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David Techman
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04/06/2006
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5th July, 2006 at 00:42:41 -
Hello folks. Mr. Newton says he isn't able add this project as a download  , but he's willing to let me post the announcemet here because its definitely klik-related. Here's my download description (including a link to my site, where you can download the preview). Maybe someday it'll hit the news.
I consider it an atrocity against the legally blind community that you require screenshots! . . . Er, maybe that's getting off on the wrong foot, just hear me out, because I believe this is completely unprecedented in klik history.
This is the first project I've ever posted, although I've enjoyed klik games for many years, ever since I found Choppy the Pork Chop on a shovelware CD in 1997. Lots of games have come and gone since then--surely all of you longtime members have a few old favorites that have faded or been lost. The Pea-Guy series by Astral Entertainment has held a special place on my hard drive for a long time now. You don't know Pea-Guy? When the first game was released (in 1996), it was called "Pac-Guy" and became a popular and prolific KnP series. The first ten games were combined as "The Pac Pack" and met with a BIG success in the retail market--over a quarter of a million were sold. Unfortunately, the publisher dropped the Pac Pack when Hasbro Interactive went on a foxing rampage against Webfoot over the Pac-Man trademark (not very nice). Since then, the series has only limped along with several more commercial games; Pac-Guy became Pea-Guy in hopes that Astral wouldn't get foxed as well.
"What's this?" say you, "Why does this filthy nEWb talk our ears off so? Does he really think we care about the obscure history behind his dumb demo?" "Ah," says I, "but now that other classic games have been made into movies, isn't it about time a klik game got the works?"
I may exaggerate a bit, since this isn't exactly a movie. It's a feature-length radiodrama ("audiomovies," they're sometimes called) adapted from the game "Pac-Guy: Resurrection." My hope is that it will be funny and exciting, enjoyable for the whole family. I've been working on this a long time, but this past year it was finally produced at the College of William and Mary. Here's the demo/trailer; the finished product should be done by the end of the summer. I know it's not what you'd expect to see on TDC, but it IS an offshoot of a klik game franchise. So please, listen to it and comment, try not to be put off by the whole "aural drama" thing, and enjoy!
If you go to the website at www.pea-guyradioplay.com you can download both trailer and the game it's based on in the Downloads section, and read about the project.
In the country of the blind, a good wumpus-hunt will beat the better graphics every time . . .
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NeoHunter
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30/10/2004
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5th July, 2006 at 00:44:18 -
Interesting news...but for the love of god, use a paragraph break every 5-7 sentences 
Ohno! The body floats!
-The Teatons
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DaVince
This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
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5th July, 2006 at 03:28:56 -
I read everything. You have a very good idea there, and I will check out the audio movie when I get home. 
Also, I've been a member here since around 2004. Any chance you know where I can find and download these pea/pacguy games?
Old member (~2004-2007).
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David Techman
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04/06/2006
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12th July, 2006 at 12:23:57 -
Sorry about not putting breaks in. I must get used to hitting enter TWICE, not once. I attribute it to too much time in Word and not enough time in forums.
The Pac-Guy/Pea-Guy games can be downloaded at www.astralent.com, the website of Astral Entertainment Five are freeware, and several others are shareware, although only one or two shareware games used MMF before they moved on to DarkBASIC. I'm glad some people have responded here; there seems to be a general lack of interest in the project on the net. In addition to your views on the trailer, any ideas how I could spread the word and get more people interested?
In the country of the blind, a good wumpus-hunt will beat the better graphics every time . . .
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X_Sheep
I had a custom rating before it was cool
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12th July, 2006 at 12:48:55 -
A good idea would be to fix the first URL you posted. It doesn't work 
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David Techman
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13th July, 2006 at 05:32:06 -
Oh what a fool am I!
My homepage is www.pea-guyradioplay.net
Not .com, .net. And we've just switched off the William and Mary server, so it should be smoother now too.
In the country of the blind, a good wumpus-hunt will beat the better graphics every time . . .
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David Techman
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04/06/2006
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17th July, 2006 at 15:05:28 -
I just saw that it says I've broken the rules. If I might ask, what did I do wrong? I apologize; it was completely by accident.
In the country of the blind, a good wumpus-hunt will beat the better graphics every time . . .
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DaVince
This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
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17th July, 2006 at 15:14:19 -
The game download doesn't work.  And I won't listen to the radio show until I know what game this is based on.
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X_Sheep
I had a custom rating before it was cool
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17th July, 2006 at 15:20:14 -
5 of the Pea-Guy/Pac-Guy games are freeware and can be found at http://www.astralent.com/freegames.php
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DaVince
This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
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17th July, 2006 at 16:26:41 -
Those downloads don't work either, none of the WinSite links work.
Old member (~2004-2007).
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David Techman
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19th July, 2006 at 06:20:39 -
Winsite is up again; the links seem to work fine now.
So, has anybody listened to the trailer? I really would like your feedback, guys--and it's only a couple of minutes long.
Anybody hear buy the Pac Pack (Pac-/Pea-Guy's hit CD-ROM)? It did sell over a quarter of a million copies back in the day.
In the country of the blind, a good wumpus-hunt will beat the better graphics every time . . .
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X_Sheep
I had a custom rating before it was cool
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19th July, 2006 at 08:20:32 -
Nope. I do have (had) all freeware episodes and the shareware versions of the commercial games (including the 3d ones)
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David Techman
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04/06/2006
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1st August, 2006 at 09:20:12 -
Listen, fellows, I really don't like to be a nag, but has anybody even listened to the trailer or looked at my website? Why is it that so few people respond?--this is kind of an unusual event in klik history. I can't figure out why there is such a complete lack of interest, both here and on other sites. Why do you suppose that is? Please, let's hear your views, folks. I'm going to talk with the potential publisher again in a couple of weeks, and it won't be in my favor if almost nobody is interested in aural drama.
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Any other blind klikers out there?!?
In the country of the blind, a good wumpus-hunt will beat the better graphics every time . . .
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Retired Kliker Lazarus
The Ed Wood JR of TDC
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2nd August, 2006 at 19:36:48 -
How can you make a movie about a little ball?
Fine Garbage since 2003.
CURRENT PROJECT:
-Paying off a massive amount of debt in college loans.
-Working in television.
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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2nd August, 2006 at 20:14:02 -
Easily. Doggy Poo is cute.
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