Contranoid – The Chaotic Two-Player Telephone Game from 1897 [video](contranoid.com)
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Contranoid – The Chaotic Two-Player Telephone Game from 1897 [video]
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Brilliant advertising.
Yeah that is a great clip, and an intriguing idea. Also, by running it through the old-timey filter, they don't have to have their "look" complete. (Unless the look really is this Thomas Edison thing, which would be weird but OK I guess.)
From the other videos (this testing one, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihe6xf7reAo) it seems like this is actually how gameplay looks.
(personally I think its a pretty cool style)
(personally I think its a pretty cool style)
And brilliant idea for the game too.
If Arkanoid and Pong had a baby, this would be it.
I would have said breakout, and pong.
IMHO breakout is descended from pong itself; different goal but same play mechanics. While pong was two-player, this game seems to evoke more the two-player mode of tetris, since defeat isn't sudden but gradually builds up over time. (...perhaps this makes defeat more agonizing and victory more pleasing?)
Yup. Breakout 1976. Arkanoid 1986.
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So what we mean by designer? 0h h1 is a rip off/redesign of some older game (as it is mentioned in the game's About section).