AGS in Hyper Magazine (Australia) - Article by Yahtzee

auhsor · Sat 26/11/2005 03:42:18

So I was flicking through the new issue of Hyper, and I came across this article which was pleasant surprise.

Janik · Sat 26/11/2005 06:03:48

Neat article. Near the end he talks about how he asked for donations but it didn't work. I did donate a few dollars myself, I guess not many other people did...

MrColossal · Sat 26/11/2005 06:25:19

Oh look, there's a link to my site! Hello link! I hope you're doing ok all alone in that magazine!

Please don't bring a lot of people asking me to make art for them! Thank you!

It's a nice article, some things I don't quite agree with but oh well! I didn't buy the magazine!

Helm · Sat 26/11/2005 06:26:38

"Escape from Helm's House" has been frozen in production. Direction of project is now being reconsidered

Huw Dawson · Sat 26/11/2005 11:34:32

And it's actually given me hope for those ideas in my head to actually become a game rather than stay in that notepad for eternity. I hate sprites...

Ionias · Fri 02/12/2005 00:55:04

Hey my game was never on any shelves.

But nonetheless a good read.

ManicMatt · Fri 02/12/2005 11:07:05

hey fatman creator! Your link to your game is broke or something, it was a while ago I suppose, has it been fixed yet? I wanna play it!

Joseph DiPerla · Fri 02/12/2005 17:42:54

Unfortunatly, Ionias has made the game Abandonware. Goto www.the-underdogs.org to download. I hope I am not breaking any forum rules here by saying this. I just read them and I dont remember seeing it in there. So sorry if I did break them.

ManicMatt · Fri 02/12/2005 17:52:46

Oh now I remember! Silly me!

Yeah the underdogs site never works for me! It says "out of date" or "you are a bot!" or something along those lines...

Ionias · Fri 02/12/2005 21:53:53

Quote from: ManicMatt on Fri 02/12/2005 11:07:05
hey fatman creator! Your link to your game is broke or something, it was a while ago I suppose, has it been fixed yet? I wanna play it!

I have no idea where you could find the game online if the underdogs site doesn't work for you. Even without the voices its still a sizeable download, nothing I could host.

strazer · Fri 02/12/2005 22:11:53

The ISO CD image can be found on the eDonkey file-sharing network. Also, http://www.legaltorrents.com/ has it.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Fri 02/12/2005 22:28:37

http://aafiles.bicycle-for-slugs.org/full/The%20Adventures%20of%20Fatman.rar

With voices. Also, a search would have turned it up too.

ManicMatt · Fri 02/12/2005 22:57:47

Thanks, I'm downloading it now!

It has voices, too? Cool! (Actually, I know very little about this game)

I'm guessing it has no relation to that amiga platformer game called fatman?

Erwin_Br · Sat 03/12/2005 00:10:29

Quote from: Ionias on Fri 02/12/2005 21:53:53
Quote from: ManicMatt on Fri 02/12/2005 11:07:05
hey fatman creator! Your link to your game is broke or something, it was a while ago I suppose, has it been fixed yet? I wanna play it!

I have no idea where you could find the game online if the underdogs site doesn't work for you. Even without the voices its still a sizeable download, nothing I could host.

Hmmm, I could host it at adventuredevelopers.com. Do I have permission to use the installation on the official CD-Rom I bought? (I assume it's not different from the download at Underdogs?)

--Erwin

Mr Jake · Sat 03/12/2005 00:22:18

I'd guess yes. Since its abandonware now. And Im 99% sure its no different

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 03/12/2005 10:00:20

The underdogs has no voice pack, Erwin.

pslocum · Sat 03/12/2005 10:08:28

http://software01.archive.org/1/items/the-adventures-of-fatman-pc/ <---Another place Fatman with voice pack is hosted.

ManicMatt · Sat 03/12/2005 10:53:19

I was playing the game last night! (And the speech pack IS worth downloading!)

Everything seems excellent about it so far! Except fatman could walk a bit faster (Okay he IS fat) and the sudden deaths are a bit cheesy. (So I've put it on easy. Hey don't mock me! Don't you know who I am? I beat ninja Gaiden!)

Was the appearance of AGS in GameMaker magazine (RIP) ever noticed in here?

Elliott Hird · Sat 03/12/2005 11:22:51

Options -> Walk speed

only changed fatmans walking speed, not game speed

Pumaman · Sat 03/12/2005 12:14:43

Quote from: ManicMatt on Sat 03/12/2005 10:53:19
Was the appearance of AGS in GameMaker magazine (RIP) ever noticed in here?

Yep ... it and some others are listed here:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=11793.20

Don't follow the links in that post though, they're all to agsforums.com which has now been bought by the domain stranglers!