[nabs-l] Accessible Games

Tue Sep 28 02:23:56 UTC 2010

What is shades of doom, and where do you get it?
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From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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> Did you mean Monkey Business and Shades of Doom?
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> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
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>>I have played a number of audio games, since I have a bit of interest
>> in it. Everything from Palace Punch-up (shooting at each other's
>> castles and trying to repair your own before  it is destroyed) to
>> Dynoman (which I didn't really get into. It seemed quite complicated).
>> My favourites are a simple game called Finger Panic (free from GMA
>> Games, I blieve) and Sara and the Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
>> also from GMA Games I think. I also like the audio Simo Says games out
>> there, and Kitchens Inc's DOS audio games, including Monopoly and
>> Yahtzee (among others.
>>
>> I tend to prefer the non-3D audio games because the 3D ones just
>> confuse me, like Monkey Madness and Shadows of Doom. Sara and the
>> Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry was the only one I could figur out
>> sorta, and I kept getting lost and confused in that one, too. I think
>> it'd just take a lot of practice, but should a game require a lot of
>> practice just so you don't get lost in the game or don't run into
>> walls all the time?
>>
>> I miss Super Mario Brothers and Yoshi *pout*
>>
>> On 9/26/10, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I used to play an audio game called TopSpeed 2. It was actually pretty 
>>> good.
>>> You can find it at www.playinginthedark.net.
>>> On Sep 26, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Joe Orozco wrote:
>>>
>>>> I played one of these audio games on the computer and wasn't completely
>>>> sold
>>>> on it.  The soundtrack was fantastic with a great pair of headphones, 
>>>> but
>>>> the game itself wasn't all that flexible.  I could be wrong, but I 
>>>> think
>>>> it's name was Tomb or Entombed.  Note, however, that my lack of 
>>>> enjoyment
>>>> may have also been owed to my lack of experience playing it.  Best of 
>>>> luck
>>>> in helping to expand that field while simultaneously finding some good
>>>> uses
>>>> for your laboratories.
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their 
>>>> sleeves,
>>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chrys Buckley
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:07 PM
>>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Accessible Games
>>>>
>>>> Hi NABS list,
>>>>
>>>> Do you play or use any accessible, sound-based computer games? If so,
>>>> please tell me about them, as it may help with an accessibility
>>>> project for blind college students. Feel free to do this off-list if
>>>> you prefer at cbuckley at pdx.edu. Tell me all about any games you play!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My name is Chrys and I'm a blind biology student working with a
>>>> software company that is trying to create more accessible virtual
>>>> science labs. One of the challenges is that the virtual labs have a
>>>> big visual component, and they aren't fixed like a video that would
>>>> play the same way every time. In these labs, different things happen
>>>> every time, so we are thinking that computer games, which also are
>>>> unpredictable and aren't the same every time you play them, might be a
>>>> good model.
>>>>
>>>> So, if you play any computer games that are accessible and that convey
>>>> the information in non-visual ways, it would be really helpful to the
>>>> development of this project if you could tell me about them. I am just
>>>> not a computer game person myself, so I need your help if you are!
>>>>
>>>> This project is really exciting and will be unveiled at next year's
>>>> Youth Slam!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Chrys
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://chrysanthymum.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> -- 
>> ~Jewel
>> Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
>> Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com
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