[access-uk] Re: Tennis Computer Game
- From: "ari" <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:29:07 +0200
Hi Jackie,
Problem with these adapted games is as you say. What's missing for me are the
controls, the fact that the normal games have many options and, well, most of
the time better sound effects, and it's of course fun taking the cartrige out
and looking for other games. I also used to have a Nintendo Entertainment
System, and some of the games like the Olympics you could actually play by
counting steps before you jump. These days I can hardly play anything. For
example, I could to some degree play cricket 97 on the computer, because it
made the noise of bowling and you could sort of hear when to hit, but nowdays,
with cricket 2005, can't play at all because there are no sound kews and you
have to get your feet in the right position and all sorts of stuff, and the new
olympics game you need to see lights blink, and there are no sounds of steps.
Unfortunately the most mainstream games that blind people can sort of play have
become fighting games, like I know many people who play Mortal Combat and
stuff, but for me that's rubbish. On the Nintendo Entertainment System, there
were many combo cartriges, like the Olympics was on a 24 in one, and there were
many games where you'd get the thrill of just putting them on just to shoot
wildly or something to listen to the brilliant sounds. I used to put on
Paperboy, and, I don't know why, but the only reason I'd put it on is that I
somehow just got this massive thrill of hearing myself breaking a window with
the paper. Games have also become so expensive that even if you had a console
you couldn't buy them for sound thrills.
Ari
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tennis Computer Game
Ari, my son used to have that very game when he was younger, and I had a shot
of it. I was desperate to play it because I'm a massive tennis fan. I loved
the tune it had too. In fact, I loved a lot of the Megadrive games, and the
sequal to it, the Sega Saturn. On that console, Ian and I used to play this
game called Sega Rally when our son was at school, and we crashed the thing all
over the place. But it was great fun because we could hear where to kind of
drive in stereo, and knew if we were going too far to the left or right. We
had to play it when young Ian was at school or we'd never have got a look in.
Also loved Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mario Cart on the Nintendo, but these
moved about so quickly that it was impossible to play. I'm not keen on a lot
of the specially adapted computer games; they don't have the same zip as
ordinary ones somehow.
Now he's nearly 17, it's all horrible rubbish teenagers play, and not
remotely interesting to listen to any more either (smile.)
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: ari
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:04 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tennis Computer Game
Hi Jackie,
Problem is, it's not really quite tennis. You play against the computer or
online, but the difficulty depends on the number of balls you have to hit back
and the direction you choose. I would have done it a bit differently, making
only one ball bounce maybe three or four times before it becomes a point, you
can only hit in three directions, and the problem is that they are already
decided, I mean, if you're on the left of the court, you must hit right, etc.
For me the more fun game is called Showdown, which is free, a kind of table
tennis for the blind. The developer has closed the site down, but I still have
the file, which I can send through yousendit or something if anyone wants it.
One interesting thing which my friend and I used to do, is he was also blind,
but to make a tennis game accessible, he had a Sega Megadrive, and a tennis
game called Pete Sampras Tennis. We would stand still and play shots. To make
the game work, we could only play two types of shot, and the rallies would
literally go on for as long as five minutes! If you're wondering how someone
could actually get a point playing like that, the answer was timing. After
experimenting, we discovered that the bounce of the ball was effected by the
lateness of the shot, so we'd sit there trying to vary the bounce to outwit
each other. You could also vary the speeds of the servs. I'll never forget when
I was surprised at serving four aces in a row, and then asking him why he
hadn't played any of them, he replied quite ashamed that he had thought he was
the one serving the aces and was keeping quiet! My brother wants to get a WII
for Christmas, I'm really hoping there are some games there that I can enjoy.
Ari
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tennis Computer Game
Hi Marg
Any computer tennis game would surely need to include the lovely Roger
Federer in it (smile.) Seriously I didn't know there was anything accessible
like that.
Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret Smith
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 3:01 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Tennis Computer Game
Hello
Some time ago there was a tennis game which could be played either
against the computer or with other players on-line. Could someone kindly
provide info on where it might be down-loaded.
Thanks.
Marg.
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