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Hello! I Come Bearing A KR Game...
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 5:37 pm
by Scorp
Howdy, everyone. I just recently got hooked on Knight Rider again from the Sci-Fi reruns, and I couldn't be happier. I was in fourth grade when these originally aired. Oh, I was a fan all right. I had the K.I.T.T. toy with the talked when you pulled the license plate, the lunchbox that I used until it disintegrated, and a nice black jacket that I wore every day thinking I was like Michael (but really just sweating my butt off).
I'm glad to have found this message board with fellow fans to chat with. I know it's gonna be fun, and everyone (from what I've read so far) seems really great. I hope to jump right in with this...
I used Game Maker, a program I've got, to create a fun little Knight Rider racing game. Nothing fancy at all, in fact I made it in one day, but it's fun for KR fans. Please give it a try and see what you think. I'm already spiffing it up with new stuff, so there might just be a version 2. But try it, see what you think, and let me know.
It's about 700kb in a Zip file, and it's self-executing. Very simple. If you want, drop me a line at
azerothnews@yahoo.com.
Here's the program:
http://members.aol.com/azerothnews/KnightRidergame
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:16 pm
by Sith
Hehe...
That was good fun m8.
I even made it to the Semi on my first go. lol
Welcome to the forum.
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 10:33 pm
by Darknight
Cool game. Feels a lot like spy hunter.
DK
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 11:50 pm
by jup
Welcome to the community.
Have you placed a link to your game in KRO's link database under KR games, yet?
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 12:57 am
by sofchance
Scorp, excellent job. That game is pretty fun for having such a small filesize.
Now for my smart-alec thoughts (I kid because I love):
-This really was like an episode of the tv show. In every episode, Michael drives KITT around, constantly running out of fuel before he can go on a mission, so he has to pick up gas containers which are haphazardly strewn about the road. KARR appears every half minute of course, and always mimics KITT exactly. And of course, KITT and KARR immediately destroy any car they hit and just keep on driving past...
Question: Turbo boost is cool, but I can't figure out what the scanner does. Help?
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 8:30 am
by jup
At least in my all-so-incomplete game, KITT shows a conscience when you destroy an innocent. (But, it's worth it, seeing that annoying interference explode all over the place as you nail it with the laser. {little_devel_smiley here.})
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 10:36 am
by Scorp
Wait a minute...
Are you telling me that Michael and KITT don't spend the vast majority of each and every episode careening down an unending road, often obliterating oncoming traffic in their desperate pursuit of red "Fuel" cans?
My memory must be shot...
As for pressing the SPACE bar and having the scanner work, it doesn't actually *DO* anything, it's just there so you can have that cool sound effect play any time you want...
I'm still toying with having Goliath show up and kick your butt a little in the game, but that may never happen.
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 11:09 am
by Gonzaloa
Hey.
Really cool game. Good job, I really enjoyed it.
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 4:41 pm
by Knight Racer
Cool game man.My friend told me about the program gamemaker a week ago.I'm working on a knight rider game myself.I saw that you copied most of it off the race car game available as an example.I have a simaler game working but I changed the road,used a paint kitt sprite,and mine is 2 players.Kitt vs karr and Kitt vs the Flag semi.I'm having trouble with mine.Can you please help me out?you can instant message me with the screen name cybrtronmatrix.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:54 am
by Scorp
Knight Racer wrote:Cool game man.My friend told me about the program gamemaker a week ago.I'm working on a knight rider game myself.I saw that you copied most of it off the race car game available as an example.I have a simaler game working but I changed the road,used a paint kitt sprite,and mine is 2 players.Kitt vs karr and Kitt vs the Flag semi.I'm having trouble with mine.Can you please help me out?you can instant message me with the screen name cybrtronmatrix.
Me and instant messaging...let's just say we're not good friends. But I'd be happy to help you out (not that I'm all that great at GameMaker myself). Email me at
azerothnews@yahoo.com and let me know what's up.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:23 pm
by jup
Scorp wrote:Are you telling me that Michael and KITT don't spend the vast majority of each and every episode careening down an unending road, often obliterating oncoming traffic in their desperate pursuit of red "Fuel" cans?
No. That would be an 80's arcade called Road Blasters. Or, an NES game called Mach Rider.