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Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: bulldog_06 on March 02, 2005, 01:36:15 PM
I HOPE YOU SEE THIS BIGJON (THIS IS NOT TO PUT YOU DOWN EITHER),

If you could a computer version of $ale Of The Century, what would be featured on there?

Myself, I would either have:

3-D version of Jim Perry and Jack Kelly (with possible voice-overs)
3-D version of Summer Bartholomew and Barbara Lyon (w/ possible voice-overs)
An announcer that could do as well as Jay Stewart/Bill Wendell

YOU COULD PLAY FOUR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF SALE:
1969-1974 (Jack Kelly/Joe Garagiola)
1983-1985 with the SHOPPING (the most popular to SALE fans)
1985-1987 with the THE WINNER'S BOARD
1988-1989 with the WINNER'S BIG MONEY GAME (the least favorite)

YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR SET:
THE 1969 version
THE 1983 version (w/ rainbow buzzers)
THE 1985-1989 version
AUSTRALIAN VERSION (2001)

Whaddya think? How would you do yours?
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: itiparanoid13 on March 02, 2005, 02:05:57 PM
I think you smoked something before you posted all what you wanted, honestly.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: dzinkin on March 02, 2005, 03:00:50 PM
I think BigJon should make a PC version of "The $10,000 Wedgie" first.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: PYLdude on March 02, 2005, 03:04:34 PM
[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 01:36 PM\']I HOPE YOU SEE THIS BIGJON (THIS IS NOT TO PUT YOU DOWN EITHER),

If you could a computer version of $ale Of The Century, what would be featured on there?

Myself, I would either have:

3-D version of Jim Perry and Jack Kelly (with possible voice-overs)
3-D version of Summer Bartholomew and Barbara Lyon (w/ possible voice-overs)
An announcer that could do as well as Jay Stewart/Bill Wendell

YOU COULD PLAY FOUR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF SALE:
1969-1974 (Jack Kelly/Joe Garagiola)
1983-1985 with the SHOPPING (the most popular to SALE fans)
1985-1987 with the THE WINNER'S BOARD
1988-1989 with the WINNER'S BIG MONEY GAME (the least favorite)

YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR SET:
THE 1969 version
THE 1983 version (w/ rainbow buzzers)
THE 1985-1989 version
AUSTRALIAN VERSION (2001)

Whaddya think? How would you do yours?
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The password is..."overkill."
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: Chief-O on March 02, 2005, 03:05:15 PM
Just erase all reference to the 69/73 version, and MAYBE it would be closer to reality...
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: wschmrdr on March 02, 2005, 03:57:53 PM
bulldog, so long as you're the one coding it and I'm not, I'm all for it.

And, could someone explain "The $10,000 Wedgie" to me?
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: clemon79 on March 02, 2005, 04:30:31 PM
[quote name=\'wschmrdr\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 01:57 PM\']bulldog, so long as you're the one coding it and I'm not, I'm all for it.

And, could someone explain "The $10,000 Wedgie" to me?
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Sure. Just bite down on this block first.

It helps.

I know.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: clemon79 on March 02, 2005, 04:31:55 PM
[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 11:36 AM\']Whaddya think? How would you do yours?
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I'd do one that had challenging questions and entertaining and engaging gameplay. Then I'd worry about WHAT THE HELL IT LOOKED LIKE.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: SRIV94 on March 02, 2005, 04:35:54 PM
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 02:05 PM\']Just erase all reference to the 69/73 version, and MAYBE it would be closer to reality...
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Especially considering that the 1969-73 version was actually erased.  :)

Doug
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: ChuckNet on March 02, 2005, 09:47:52 PM
Interestingly enough, an Australian company actually released a CD-ROM version of said country's $otC in the mid-90s...don't know too much about it, other than that it used a buzz-in device called Slammer that plugged into your PC's game port and the game itself supposedly wasn't that good.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: MikeK on March 02, 2005, 10:13:16 PM
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 09:47 PM\']Interestingly enough, an Australian company actually released a CD-ROM version of said country's $otC in the mid-90s...don't know too much about it, other than that it used a buzz-in device called Slammer that plugged into your PC's game port and the game itself supposedly wasn't that good.[/quote]
Oddly enough, I've been trying to find my copy of this game for about 2 weeks.  If I can find it, I'll get some screenshots and type up a review.  From what I remember, the game was pretty decent for 1995-6 technology.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: vtown7 on March 02, 2005, 10:29:10 PM
*sigh* After winning it on EBay and having it shipped over here by an Aussie friend of mine, I've never been able to play it.  You need to have the slammer connected to play (the only other game I've played with the slammer is J! which was a hoot) but yet it'd cost me $30 or so just to get the adapter cord.  So for now, it sits, gathering dust...

Ryan :)
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: bulldog_06 on March 02, 2005, 10:32:15 PM
Maybe I was in a little over my head, but just to get feedback on it. Seems like it is flushed right down the toilet. I just thought it was a great idea. Okay, the 1969 version has been killed, but what about the other stuff.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: clemon79 on March 02, 2005, 10:54:43 PM
[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 08:32 PM\']Maybe I was in a little over my head, but just to get feedback on it. Seems like it is flushed right down the toilet. I just thought it was a great idea. Okay, the 1969 version has been killed, but what about the other stuff.
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No, the other stuff continues to suck too.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: bulldog_06 on March 02, 2005, 11:24:20 PM
How so?
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: TLEberle on March 03, 2005, 12:21:07 AM
Well, for one, we don't have any evidence that you can program a game worth anything.  The last thing I would worry about right now is what the background would look like.
Title: Sale Of The Century
Post by: clemon79 on March 03, 2005, 11:52:54 AM
[quote name=\'bulldog_06\' date=\'Mar 2 2005, 09:24 PM\']How so?
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Because you clearly care more about how the game looks then how it plays, which indicates to me that you don't have the first clue as to how the programming process works.

I don't care if it's green text on a black screen, if the game plays well, I'll play it. By the same token, I don't care if it's so photorealistic that I can smell the liverwurst Jim ate during the lunchbreak, if it DOESN'T play well, I'm not interested.