Did you ever see the game Super Death Chase?! It was basically the same
game, but the guys you ran over resembled more like skeletons.. it was
released in 1978.
There is a game released for Nintendo called Death Race. It is loosely based
on the movie Death Race 2000.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Saunders" <cybpunks2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [stella] Death Derby
> At 08:50 AM 8/27/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> >I'm starting to wonder, if I'm the only one around, who doesn't like the
> >basic idea of the game?
> >A little bit of abstraction woudn't hurt the gameplay at all...
>
> For what it's worth, I was thinking of making two versions of the game,
one
> with "gremlins" and one with pedestrians, or even putting both into the
> same game so you can switch between them, and either creating two
different
> boxes or one reversible box. But really, the graphics are so blocky it's
> hard not to consider it abstract. I'm actually not that fond of black
> comedy in general. But the original game (not to mention the movie) has a
> mystique about it, and it's one of the few games left from that era that
> was never ported to the 2600. That combined with it being after 2000,
when
> Death Race 2000 was supposed to take place, got me thinking it would be
the
> game to do for kitsch value if nothing else.
>
> I understand even today there might be a negative reaction when the game
is
> released, but that just makes it an interesting social experiment to see
> how much attitudes have or haven't changed in 25 years.
>
>
>
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