David Fox💙🫘🇺🇦 🔜 Devcom<p>We showed this video at the 1984 press conference announcing our first two games, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RescueOnFractalus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RescueOnFractalus</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ballblazer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ballblazer</a>. First part has no visuals, we didn’t want to confuse people by mixing game imagery with PR footage. We held the event at the famous Kerner C building theater adjacent to ILM <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gamedev" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gamedev</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tcvhfoahhoc73kzikoabmevt/post/3lopygwni2s2y" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tcvhfoahhoc73kzikoabmevt/post/3lopygwni2s2y</a><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/PUUlo_vA1u8?si=hyx6EYMDivI50aw2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rescue on Fractalus! Video fro...</a></p>
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Retro Game Bot<p>🎮 Random Retro Game:</p><p>Title: Ballblazer<br>Released: 1984-03-01<br>Platforms: NES<br>Also released on: Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NES</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrogames</span></a></p>
Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈⬛<p>Found this photo of 4 guys from Lucafilms Games in issue 33 of French magazine Tilt 😀 (July 1986)</p><p>From left to right: Ron Gilbert, Noah Falstein, David Fox and Chip Morningstar 📸</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LucasfilmGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LucasfilmGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TiltMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiltMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RescueOnFractalus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RescueOnFractalus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheEidolon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheEidolon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grumpygamer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@DavidBFox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DavidBFox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@nfalstein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nfalstein</span></a></span></p>
Retro Game Bot<p>🎮 Random Retro Game:</p><p>Title: Ballblazer<br>Released: 1984-03-01<br>Platforms: NES<br>Also released on: Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NES</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrogames</span></a></p>
David Fox 🌻🥸 🔜 Devcom<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TimOfLegend" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TimOfLegend</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DavidBFox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DavidBFox@mastodon.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gamrok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Gamrok</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thatdave" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thatdave</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@grumpygamer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grumpygamer</span></a></span> I remember when that photo of me was taken, a magazine article about our first games <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/RescueOnFractalus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RescueOnFractalus</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a>. They wanted me to really *lean* into it.</p>
Scott Williams 🐧<p>I just had an amazing time with my <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> XE. I'm watching our 2 year old daughter while my wife goes to a doctors appointment. Usually, she cries whenever her momma leaves, but today I fired up <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a> I downloaded from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FujiNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FujiNet</span></a> and we "played catch" for over 20 minutes (which is about 2 hours in 2 year old attention span). It was so much fun! <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a></p>
David Fox 🌻🥸 🔜 Devcom<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://dizl.de/@ChrisBauer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisBauer</span></a></span> George Lucas wasn’t a video game player. I doubt he played Labyrinth. The only two games he gave feedback on were <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/RescueOnFractalus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RescueOnFractalus</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a>. I also don’t think he was very involved in the production of Labyrinth the movie, but no idea if that’s accurate.</p>
Blake Patterson<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/vwbusguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vwbusguy</span></a></span> What a game! </p><p>Did you know there's Ballblazer Champions for the original Playstation? It's like Rocket League before Rocket League. Quite a different game from the orig. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU2x9nFzm_o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fU2x9nFzm_</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Ballblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballblazer</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PS1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PS1</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rocketleague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rocketleague</span></a></p>
#BallBlazer by #LucasArt on #Atari XE. This might have the best graphics and sound of any Atari game. It's a masterpiece. #retrocomputing #retrogaming
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@Newmy If you want to see the source of that initial sound for the remix, here's the original #Ballblazer press video we created to introduce the game to the press in 1984. https://www.electriceggplant.com/ballblazer.html
www.electriceggplant.comElectric Eggplant: Ballblazer
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@Newmy #Ballblazer was an amazing game. I shared an office with its designer/programmer Dave Levine while he was creating it and I was working on #RescueOnFractalus. How he got 60fps on an Atari 800 to create the 3D effect still blows my mind.
When we first showed it to the press, some were looking under the table for a laserdisc player. They couldn't believe a home computer could manage this.
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