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Twoflower
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 434 |
Who did Killer Games?
This 2001 release - Killer Games - has puzzled me ever since it's release. Obviously it's made by someone who knows his way around a C-64, that's for sure. Just check out the "fire" in the intro, the spritestretchers, the bordercode and the spriteball-effect in the namechoosing screen. He is credited as Beerlord, but that doesn't ring a bell to me.
I'm quite sure that its origin is swedish, to judge from the names found in the intro and the highscore (Umm... Thomas Q, Carl Bildt, Fredrik, Niklas, Kukdavid, etc.) and the greeting to Talon (old member of Paragon).
Some suspicions goes towards old members of Paragon, DCS or Rizing, Quan (who released games under fake-handles before) or just any old swedish scener who got himself a X-1541 cable from STA during the summer of 2001.
The reason why i'm really is interested in this production is because the music really is awesome. Can anybody identify the player? Can anybody give me a lead on this strange production? Swedes? |
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Twoflower
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 434 |
Damn. :-) Was that the real Talon? Oh my. We might be closer to a solution then.
Anyway - I confronted my main suspect, HCL of Booze Design (aka. David Malmborg) on BFP 2007 about Beerlord and the Rönninge-trail. As expected he denied everything and wanted to take a peek on the files in question. The reason he was my prime suspect was the codestyle, the fact that he is a more than decent musician and that he coded his own players. Furthermore - he made his comeback on the scene with Soul at about the same time that Beerlord released Killer Games.
However - HCL looked honestly surprised and told me that he wasn't the guy I was looking for. He suspected Staiger to be the prime suspect since he was a more than decent coder related to Rönningescenen and that his name was Niklas - a name which is mentioned in the Killer Games highscorefile.
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Talon
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Registered: May 2007
Posts: 11 |
Hi again!
I re-played Killer games the other day - it sure is a cool game!
The creator of the thread mentioned the music in his initial post, and i agree totally. It is real, cool c64 music, and perfect for the game.. (hehe, the reggae-ish tune at the schoolyard shooting scene :-) )
The music and its player are done by Beerlord as well (He is a multi-talented person indeed!) Maybe this is a useful clue too, as to who he is?
It seems he wants to stay "Beerlord", so I can't just write out his name. Too bad, he deserves some recognition i think.
Best regards
/T |
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WVL
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 899 |
So the story continues ;) time to look at that killer games code again and check some more suspects :D |
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EwenG
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Registered: Jun 2008
Posts: 6 |
Hmm, BEERLORD ... That reminds me of a certain German group using "funny" nicks ;) |
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Danzig
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 440 |
for music and code i throw psycho in the scale... talon?
EDIT: And hey, BEERLORD, any swede could fulfill ;) |
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Talon
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Registered: May 2007
Posts: 11 |
Ahhh, not Psycho. Sorry.
/T |
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Talon
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Registered: May 2007
Posts: 11 |
Woo! Beerlord coming in (he says)! |
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beerlord
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Registered: Aug 2009
Posts: 4 |
Hello all, and thank you for this thread. Laughed my ass off xD |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1647 |
Killer Games is precisely the sort of C64 games that makes sense to play in these days I think. Sometimes I load it when a not-so-much-into-c64-friend is visiting, and people always enjoy it.
I think it is nice not to know who did it. It adds to the weird and nice feeling when loading this game.
Horray! |
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Twoflower
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 434 |
Just as criminals often return to the crimescene, our masked mysteryman (eg. Beerlord) finally comes here to taunt the investigators, some three years after the initial creation of this thread - perhaps the most mysterious and riddled thread so far on this forum?!
Now, quick - somebody trace his IP. :-) |
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