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adr
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 12:34 Edited at: 22nd Jul 2003 12:34
Dunno where else to post this, since it's not really a serious question. Anyway... I'm thinking of making a speedball-esque type game. I feel a game like this would teach me what I'd like to know; modelling, animating, team/enemy AI (looking forward to that), network play.... It avoids all the complicated, abstract problems like car physics

However, I digress - I don't want to call it "SpeedBall Max" or something like that. I'd rather come up with a new name.

So be my guests - suggest away please!

By the way, I reserve the right to add "Ultimate" or "Pro" or suchlike to the title to make it sound even cooler. For example,

"BallBreakers" would become "Ultimate BallBreakers Pro"

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Solidz Snake
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 12:43
ThunderBall
BerserkerBall
StilletoSpeed
PsychoSphere
BeadMasters
LiquidLight
BubbleBronco
PowermightPills
WindWhistler
SilverSunlight
VirtualCannonBall

i'm tired..

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Eric T
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 12:55
ballbusters

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jeffmosesuk
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 13:03
DarkSpeedball just to be unoriginal !

Would like to see this one finished as Speedball 2 was pure quality

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Van B
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 14:14
Bloodball
Deathball
Hardball
Baseketball (sorry, been done)

Speedball2 rocked, shame about Speedball20-odd-thousand(PSX).


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Programmer Dave
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 14:24
bouncyball
kidsballs

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Solidz Snake
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 14:49
SubSolid Supreme

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Programmer Dave
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 15:02
weedball
needleball
powerball
cheeseball
deadball
attackball
cakeball
roundball
supersonicball
superball
sonicball
theball
movingball
maxball
proball
ultimateball
ballpro
ballmax

So many suggestions, so little time!

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Solidz Snake
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 15:06
does it have to be with the word 'ball' in it?

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Programmer Dave
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 15:23
if not..

weed
needle
power
cheese
dead
attack
cake
round
supersonic
super
sonic
the
moving
max
pro
ultimate
pro
max

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adr
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 16:07 Edited at: 22nd Jul 2003 16:08
Heheh - thanks for the suggestions.

DeathBall has to be the coolest, cos it's the worst, if you know what I mean....

"Ultimate DeathBall Pro" - *grins*

The only problem is that people didn't really die in SpeedBall - they just got bashed about a bit . I suppose since it's based on HandBall it should be HyperBall or MegaBall. The only trouble with MegaBall is that it reminds me of that horrid UK 10 pin bowling franchise...

Anyway - keep em comin if you like

Incidentally, I agree that SpeedBall 2 was an absolutely brilliant game. I hope I'm not setting my sights to high though...

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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 16:33
Well if it's set in the future, you could make it so your players die. I mean, you would'nt want half your team dead by the end of the game, but now and again it'd be cool if your star scorer bought the dust. You could even make it theatrical, like slow motion, and the crowd going silent - maybe commentators showing mild concearn . Just remember all those countless American baseball/football/hockey/basketball/tiddly-winks movies where the start gets hurt and the unruly rookie saves the day (I liked the one with Corey Haim and Winona Ryder(sp)).


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adr
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 17:15
I seem to remember that if your player took too many knocks, his health hit zero and he had to be carried off. Now, taking that a step futher, you're saying that if that happens too often he kicks the bucket... hmm...

An ideal excuse for cool 3D cut scenes if ever I heard it! Maybe even an excuse for widescreen *ideas overload* ...

I like it.

I could put a lot of work into the crowd sound echoeing out and going silent. Is it just me, or is that *really* effective when a film goes into slow motion, the sounds goes quiet and soft music starts playing?..

*sniff* and I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

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Mattman
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 18:08
FranticBall
Mattmanball
Swatball
dingball
kingball
cha-chingball

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adr
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 18:25
dude, you're just sticking ball after any work that comes into your head!


monitorball
forumball
bossball
p45ball....

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Mattman
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 18:32
so...

I like Franticball though...

"Super Franticball Pro"

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adr
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 18:39 Edited at: 22nd Jul 2003 18:40
"Super FranticBall Pro" sounds a bit too Nintendo to me. Find an emulator and play the SpeedBall 2. You'll be taken in, and more importantly, you'll know what sorta name I'm after.

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this is spooky...

Just done some research and SB2 was released in 1990! I was guessing like, 96 or 97. :-s But like, I was only playing it yesterday!

AARGH!

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Van B
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 18:45
Yep, the early 90's was an awesome time for games. My all time fave game Captive was released in '90 too - most Bitmap Bros games were released between 88 and 94.


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adr
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 19:20
oh man. Captive....

*images of quite a scary game come rushing back*

I remember it being an RPG of sorts, quite dark and I'm sure you were a robot, but I keep getting it confused with Corporation - now that was quite a scary game.

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Posted: 22nd Jul 2003 19:33
Spinning Sphere Moves Along a Track?

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Suck-a-ball

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snowball
eyeball
oddball
hairball
screwball
butterball
greaseball
meatball

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bally-ball
cheesytoe-ball
cookiemonster-ball
KFC Barbeque Chicken Ball
Da Ball

Just to name a few

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Wiggett
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2003 07:11 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2003 07:13
ok i like to take a page out of the beavis and butthead book (well i leave it in there, you know what i mean.)
they have three coloumns with cool words in them, and the idea is that you pick one word out of each column and put them together to make the cool band name. it always works cause the words just work
it was sumthin like this but bigger:

satan's-------icecream-----------bandit
Car-----------Fokker-------------Radio
SMokey--------death--------------stick
screaming-----monkey-------------machine
flaming-------wheel--------------butt

now thats just a small bit that i made up, from that you add the word from the first column, then add the word from the second column then the word from the third column, for example from above you can make FLAMING MONKEY STICK, or SATAN's FOKKER MACHINE. the one in the beavis and butthead book was much mor efunnier and cooler, but make up your own list with as many columns as you want. oh and dont take any of my examples cause im using them for my undead nazi pirates of the kungforabean series

working on the game undead nazi pirates of the kungfoorabean. this game is random to the max.
http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/unpotkf/
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Screaming Monkey Ball

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2003 12:18
I like "Satan's Death Butt", although, I can imagine a team name for this game being "flaming death machine".


We can learn a lot from Beavis & Butthead...

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2003 13:17
lampball
chairball
tvball
gameball
videoball
stickball
rollyball
myball
comball
proball
ultimateball
dumbball
smartball
fastball

More of my stupid answers.

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Programmer Dave
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2003 13:19
coolball
rainball
strongball
killball
dieball
extrafastball
mouseball

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adr
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2003 14:42
Thanks for your, uhm, "constructive" input.

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