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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Retro game :Rollerball?

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ZomBfied
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Does anybody remember the game that came out in the mid 80s that looked like it was based on rollerball? Is somebody still doing Paradroid? Yar's Revenge anybody?
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xtom
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Yeah I had a Rollerball game on the c64. It was a 2d side scrolling game where you could knock over other players by hitting them fast or throwing the ball at them. It was a good 2 player game.
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 12th Feb 2003 21:11
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Rollerball? The only 8-bit game similar to that I remember was "Skateball" by UBISoft. Or perhaps Speedball by the Bitmap Brothers? But I think you mean the first one.

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Rollerball was an interesting film, it'd be good to make a game based on that, especially in 3d. Use polar coordinates to move around on motorbikes or blades, beat people up...

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It was an arcade game. I never saw it on a console.

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Shadow Robert
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i had one called Skate 720° ... you had to skate about and hit people down - but i dunno if thats what you mean.

never seen Rollerball so i wouldn't know (^_^)

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There's just 2 people and you're skating around a roller derby style rink and you can punch. Very simple get the ball in the goal. It's totally top-down. It was at this grocery store and I've never seen it since.

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720 was one of Atari's best, very funky music, great punk graphics and skateboarding action.

As for this rollerball arcade only game, no idea! I know my computer games, but arcade games are very regional.

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No, I remember Rollerball. I played it quite recently on Jamagic(www.clickteam.com).

But that game is quite old, and this is just a 3d remake.

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