What games has ns 'ripped off'

JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">The definitive listing</div>Since some (COUGHphl forumers/paroyxysmCOUGH) people have said NS is just a rip off of "X..."

<b>THE GAMES NS IS A RIP OFF OF:</b>
Starcraft
Tribes 2
AvP
Half-Life
GLOOM


Any others? Feel free to add them.

Eg: Pitfall- you can die in both games.
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  • BillBill Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1108Members
    How can you forget <a href="http://www.stripcreator.com/view.php?author=monse&ID=91606" target="_blank">GLOOM</a>??
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  • JediYoshiJediYoshi The Cupcake Boss Join Date: 2002-05-27 Member: 674Members
    It's a rip of:

    Box Wars (Skulk model modified from Box 1)
    Counter-Strike (GSG9 model)
    Varoom (Helicopter coding is like the Onos's)
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  • JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
    Avp = Aliens vs Predator 2

    And this thread is a joke- many people have attacked NS for copying other games when NS is honestly the first game of its kind.

    Gloom is a Quake 2 mod with aliens and marines, differnet levels of each and buildings. That is similar to NS, but from what I here the games share that only similarity comsmetically- the play very differently.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Erm, you left out a biggie: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 3. If you cannot see how NS copied it, then you DEFINETLY need a CAT scan or something.
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  • Relic25Relic25 Pixel Punk Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 39Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    NS ripped of chess big time.  Come on!  How obvious can it be?  You think NS is original because it involves "strategy" and "thinking"?  Please.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Chess ripped off checkers, therefore NS ripped off checkers too!
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    NS is so a rip of D2, I mean, both have knives for good sakes!
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  • JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
    Come to think of, NS ripped off my hello world program from 9th grade, since they were both written in C++! ###### Flayra you theif!
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    OMG!!! Flay, u ripped my crappy calculater that I programmed didn't you. Admit it, NS can crunch numbers.
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  • BillBill Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1108Members
    NS STOLE MILTON BRADLEY'S GUESS WHO!

    "Does your guy climb walls?"

    "YES!"

    "Does he wear glasses?"

    "...no... Does your guy wield high powered weapons with one hand?"

    <img src="http://www.boomspeed.com/atari2600/mystery.JPG" border="0"> *cough* rip off *cough*
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  • JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
    NS most rips off is "Lord of the Rings". The similarities are so striking and obvious. Little things, big things, powerful things, etc...
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  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    well i came to this thread thinking i would be funney and post something totaly irrevelent, well, that was already done so.........   ... ... .. what should i say....
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  • Lord_FrodoLord_Frodo Join Date: 2002-09-26 Member: 1333Members
    NS ripped off mathematics with all of its "adding" and "subtracting" of damage. I demand that all mathematical content be removed from NS at once or I'll resurrect Sir Isaac Newton!
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  • BathroomMonkeyBathroomMonkey Feces-hurling Monkey Boy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 78Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <a href="http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html" target="_blank">We're screwed.</a>

    Finally, somebody that we're ripping off is calling us on it.
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  • Bob_the_AlienBob_the_Alien Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 135Members
    it rips off from pong atmosphers, both of there backgrounds are dark...
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  • The_New_AkumaThe_New_Akuma Join Date: 2002-05-30 Member: 699Members
    NS Ripped off my name for haveing an "N" in it, i will sue that pants off them!!

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  • FreemantleFreemantle Join Date: 2002-06-16 Member: 783Members
    OMG! NS is such a rip-off of Shaq-fu! The similarities are endless!
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  • Sgt_XSgt_X Join Date: 2002-03-01 Member: 261Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Capt. Proton+Oct. 29 2002,18<!--emo&:0--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Capt. Proton @ Oct. 29 2002,18<!--emo&<!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Has it ever occured to anyone that NS is kinda related to S&I?  I mean, its the same basic thing, except the scientists are now the commander.

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    Well, there you have it.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Hey, have any of you guys ever heard of a game called half life? It's another popular first person shooter. Well, I don't want to call Flayra and the team rip-offs, but I have been comparing the screenies of the two games, and they look awfully similar. I think Flayra might have "borrowed" a bit from Half Life, you know what I mean?
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  • Right_Behind_YouRight_Behind_You Join Date: 2002-04-23 Member: 501Members
    Well, DUH! It copied off of Oregon trail. You issue supplies to the travelers and in NS you issue supplies to thwe frontiersman in commander mode!
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    The Marines trying to dodge large fast moving objects like the Onos - dude, could they be ripping off Frogger any worse??? And don't get me started on Pac-Man and NS_Bast...

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  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    OMG IT COPIED HALF LIFES GRAPHIC ENGINE AND UPGRADED IT!
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  • GingerGinger Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1043Members
    if you think NS riped their idea off other mods go and play them mods and dont play NS!
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  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    Please tell me your joking Ginger

    Yeah, NS has ripped off all the Sim games cos you order people around in them as well.

    Come to think of it, my mum might want to take Flayra to court for slander and libel, if I turn my head sideways, the Gorge looks just like her.... <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    NS quite obviously was heavily inspired by Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego
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  • Ben128Ben128 Join Date: 2002-06-21 Member: 808Members, Constellation
    Come now, this is sooooo obvious. Everything the have is from the classic atari game , Dig-Dug.
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  • NighpherNighpher Join Date: 2002-05-01 Member: 557Members
    and dont forget skifree!
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  • JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
    NS = Age of Empires clone. Simple as that.
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  • DingerDinger Join Date: 2002-10-29 Member: 1709Members
    Checkers and chess were mentioned, but you forgot to mention how NS rips off the greatest strategy game of all time- <b>Tic-Tac-Toe</b>!!! The correlations are so obvious I need not mention them.
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  • jdk213jdk213 Join Date: 2002-10-29 Member: 1710Members
    YOUR ALL WRONG...... They ripped off World War 2.....I swear the Nazis were Aliens... no i was wrong, they ripped off the ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!
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