean love to loathe?

--- End quote ---

No I think he means "you want to love it, but you just can't...". 

TOK:

Don't recall the controls on Tutankham being bad. I found only being able to shoot left and right frustrating, but understand the design decision, as it would have been too easy otherwise.
The game did well enough in the arcades for Parker Brothers to license it and port it for every computer and console in existence at the time, from the 2600 to the TI99/4a, so I don't really think the controls hurt the arcade game.  ???

Does the control problem you're talking about exist in MAME? I'll have to give it a try.

There is a play mechanic in many games that I dislike. That is putting you back real far or at the start of the level when you die. Almost too many to mention, but R-Type, Ghosts and Goblins, Rush n Attack stick in my mind as games I would play more if I didn't keep getting stuck in one spot and being sent back over and over by one obstacle. I suppose it could be overcome with Save States, but that seems kind of cheap.

Donkey Kong does this, but somehow gets a pass... Perhaps since the levels are so short.




RayB:

Yes, many of those games mentioned, including Tut, come from an era before controls really got supr refined. I find even the original Mario Bros to have wonky character control. The "art" of good play control was refined over the years after, and it's hard to tolerate those older games.

Try playing Roc n Rope. I really want to love it, but man.......


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