Did anyone ever apologise for rise of the robots? - Page 2

roy bates · 18 December 2012, 14:48

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Originally Posted by DDNI

Stuart Campbell loved the game! http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ap2/com...TR_letter.html

what write up

i was in bits,when i got to the first line in part2 i was crying with laughter

s2325 · 18 December 2012, 14:50

Prawo Krwi = Blood Law http://hol.abime.net/4782

AmigaFriend · 18 December 2012, 14:53

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Originally Posted by DDNI

He likely works in Apple now hyping up iShite hardware

Hahahaha True!

BuckoA51 · 19 December 2012, 16:22

While I don't think a developer actually apologised, I do seem to remember reading a retrospective of it somewhere. Basically the game started as a tech demo and someone probably from marketing thought it looked cool, so suddenly what was a team messing with a tech demo were tasked with making a game that was to beat the Street Fighters of the world. In other words, nobody outside of marketing actually ever expected it to be that good.

lordofchaos · 20 December 2012, 14:24

The hype was off the charts for this game! I think alot of the blame should go to the gaming magazines/journalists for writing up previews for a game they never actually played, they were too quick to take the cheque and ask questions later....

Djay · 20 December 2012, 19:38

they dont strike me as the kind of people who would apologise...

"when I quizzed him about the surprising nature of his high score, gave the response "Arms were twisted... let's leave it at that," but perhaps the practice of reviewing games at the publisher's office with the entire PR department looking over the reviewer's shoulder is becoming a little, shall we say, unreliable?"

at the time RotR came out i was working in an indie game shop, we play it on all the systems and i was so ashamed of the Amiga, i went red lol

clownstyle · 21 December 2012, 09:14

This thread makes me smile. I still remember opening this turd for christmas. If nothing else... The box was nice

Big-Byte · 21 December 2012, 14:53

Ive read that the arcade version of this has been added to Mame now and is quite a bit better.

DDNI · 21 December 2012, 23:26

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Originally Posted by Big-Byte

Ive read that the arcade version of this has been added to Mame now and is quite a bit better.

Hmm be ironic to run it via mame on the x1000. Nearly 20 years to get a slightly better version lol.

jimbob · 22 December 2012, 00:12

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Originally Posted by clownstyle

This thread makes me smile. I still remember opening this turd for christmas. If nothing else... The box was nice

Poor guy, this time of year must be hard for you . . .

Lonewolf10 · 22 December 2012, 00:20

It's so long ago I can't remember... was Rise Of The Robots (any platform) made before or after Donkey Kong Country 1 (SNES)? If it was after, perhaps they thought that games made using CGI were going to be instant hits?

I have ROTR for the Amiga CD32 and Megadrive or SNES, beat the game (by using the same moves over and over again on most of the opponents) and never touched it since. Brian May made the music (atleast on the console version I have), but for me the best bit was the intro animations... which were incredibly small due to being crammed into a cartridge. The animation was much larger on the Amiga CD32 version

Adropac2 · 22 December 2012, 19:51

tI worked for a time in our now long gone local computer shop and managed to convince a young lad and his mum that ROTR was the one to watch. They'd come in talking about Mortal Kombat you see and being all clued up having read how fantastic this game was going to be, I thought it my duty to educate them

Must have thought I was a right cock then if he bought this instead

s2325 · 22 December 2012, 19:56

Arcade version: [ Show youtube player ] As you can see robots intros have very high quality and resolution. Gameplay is still a bad joke but can be fun for button mashing kid.
Here is something similar but more exciting: [ Show youtube player ]

Adropac2 · 22 December 2012, 19:59

Wow is all you can say.Shameless

[ Show youtube player ]

s2325 · 18 July 2013, 13:52

Someone found small detail in Rise of the Robots http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/nudesnes.html

Predseda · 18 July 2013, 14:04

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Originally Posted by s2325

Arcade version: [ Show youtube player ] As you can see robots intros have very high quality and resolution. Gameplay is still a bad joke but can be fun for button mashing kid.

"I am gonna spill your pneumatic fluids"

Phantom · 18 July 2013, 16:21

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Originally Posted by DDNI

The game was so bad, I wonder if anyone who worked on it made an apology or offered any excuses...?

Really? If ROTR is so bad, what the makers of Dangerous Streets have to say?

JimNeray · 18 July 2013, 18:04

Stop shiting on ROTR it's one of my favourite games !

More seriously thanx for this epic lol thread

chocolate_boy · 18 July 2013, 18:54

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Originally Posted by DDNI

Stuart Campbell loved the game! http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ap2/com...TR_letter.html

Stuart Campbell is/was a class A bell-end though, started his career at Amiga Power, when they folded he went to work for Digitiser on Teletext and spent the next few years slating the Amiga at every opportunity he got, saying how shit it was and saying that everyone that owned one was a pathetic, overweight virgin pretty much every week. http://aminet.net/docs/misc/Digitiser.txt Tosser.

lordofchaos · 18 July 2013, 19:14

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Originally Posted by chocolate_boy

Stuart Campbell is/was a class A bell-end though, started his career at Amiga Power, when they folded he went to work for Digitiser on Teletext and spent the next few years slating the Amiga at every opportunity he got, saying how shit it was and saying that everyone that owned one was a pathetic, overweight virgin pretty much every week. http://aminet.net/docs/misc/Digitiser.txt Tosser.

Wow, what a colossal turd! A strange thing to remark about...Maybe his girlfriend used to be an Amiga lover before she dumped him?

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18 December 2012, 14:50	#22
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Prawo Krwi = Blood Law http://hol.abime.net/4782

19 December 2012, 16:22	#24
BuckoA51 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 156	While I don't think a developer actually apologised, I do seem to remember reading a retrospective of it somewhere. Basically the game started as a tech demo and someone probably from marketing thought it looked cool, so suddenly what was a team messing with a tech demo were tasked with making a game that was to beat the Street Fighters of the world. In other words, nobody outside of marketing actually ever expected it to be that good.

20 December 2012, 14:24	#25
lordofchaos TinkerTailorContentMaker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bedfordshire Age: 45 Posts: 1,205	The hype was off the charts for this game! I think alot of the blame should go to the gaming magazines/journalists for writing up previews for a game they never actually played, they were too quick to take the cheque and ask questions later....

20 December 2012, 19:38	#26
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	they dont strike me as the kind of people who would apologise... "when I quizzed him about the surprising nature of his high score, gave the response "Arms were twisted... let's leave it at that," but perhaps the practice of reviewing games at the publisher's office with the entire PR department looking over the reviewer's shoulder is becoming a little, shall we say, unreliable?" at the time RotR came out i was working in an indie game shop, we play it on all the systems and i was so ashamed of the Amiga, i went red lol

21 December 2012, 09:14	#27
clownstyle Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Age: 41 Posts: 139	This thread makes me smile. I still remember opening this turd for christmas. If nothing else... The box was nice

21 December 2012, 14:53	#28
Big-Byte Long time member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: UK Posts: 754	Ive read that the arcade version of this has been added to Mame now and is quite a bit better.

22 December 2012, 00:20	#31
Lonewolf10 AMOS Extensions Developer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: near Cambridge, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,924	It's so long ago I can't remember... was Rise Of The Robots (any platform) made before or after Donkey Kong Country 1 (SNES)? If it was after, perhaps they thought that games made using CGI were going to be instant hits? I have ROTR for the Amiga CD32 and Megadrive or SNES, beat the game (by using the same moves over and over again on most of the opponents) and never touched it since. Brian May made the music (atleast on the console version I have), but for me the best bit was the intro animations... which were incredibly small due to being crammed into a cartridge. The animation was much larger on the Amiga CD32 version

22 December 2012, 19:51	#32
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,061	tI worked for a time in our now long gone local computer shop and managed to convince a young lad and his mum that ROTR was the one to watch. They'd come in talking about Mortal Kombat you see and being all clued up having read how fantastic this game was going to be, I thought it my duty to educate them Must have thought I was a right cock then if he bought this instead

22 December 2012, 19:56	#33
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Arcade version: [ Show youtube player ] As you can see robots intros have very high quality and resolution. Gameplay is still a bad joke but can be fun for button mashing kid. Here is something similar but more exciting: [ Show youtube player ]

22 December 2012, 19:59	#34
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,061	Wow is all you can say.Shameless [ Show youtube player ]

18 July 2013, 13:52	#35
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Someone found small detail in Rise of the Robots http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/nudesnes.html

18 July 2013, 18:04	#38
JimNeray X-bEnCh addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: France Posts: 221	Stop shiting on ROTR it's one of my favourite games ! More seriously thanx for this epic lol thread

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