As a follow-up to my previous post, I here take a good look at one of my favourite games of all times and why it matters.
Pinball Dreams was released back in 1992 and was one of the last big hits for the Amiga. It came quite out of the blue, made by first-comers Digital Illusions (DI), also known in the demo scene as The Silents. Pinball Dreams is a pinball game with 4 different tables with different themes.
Ooh, I love catchy titles. My goal is a bit loftier than just pimping my own interests though!
There have been number of computer games in my life that have offered me certain insights into what this medium can do. These are quite often also my favourite games. My intention here is to mention a few of those games (a top five if you like) and then proceed in the coming entries to tell what they can teach to us about computer gametry. If you’re a game designer , you should pay attention! The games I have chosen are (in no particular order) [Name, Publisher, Platform]:
This is for future reference.
Game idea is the Problem, designing game/realizing that idea is the process of solving that problem, solution is whatever gameprogram that is the product of that problem solving.