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by Maupin
Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:02 am
Forum: Games: 8-bit
Topic: Your favorite type of BD puzzle...
Replies: 2
Views: 14301

Your favorite type of BD puzzle...

What's your favorite type of Boulder Dash puzzle? I like caves where it's necessary to plan carefully where to blow holes through walls to open up new areas, reach the exit, etc. http://www.boulder-dash.nl/forum/forumpics/cave13d3.gif This is Natto-Cat's cave 13, difficulty 3, "Mining" - a...
by Maupin
Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:02 pm
Forum: Games: Remakes
Topic: Boulder Dash by ZX Games
Replies: 6
Views: 33487

Tried it, but I didn't really care for it. I like how the boulders roll, but that's about it. I didn't play far enough to see the amoeba. I'm always interested how remakes handle it. The speed seemed to be really slow. I'm surprised ZX Games can get away with selling a BD game that includes the name...
by Maupin
Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:28 pm
Forum: Games: 8-bit
Topic: Help needed for Super Boulder Dash
Replies: 8
Views: 30929

Just a thought... EA had a pretty complex copy protection scheme / fast loading utility (it's what's going on when the EA logo is flashing) and I had a few EA games stop during the load utility when the disk became corrupted. That's all I can think of at the moment. Super Boulder Dash from EA and th...
by Maupin
Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:21 pm
Forum: Chat
Topic: New game from FFS: Boulder Dash Rocks!
Replies: 5
Views: 25621

It seems that you didn't saw much Boulder Dash on the C64. In fact, you can push a boulder over spaces to the right with a probability 1 out of 4 (all engines). Of course I know about that. The engine in Natto-Cat also supports pushing boulders over space if you're lucky enough. I'm referring to th...
by Maupin
Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:06 pm
Forum: Chat
Topic: New game from FFS: Boulder Dash Rocks!
Replies: 5
Views: 25621

Looks interesting, but I have to admit I'm not a fan of all the new cave elements (by that I mean anything I never saw in the C64 version of BD :wink: ). I especially don't like how boulders seem to float a few turns before dropping.

Still, if I owned a Nintendo DS I might end up buying it...
by Maupin
Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:17 pm
Forum: Chat
Topic: Which other games do you like?
Replies: 19
Views: 145842

I like all kinds of games, especially older C64 games like Boulder Dash, Wizard, Bard's Tale, Wasteland, Lode Runner, ACS, etc. My all-time favorite genre are platform games, and I made many Ultimate Wizard levels as a kid. My favorite platform game is the Amiga freeware game Top Hat Willy , of whic...
by Maupin
Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:45 pm
Forum: Chat
Topic: Are there any BD fans from America or Japan?
Replies: 4
Views: 20734

I'm from Ohio, USA, too (from the countryside around Coshocton).... and I lived in Japan for quite a few years. My Natto-Cat BD remake is designed for PCs, with 800x600 resolution at fullscreen. I never considered NTSC or PAL or whatever, just screen resolution. I remember playing lots of Amiga game...
by Maupin
Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:49 am
Forum: Games: Remakes
Topic: Natto-cat
Replies: 3
Views: 18462

Hi, I'm the creator of Natto-Cat. ;) The game is strange because it was originally a present for my girlfriend, who loves natto and cats, but is allergic to custard and hates green peas. She also loves the same mixture of cuteness and violence that I do. You can increase the splatter effects by edit...