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The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by icefox »

zxcdw wrote: post #78
ebiester wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So much wrong, I don't know where to start. 1. Compare apples to apples. What could something the size of a phone do in 1998? 2. The current resolution of the iPhone 5 is 1280 x 2272. The game ran on 800x600 with a fraction of the colors, 3. That game sold for what... 35 bucks? Are you comparing what two developers make in a month and a half, selling for 2 bucks with a AAA budget game? Yes, an HTML5 game is going to…

Still doesn't change the fact that 15 years ago "we"(as in, programmers, industry, whatever) were much, much more efficient with limited resources than what we are now. Some people consider it a good thing, some of us consider it a bad thing.

Well I consider my time a limited resource. In trade for my developer time I can use an extra 8MB of ram for a little html web game I am making I think it is okay.

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by MrJagil »

orblivion wrote: post #63
aatish wrote: post #2

I see your monster truck madness website, and I raise you the Space Jam website, unchanged since 1996 http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm

Another one I like to point out: http://www.heavensgate.com/

I emailed them trying to get a copy of the VHS mentioned on the site.

EDIT: I got an answer! And they are free! Just $3 for shipping.

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by MarkSweep »

frozenport wrote: post #69
Arubis wrote: post #56

An HTML file virtually unchanged in fifteen years still renders cleanly in a modern browser. Backwards compatibility across open standards is a wonderful thing.

I think we miss part of the user experience of having only 640x480 pixels.

The "responsive design mode" feature in Firefox's web developer tools let's you relive the magic of 640x480.

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by Sektor »

orblivion wrote: post #63
aatish wrote: post #2

I see your monster truck madness website, and I raise you the Space Jam website, unchanged since 1996 http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm

Another one I like to point out: http://www.heavensgate.com/

admin wonders why their traffic to the site went up by 1000% overnight... ;P

Re: The Monster Truck Madness 2 site is unchanged from 1998

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Post by broodbucket »

thetrb wrote: post #90
Arubis wrote: post #56

An HTML file virtually unchanged in fifteen years still renders cleanly in a modern browser. Backwards compatibility across open standards is a wonderful thing.

I'm pretty sure a .doc file created fifteen years ago also still renders in Word. Same for a PDF file created 15 years ago or most other formats. So I don't really see your point about open standards in this case.

Yeah, you point out the winners, think back 15 years ago. How many competitors were there just in the realm of word processing? Every format but the eventual winner (which couldn't be determined at the time) is now completely useless, whereas an abundance of old dud open image formats can still be opened (which is nice because some are really easy to programmatically generate)
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