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Great vid, weird game, it's one of those frustrating ones I always want to like but it's just too choppy, movement feels almost as bad as a Game & Watch game, doesn't feel fluid, more like you're flitting between predetermined positions. Even back in the day it felt quite shocking.
But there's still something seductive about the aesthetic of the game, the first felt colourful and verdant, this feels more anaemic and washed out, snowy even.
Didn't Yuji Knackers program this or am I cacking against the wrong tree. Interesting to know about the 'arcade' game, why the hell didn't that get released instead? And even then, it's still choppy.
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I'm watching right now and just chuckled to myself, I immediately thought that Sonic had ripped it off with its bonus stages YET I've never put that two and two together before, despite playing Cameltry in the arcades way before Sonic.
Weird, a revelation. I guess I've always seen Cameltry as a fluid game and the bonus stage in Sonic 1 a horrid, leaden mess. They look the same but play so different. Just strange how I never connected it before!!!
Any gen on why it's called Cameltry? Very strange name, reeks of Japlish...
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Originally posted by JazzFunk View Post
Any gen on why it's called Cameltry? Very strange name, reeks of Japlish...
I got the Super Famicom version as a 'bargain bin' sort of game back in the day -- and I found it quite charming and reasonably fun to play. Far from a great game, but I go back to it now and then. Nintendo should have bunged it on the SNES Mini to mix things up more.
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Originally posted by JazzFunk View PostI'm watching right now and just chuckled to myself, I immediately thought that Sonic had ripped it off with its bonus stages YET I've never put that two and two together before, despite playing Cameltry in the arcades way before Sonic.
Weird, a revelation. I guess I've always seen Cameltry as a fluid game and the bonus stage in Sonic 1 a horrid, leaden mess. They look the same but play so different. Just strange how I never connected it before!!!
Any gen on why it's called Cameltry? Very strange name, reeks of Japlish...
There’s an Amiga game loosely inspired Cameltry called Bob’s Bad Day, but honestly it’s not particularly great by modern standards.
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Originally posted by Protocol Penguin View PostBob’s Bad Day,
I would never have imagined that Psygnosis published it. Crazy box art that suits the game perfectly.
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