Looking for Simon games

[lilalurl]

Not the sorcerer ofc .

But Amiga renditions of this game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%28game%29




After s2325 posted pictures from games by Harald Müller, I checked some of his other works. One of them is Senso:
http://hol.abime.net/4523

I have a hunch that there are more than one conversion of Simon available on Amiga. If you happen to know one or more please mention them.

If there are enough it will probably be worthy to create a sub-category/quickmatch in HoL for those.

[s2325]

Grilli & co: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzKoROXNL9s

[lilalurl]

Lol, that is a funny translation of the game. Thx for pointing it out.
Hmmm, I guess I'll have to contribute it myself since it is not yet in HoL.

[silkworm]

Xmas Syman

can't remember where I got it from
If you can't find it I can upload to the zone

also a very simple one on aminet (4th pic) is also on second disk http://amr.abime.net/issue_133_coverdisks
http://68k.aminet.net/package/game/misc/Simon

another on aminet
http://68k.aminet.net/package/game/misc/Simon-10

another
http://68k.aminet.net/package/game/think/Simon2001

another ( a workbench one totally different to normal)
http://68k.aminet.net/package/game/wb/Simonize

the best one i've seen is played on the keyboard but I can't remember what it was called or where i got it and I don't have it anymore, Was a long time ago.

edit: Found it
TOSEC PD
Simon (19xx)(Buraglio, Claudio).adf (the best one, pics 5 and 6)

[FOL]

Originally Posted by silkworm

Xmas Syman

can't remember where I got it from
If you can't find it I can upload to the zone

Xmas Syman Project Page

[mihcael]

Originally Posted by silkworm

Xmas Syman
can't remember where I got it from
...

or Xmas Syman Website

[Akira]

Originally Posted by mihcael

or Xmas Syman Website

s2325! Get on it! We need a YouTube video of this one

[FOL]

Originally Posted by mihcael

or Xmas Syman Website

Didnt know there was another site hosting it.
Thanks for the link.

[lilalurl]

Thanks for the list silkworm. And all the others for the various mirrors of Xmas Syman (I should have remembered reading about it as it was in one of competitors in one of the Games Making competition ).

I have no tried Buraglio's Simon but I expect that being able to play with the keyboard provides an experience closer to real-life Simon.

[DrBong]

There are probably quite a few freeware Simon games, so check the PD lists (e.g. 17-Bit Disk 2724 ASASSINS BACK TO SCHOOL 2) and Aminet (e.g. Simon). Hope that gives you a few more clues about where you might find more Simon-type games......

[lilalurl]

Thanks for the clues.

Well, I don't intend to do a comprehensive list of all the Simon games (not that obessed with those games). But rather I wanted to see if there were enough of them to justify a sub-category/quickmatch in HOL.

I'll make/fill entries for those that have been mentioned. Then, if someone want to make a comprehensive list it will be welcome

[Akira]

Are you looking for games just on the Amiga?

[lilalurl]

Personnaly, yes. That's why I posted this in HOL contributions.

But if you are interested to do a master list of all Simon games, you can start a thread in Retrogaming General Discussion. I know there is at least one such game on DS (homebrew). Need to find the name in the folder where I store homebrews, so I can post it tonight.

[Akira]

Originally Posted by lilalurl

Personnaly, yes. That's why I posted this in HOL contributions.

I ask because you said:

But computer renditions of this game:

instead of Amiga renditions... so... I was going to suggest you some C64 ones

[lilalurl]

Hehe, you are correct, I lacked precision . I fixed the first post.

[Akira]

And I didn't even check in what forum this was posted. I never look at that :P
I would actuall;y love to have an Amiga version of that C64 Simon I was thinking of.

[s2325]

Xmas Syman is joystick operated and something is wrong or I can not play Simon...

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by s2325

Xmas Syman is joystick operated and something is wrong or I can not play Simon...

Try the one by Buraglio that silkworm mentioned. It is indeed keyboard-operated and is therefore the closest to real-life Simon. You can change the options on the right side, Wait - time alloted between each if your press - Beep - length of the beep sound - and Space - pause time between each note by the computer by left-clicking and right-clicking on each of them.

Senso is mouse-operated. It has the advantage of having six colours, so if you are a master of normal Simon, you can try it for something harder.


Xmas Syman is a bit weird at first. Like you I was confused at first.
First, don't forget that you can change the options by pressing space at the start menu and then with left and right on the joystick (not that they will change anything important for a single player game).

The thing to understand to play this one is that each joystick direction is attached to a colour.
So for instance, up is red. Then for the others colours, you just have to look at the picture on the screen (blue = right, green = down, yellow = left).

I guess that after a few games you get used to it


The default game mode is memory tester (like normal Simon). Perhaps you can play a bit with reaction test to get accustomed to controls.
Press Return at the start menu to change game modes.

Originally Posted by Akira

And I didn't even check in what forum this was posted. I never look at that :P
I would actuall;y love to have an Amiga version of that C64 Simon I was thinking of.

http://eab.abime.net/forumdisplay.php?f=116

[s2325]

Thank you.

[s2325]

TetraMem:



from http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=63938

[lilalurl]

Thanks.
It is weird that the game alternates between two sets of sound samples during the same game

[s2325]

Senso Pro on Lizard of Oz, The - Lizard Games 4 (19xx)(Lizard of Oz) http://planetemu.net/?section=roms&d...owrom&id=19987

[lilalurl]

Thanks. Well, it is not related to Senso by Harald Müller it seems.

I supposed the name was not a coincidence and it seems indeed that Senso is the name of Simon in Germany:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senso_%28Spiel%29

Interestingly, the author of Senso-Pro, Peter Händel, seems to be also the author of The Turn, which is a sort of Lights Out (the game in which clicking on a square change the surrounding squares to the other colour) variant in which you have to manage to match a given pattern.

A bit like Honeycomb beat on DS:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcsrhUlHLzU

The Turn is available on Assassins disk 191:
http://www.back2roots.org/Disks/File...isk%20191%2C1/



Edit: Btw, has anybody seen other Lights Out clones/variants on Amiga? Might be worth to do a quickmatch for it too if there are several of them.

[s2325]

Follow That Tune from Easy and Fun - 4 in 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qKIpI-bMJY

[lilalurl]

Thank you .

Well, I guess there are enough such games to warrant a quickmatch. So here it is:
http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?...quickmatch=102

Right now, there are 4 entries, but I will try to add the other games referenced in this thread this winter.