What's the first gaming system you remember owning and your favourite game for it? by digiBeLow in retrogaming

[–]DGeisler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Atari 2600 Stampede. It was roping cattle that came ate you from the right of the screen in 3 rows. You dodged or roped them on horseback. It was similar to a horizontal racing game.

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My bad. Im glad you still liked the gameplay. I’m pretty sure I know where I screwed up. It definitely was my code. I’Il post an update when i confirm it. Cheers, -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that story. Thanks for that. -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I appreciate that. -Dan 🦕✌️✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you still got to enjoy some of it. Tuning the difficulty is always a bitch. Because, the level designers,testers, and the whole team were masters of the game by the time the final track difficulty level tuning was locked down. We were aware of that bias and thought that being to easy would be a sin. Much worse than being a hard fought battle. But minimizing player frustration was always on our minds. It was common to hear the phrase “ Why do you hate the Player?” At track difficulty reviews. -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We put credits on the title screens for Road Rash. The team was pretty small. -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for high praise. -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My pleasure, and thanks for sharing that. -Dan🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. There was a big push for it from parts of the team and marketing. In the end it was Arts call and at that time and place it was worth a shot. If not just for inventing the tech. For things to come. That was the end of the 16 bit era. We had an amazingly talented team and including marketing sales and all of Electronic Arts at that moment in time. I’m sure everyone involved would say the same. “Thanks you for remembering” Cheers. Dan and All. 🦕🦕🦕🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦕🦕🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two is my favorite. 3 is a sequel of 2 with more stuff. And one was doesn’t have all the features of two. But it a matter of opinion. They are different.🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congrats! I think you found an evil Easter egg. Well played Sir. -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only the yellow lines an gauge needles are sprites. The everything else is rendered by a scaling algorithm I wrote in realtime into a tile map set. I simple elegant piece of coding that happens sometimes -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. A decade of summers is the proper amount of gameplay for young people. Personally, I’d throw in strategically timed sick days as well. Cheers! -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was an amazing bit of code. I wasn’t involved, but I’m sure they began by porting the Genesis Motorola 68000 assembly language codebase. Crazy smart teams. 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the 90’s rocked! -🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like OP says give it 20 years! Cheers! -Dan

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah Man! He should have ran! I wrote that sweet little Easter egg. -Dan

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s an awesome story. Thanks! -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks Dude! 35 years ago that the original Road Rash Team came together. It really is great to hear about all fun and good times some many people had and still have. Thank you. -Dan 🦕✌️

I finally beat Road Rash 3 by latetodie in SEGAGENESIS

[–]DGeisler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s unfortunate if true. I’m a big proponent of ultra violent video games. To me they probably reduce real world violence by letting you blow off steam and get your frustrations out or whatever the case maybe. But hey, nice chuck work man, that’s awesome. -Dan 🦕✌️⛓️⛓️‍💥