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Re: Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator

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Post by johnh-hn »

dylan604 wrote: post #18
johnh-hn wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just came here to say the same thing. The raise and lower tools in particular reminded me of it. For anyone who hasn't heard of it before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(video_game)

You guys have sent me down memory lane. Hopefully, I don't forget when I have free time to search, but hopefully I can find this to play in an emulator somewhere. This was the very first game I ever bought even though I didn't have an Amiga but had one that was very accessible. edit: couldn't wait. did the search. it's very much available to play online. hello rabbit hole...

Just in case you never came across it, I think the second game is much better than the first one. Enjoy the nostalgia trip!

Re: Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator

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Post by EGreg »

Can someone please reimplement something like Warcraft 2 on a mobile web device?

It would be a hit, I’m telling you. Even from 1995.

Some people are still playing it 30 years later, obsessively.

And myth ii by Bungie is a classic too

Re: Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator

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Post by mig39 »

andruc wrote: post #28
forthwall wrote: post #8

Wow this really feels like roller coaster tycoon!!! (I can see lots of people refer to this to their favorite sim game though) Great work!

Funny, my mind went to OpenTTD

Both Rollercoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe (which lives on in openTTD) are by the same author, and use the same engine :-)
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