Bored Character Animations

Dastardly · 13 October 2005, 09:09

Remember those little animations that were put into games main characters when you left the stick alone for awhile?

They served no purpose at all but were always nice to see and a sign that the developers had put that extra bit of effort in.

One that sticks in my mind is the main character in Hook getting out his Gameboy.

What other great bored character animations were there?

Ironclaw · 13 October 2005, 12:11

yeah, I remember that too from Hook, and he did some other things aswell I believe. Most adventure games has those passive animations, like Indiana Jones, Legend of Kyrandia and most others... also many platform games has them.

BippyM · 13 October 2005, 14:29

In 9 Lives the cat smokes and then goes green

PPHamer also smokes

mr_0rga5m · 13 October 2005, 21:37

Wasnt there one where the little character rapped on his side of the screen ...

(hrm now i think on it might have been LCP on c64)

Steve C · 13 October 2005, 22:17

Alfred Chicken produces a Gameboy as well.

Simon the Sorceror plays some bangin' tunes on his Walkman......

Zetr0 · 14 October 2005, 02:52

ahhh Rockford from boulder dash tapped his foot. he was an impatient diamond digger.

I can remember so many several from other formats (non-amiga) strange that...

*strains hard....

didn`t that creature from curly colins quaver adventure (knock down) do a dance or something like that....

... sheesh hard one....

Muzkat · 14 October 2005, 05:49

In Barbarian, your hero actually told you to "come on!" Classic.

On other systems...Sonic tapped his foot, and Blaze from Streets of rage played with her hair.

T_hairy_bootson · 14 October 2005, 06:35

Didn't the blues brothers do something as well?

Jope · 14 October 2005, 13:30

In Marble Madness, if you stay perfectly still on the first level, a ramp rises from under your marble and it sets the marble going.

However this isn't really a waiting character animation.. :-)

plasmatron · 14 October 2005, 20:49

Soccer kid knocks against the players screen to get things goin again.

Cool Spot is reading a news paper after a while.

I think the Blues Brothers start to groove after a few seconds.

gimbal · 14 October 2005, 22:26

Best one (IMO) has to be in Commander Keen 4 (yes, no Amiga game). On one level there are moons drawn on the floor. If you stand still on one of them, keen will look around and then drop his pants to moon you for a second

Flachkoepper · 14 October 2005, 23:14

No-one remembers the IK+ Warriors whose trousers where slipping down after a while?? :-))

On the c64, the main characters of some games by gremlin (like "Future Knight" and "Jack The Nipper II") put their hands to their hip, looked to you and tapped with one of their feet (like Sonic, see above), just showing that they are waiting for movement commands - I don't know if Amiga-games by Gremling Graphics had the same kind of "feature"? :-)

13 October 2005, 09:09	#1
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	Bored Character Animations Remember those little animations that were put into games main characters when you left the stick alone for awhile? They served no purpose at all but were always nice to see and a sign that the developers had put that extra bit of effort in. One that sticks in my mind is the main character in Hook getting out his Gameboy. What other great bored character animations were there?

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13 October 2005, 12:11	#2
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 45 Posts: 3,313	yeah, I remember that too from Hook, and he did some other things aswell I believe. Most adventure games has those passive animations, like Indiana Jones, Legend of Kyrandia and most others... also many platform games has them.

13 October 2005, 14:29	#3
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	In 9 Lives the cat smokes and then goes green PPHamer also smokes

13 October 2005, 21:37	#4
mr_0rga5m Tik Gora :D Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Round yo momma's Posts: 1,273	Wasnt there one where the little character rapped on his side of the screen ... (hrm now i think on it might have been LCP on c64)

13 October 2005, 22:17	#5
Steve C Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Burnley, Lancs Posts: 62	Alfred Chicken produces a Gameboy as well. Simon the Sorceror plays some bangin' tunes on his Walkman......

14 October 2005, 02:52	#6
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	ahhh Rockford from boulder dash tapped his foot. he was an impatient diamond digger. I can remember so many several from other formats (non-amiga) strange that... *strains hard.... didn`t that creature from curly colins quaver adventure (knock down) do a dance or something like that.... ... sheesh hard one....

14 October 2005, 05:49	#7
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,429	In Barbarian, your hero actually told you to "come on!" Classic. On other systems...Sonic tapped his foot, and Blaze from Streets of rage played with her hair.

14 October 2005, 06:35	#8
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	Didn't the blues brothers do something as well?

14 October 2005, 13:30	#9
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,864	In Marble Madness, if you stay perfectly still on the first level, a ramp rises from under your marble and it sets the marble going. However this isn't really a waiting character animation.. :-)

14 October 2005, 20:49	#10
plasmatron Zone Friend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Age: 48 Posts: 967	Soccer kid knocks against the players screen to get things goin again. Cool Spot is reading a news paper after a while. I think the Blues Brothers start to groove after a few seconds.

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gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,919	Best one (IMO) has to be in Commander Keen 4 (yes, no Amiga game). On one level there are moons drawn on the floor. If you stand still on one of them, keen will look around and then drop his pants to moon you for a second

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14 October 2005, 23:14	#12
Flachkoepper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Stuttgart/Germany Age: 60 Posts: 26	No-one remembers the IK+ Warriors whose trousers where slipping down after a while?? :-)) On the c64, the main characters of some games by gremlin (like "Future Knight" and "Jack The Nipper II") put their hands to their hip, looked to you and tapped with one of their feet (like Sonic, see above), just showing that they are waiting for movement commands - I don't know if Amiga-games by Gremling Graphics had the same kind of "feature"? :-)