mr dave

HELL YES! this game kicked tons of butt. so awesome hahaha. you remember rad racer?

rock and roll racing anyone?

funny how those two excellent racing games were some of the first titles made by companies only known for one or two franchises now (squaresoft and blizzard).

by far one of the best in the series. part 4 is really good too, unfortunately the powers that be decided that part 5 needed to be eff you hard even on the easiest settings.

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as for me there are only 5 games that really 'changed' my life.

1 - crazy climber (arcade)



i remember my old man having to hold me up to the cabinet so i could reach the two joysticks you had to move in order to make your character climb the building. it's where it all started. i was 4.

2 - metroid (nes)

my first taste of a game that actually had a 'story' and an ending. it was an actual adventure, you actually had to think and reason your way through the game. at least until you memorized the main path through it all haha. this is the first time i considered the possibility of a video game being more than just a high score.

3 - duke nukem 3d

not so much the game, but what came with the game - the build engine. the power to make a game was in my hands. it also inspired me to go back to school after dropping out of my first attempt at post-secondary education.

4 - quake 2

again, this one was less about the game and what i could do with it. the original quake was awesome but the tools for quake 2 were superior (the author of the user made world editor actually got hired by id software). unlike duke3d this was actual REAL 3d development. it opened my eyes to a whole new way of seeing the outside world (everything in wireframe - literally).

5 - crazy taxi

after graduating i started trying my hand at being a professional level designer with various development studios. i got paid to ripoff this game not once, but technically, 3 times. the last time i worked it, the first attempt almost tried ripping off my 2nd attempt to hand over as prep work on the 3rd attempt. i don't know if the NDAs are still in place but i'd rather not air dirty laundry.

regardless, this is what you get when you try ripping off a rather 1 dimensional game with development cycles shorter than a full term pregnancy.

Ambulance Driver Review for PC - GameSpot

the only thing incorrect in this review is that the announcer's voice was a graphic artist's instead of a programmer's. it changed my life in the way that i will NEVER work on a video game for a living again, i also hate the offspring now, and also refuse to play 'wacky' racing games.

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