Colin Hoad

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@morganevans8437 50 минут бұрын

Not bad. Between this, Diamond Mine 2 and Lemming Syndrome, you're well on the way to finding a classic compilation for Christmas! The pain of the rest will be well worth it 😅

@andrewduff9178 2 сағат бұрын

Very nice concept. I was curious enough to give it a go. Unfortunately the levels quite often generate with unwinnable scenarios (e.g bins at the bottom which, due to the pipe placement, are inaccessible). I think with a bit smarter procedural generation of levels this could be a really nice game.

@JimbobSonOfRiber Минут бұрын

Yeah, I thought that as well - did I misunderstand something or was that impossible?

@stephenbull2026 2 сағат бұрын

It should have a chip tune of "Roll out the barrel" playing. A missed opportunity.

@ColinHoad 2 сағат бұрын

Haha great shout! I wonder if they ran out of memory?

@across8339 3 сағат бұрын

This is a nice puzzle game concept, it would work on an up-to-date system and graphics too.

@ColinHoad 3 сағат бұрын

Yes, I agree!

@Colin_Ames 4 сағат бұрын

Nice. A definite improvement over yesterday!

@ColinHoad 3 сағат бұрын

Oh yes, it's nice to have a game I can comprehensively recommend at the end of one of these videos rather than have to apologise for 😆

@andrewduff9178 10 сағат бұрын

Interesting. I always saw games like this back in the day but (I guess understandably as a child) didn't try them. Regarding the comparison to the trading in Elite, I wonder if there are other games like this that also simulate the 'travel' aspect of Elite? I.e. picking a location to buy goods cheaply, then selling them someone else more expensive, but also weighing in the risk of the journey? Fun video as always - thanks for posting!

@ColinHoad 10 сағат бұрын

Thank you, Andrew! I do like the idea of combining the 'travel' aspect of Elite into a trading game. I can't say with any certainty whether such a game was written, back in the day, but it's a a better concept than the slightly random "political events" in Commodities.

@Colin_Ames 23 сағат бұрын

Probably not one I will play, but thanks for showing it to us.

@ColinHoad 22 сағат бұрын

It's another genre to add to the varied list of games you can play on a Beeb, but not to everyone's taste! 😁

@jameswelch2850 23 сағат бұрын

any chance you could pick a good game one day 🙂

@ColinHoad 22 сағат бұрын

I'm not in control, I obey only the lucky dip!

@paul_boddie 9 сағат бұрын

@@ColinHoad You should have a vote on the best game at the end of the series. So far, it's looking like Diamond Mine 2!

@ColinHoad 7 сағат бұрын

I am considering a retrospective of this advent series, partly to rank the games but also to share all the wonderful suggestions, feedback etc. I've had from people's comments!

@ftstrange6084 Күн бұрын

A rogue trader, if ever I saw one! As far as "lost games" go? Perhaps you could spend the video speculating on what the game could have been 😂

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

I didn't crash any banks, I promise! 😄

@iainlee Күн бұрын

Can you play more games that induce a migraine please? Thanks

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

I'll see what I can do 😆

@stevesgaming7475 Күн бұрын

I'll shamefully admit I'm a sucker for managerial games, so this is up my street. ...I'm sure it got some of the figures totally wrong though? ...or were you hacking the stockmarket? ;)

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

Whisper it quietly, Steve, but so do I 😁 And your eyes weren't deceiving you, the maths was definitely buggy, it kept telling me I had more cash on hand than I really did, probably an integer overflow buried in the code 😆

@paul_boddie Күн бұрын

Hope there isn't a game where you have to fill out a tax return, because that one will surely come up tomorrow!

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

Haha that would be a simulation too far 🤣

@FrancisFjordCupola Күн бұрын

I think I have seen worse games. Perhaps it should be called "The Great Bug Detective Part IV". These sorts of games don't seem all too enticing, but when I saw things like that they made me think, I can write that too. I didn't. Like graphics. Enjoyed seeing you play randomly.

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

There is something approachable, coding wise, about games like this. I'm also a sucker for a Mode 7 game, and if you imagine hard enough, you could believe it was a real trading application from the early 80s 😆

@MrLondonGo Күн бұрын

Nice cash bonus clutch at the end i guess 🤔😂

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

I mean, I guess that means I won? 😄

@MrLondonGo Күн бұрын

@ yep I’d take that if i were you 🤣

@PigDogBay Күн бұрын

Wouldn't be a bad game if it wasn't for the bugs, reminds of the Stockmarket board game I used to play.

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

It's OK, and as you say, fixing that (fairly major!) bug telling you how much money you've got would definitely improve matters!

@LeShark75 Күн бұрын

Colin, I'm hoping you can help me here. What was the name of the game on the BBC/Electron where you managed your rice fields but they could be destroyed by the river bursting and washing it all away. In my mind I seem to think the rice fields were represented by arrows on the right hand side of the screen. The last time I saw that game was in primary school (AKA a lifetime ago).

@craigcharlesworth1538 Күн бұрын

Was it on the Acornsoft Business Games tape? I remember one mode has you running a TV factory but I can't remember what the other one was.

@lurkiostardot Күн бұрын

Yellow River Kingdom. It's on the Complete BBC Micro Games Archive site.

@martinh4982 Күн бұрын

Definitely Yellow River Kingdom on the Welcome cassette.

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

Yellow River Kingdom from the BBC Micro Welcome Tape! If you have a look at my Bits & Bytes series, I did a video covering all the software and games on that tape, including Yellow River Kingdom 😀

@LeShark75 Күн бұрын

Thats it, thanks guys. Much appreciated.

@trickysoft Күн бұрын

Noooooo!

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

Haha my thoughts exactly 😆😆

@andrewduff9178 Күн бұрын

Wow, i think even if I had typed this in I would have been well disappointed. Terrible! Entertaining to watch though, and I like that you are sticking to the format and not 'cheating'. Looking forward to today's entry!

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

Got to respect the lucky dip, those are the rules! 😅 Glad you still found it entertaining to watch, if not perhaps motivating to play 😆

@Tetlee Күн бұрын

God that reminds me of the old games I used to type in to my TI99 back in the early 80's😂

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

All that anticipation typing it in, then all the deflation on seeing the result 😂

@shieladixon Күн бұрын

I too had to skip back and read the instructions again! I think I've got it and may have a go at it myself.

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

I hope you have better luck with it than I did 😅

@midi_in Күн бұрын

@@ColinHoad I found myself thinking about ways that it would be a little more intuitive. Would it be easier if numbers were displayed, so you'd know that the one you chose would be increased by 3, the adjoining ones by 2 and the next by 1, and when one reaches 5 you win it. Or maybe on another computer that could display hues with increasing intensity.

@SeamusMcNeil Күн бұрын

My respect to the programmer but this truly gave me a bigger headache than a bottle of scotch. How you managed to play it twice though. lol All the best...Jim

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

Haha I'd rather have the scotch!

@BigCar2 2 күн бұрын

Who here is still trying to master Diamond Mine 2?

@ColinHoad Күн бұрын

It's definitely been the frontrunner favourite so far!

@alkenstein 2 күн бұрын

if the car didn't constantly move up and down this game could have been a lot more enjoyable, might even be a simple fix!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

It, err, has the makings of a playable game? Someone just needs to make it...

@paul_boddie 2 күн бұрын

Death Valley from one of the Usbourne books is a better implementation of this and a simpler implementation, too, where the walls and player are plotted at the bottom of the screen, and then the scrolling takes care of everything else: it doesn't even unplot the player, leaving a trail. Since the walls only move one character across at any time, you don't need to see the path ahead, but just keep far enough away from the walls.

@LeShark75 2 күн бұрын

Christ all mighty, Its an outtake from the Cascade Cassette 50.

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Haha so bad that even Cascade wouldn't take it 🤣

@LeShark75 2 күн бұрын

LOL!

@morganevans8437 2 күн бұрын

Ouch. I'm feeling the pain on this one. Hope you get a better game next time!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Let's hope the lucky dip smiles on me tomorrow 😁

@martinh4982 2 күн бұрын

I think this ranks as one of the worst advent calendars in history - behind every other door is a punch in the face!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

🤣

@PigDogBay 2 күн бұрын

I had a quick go in the browser, ouch! Don't blame you for cutting this one short.

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

You were brave to even try! This one is a real stinker 😆

@stephenbull2026 2 күн бұрын

OMG....a real turkey !. Very festive after all !

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

It wouldn't be Christmas without a turkey 😆

@stevesgaming7475 2 күн бұрын

Hahaha! I think this should be renamed 'Migraine Generator' :D

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Oh my poor eyes...

@MattGodbolt 2 күн бұрын

You did remarkably well there Colin! Thank you for suffering for your art :-)

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Haha I suffered but I'm neither sadistic enough to inflict this for longer than is humane nor masochistic enough to want to!

@Colin_Ames 2 күн бұрын

Definitely a terrible game.

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

No doubt!

@Tetlee 2 күн бұрын

I admire your enthusiasm for some of these, well, less than exciting looking games😁

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Every game should have its five minutes of fame, right? 😅

@justinwormleighton7433 2 күн бұрын

Hi Colin. I didn't understand this game or the one for day 9 lol. Never mind it was still very entertaining thank you!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

I think if you've not played Yahtzee, this one isn't the easiest to follow - sorry about that!

@Greedygoblingames 2 күн бұрын

4 sixes would be four-of-a-kind. Amusing though that the program didn't have the capability of figuring out the score itself.

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

It would indeed! I should have been concentrating more closely 😅

@shieladixon 2 күн бұрын

I had a good chuckle at that one, that was delightful!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

It is very good fun - and also very funny, particularly if you mess up the difficulty settings 😅

@shieladixon 2 күн бұрын

As you said "oh no, don't go that way!" reminded me of what makes Lemmings fun make a few decisions and then watch it all go horribly wrong!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Joy through chaos? Yes, very much so 😄

@craigcharlesworth1538 3 күн бұрын

3 and 4 of a kind were right there!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Haha they were, but I was distracted 😅

@paul_boddie 3 күн бұрын

In the spirit of these games of chance, what happens if Colin opens the door and gets a game he's already played in this series? Does he play it again or ask for another?

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

It's an interesting thought, I don't know how the lucky dip algorithm works as to how regularly you would get a repeat 🤔

@andrewduff9178 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video Colin, enjoyed it as with the others! I like the variety in the format - lots of different genres of game!

@ColinHoad 2 күн бұрын

Thank you! It's true, the lucky dip has been pretty good so far at keeping things different - and I've enjoyed exploring the variety 😀

@Colin_Ames 3 күн бұрын

Those eight minutes flew by! I haven’t played Yahtzee much, and certainly not recently. This seems like a decent version.

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for saying that, I was a bit worried this one would have come across as dull! I enjoyed myself, though 😆

@craigcharlesworth1538 3 күн бұрын

The main issue was having to do your own scoring. Surely the whole appeal of a video game version is that it does that, otherwise why would you spend 10 minutes loading this rather than just cracking out the dice?

@ftstrange6084 2 күн бұрын

the screen layout is utter dross. So much free space but they opted to squeeze all the scores onto one line and (badly) abbreviate them! And they couldn't even centre the game title properly 🤮

@LeShark75 3 күн бұрын

Love Yahtzee and that explains my addiction to Balatro.

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

Yahtzee is great, I'd forgotten how much fun it can be - and this is a pretty decent computerised version, I do like the accompanying auto-score option, too (it helps my arithmetically challenged old brain...)

@LeShark75 3 күн бұрын

Colin, have you tried Balatro Sir?

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

Regrettably not!

@justinwormleighton7433 3 күн бұрын

Sorry Colin I haven't watched this yet. I will do later.

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

No problem! 😊

@PigDogBay 3 күн бұрын

I had to go back, pause the video and read the instructions for this one 🤔

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

It's not very intuitive, is it? I think I just about got the hang of *what* to do at the end, but certainly not *how* to win!

@stevesgaming7475 3 күн бұрын

I know I'm a bit dumb but I don't get that at all. I just don't grasp it. interesting though, thanks!

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

To be honest, even though I just about figured out *what* it was doing in the end, I'd still have a hard time 'forecasting' what would happen to which squares, so I don't know how much fun it would actually be as a game!

@Tetlee 3 күн бұрын

The yellow shoukd turn blue, the blue should turn green, the red should turn yellow, and then the yellow should turn white. Quite simple😊 No I have no clue🤔🤪😄

@ColinHoad 3 күн бұрын

Sounds about right! 🤣

@Colin_Ames 4 күн бұрын

I am confused!

@ColinHoad 4 күн бұрын

It... is not easy to figure out what's going on, even as the player! 😅

@KingofPotatoPeople 4 күн бұрын

That sfx is now burnt into my brain…..blurp! Blibibbleblible…..bibilib……bibilib……bloop!

@ColinHoad 4 күн бұрын

Hahaha 🤣

@cruxinc 4 күн бұрын

I swear your slowly turning more and more into santa! Great video as always :)

@ColinHoad 4 күн бұрын

Cheers very much! I know, the ho-ho-hoing is quite addictive... 🎅

@martinh4982 4 күн бұрын

Not a bad game, just very difficult to keep track of what's going to change. However I bet there is a strategy of cheesing it every time.

@ColinHoad 4 күн бұрын

Yeah, the more I think about it the more I suspect it's essentially a slightly more complicated version of noughts and crosses, there's likely a stratagem that guarantees success or stalemate...

@LeShark75 4 күн бұрын

Interesting.. Off to play it myself.

@ColinHoad 4 күн бұрын

Let me know how you get on with it!

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