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Title: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 25, 2016, 10:10:39 PM
Anyone remember this little ditty from the CBBC? Me and Kosso had a little bout in the old game that was made for it. Lovingly edited by Robo :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIvl1XumwPo&ab_channel=RoboBowler# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIvl1XumwPo&ab_channel=RoboBowler#)

Right, we're doing a small little tourney. You'll see the teams when they come.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Stigma on March 25, 2016, 10:13:59 PM
oh yeah, I remember this from ages ago. Me and my friends were pretty into it but could never figure out how to make something functional, due to the lack of a decent tutorial.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 25, 2016, 10:15:45 PM
oh yeah, I remember this from ages ago. Me and my friends were pretty into it but could never figure out how to make something functional, due to the lack of a decent tutorial.
Just find Kosso and he'll show you how to become a master. He's a living legend at Bamzooki, but you probably knew that if you saw his Zook, goodgodwhatisthis, in the video.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Kossokei on March 25, 2016, 10:19:34 PM
oh yeah, I remember this from ages ago. Me and my friends were pretty into it but could never figure out how to make something functional, due to the lack of a decent tutorial.
Just find Kosso and he'll show you how to become a master. He's a living legend at Bamzooki, but you probably knew that if you saw his Zook, goodgodwhatisthis, in the video.
nan2 is also truly something of legend. It pales in comparison to goodgodwhatisthis but it still managed to put up an incredible fight. Tom is seriously skilled.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: The Red Blur on March 26, 2016, 04:35:29 AM
God, how could I forget? It was like robot wars but slightly more far-fetched. It always made me laugh, 'cause those kids'd be cheering on at thin air. And we can't forget the best one

Potato On A Stick.

#NeverForget
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Naryar on March 26, 2016, 04:37:17 AM
this thread triggered me due to having "zooki" in the title
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 06:57:25 AM
God, how could I forget? It was like robot wars but slightly more far-fetched.
Yeah, haha. When I was younger, I had a slightly better version than the one we were playing here but that is impossible to find. However, the one I did play was the RA2 of my childhood :P
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Avalanche on March 26, 2016, 07:19:09 AM
SO MANY MEMORIES. Yeah, anyone with the Pre-Series 4 (Street Rules version aka sh** one) please upload it i need it in my life.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 07:49:29 AM
You guys suck at making those things walk well.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: ecolusian on March 26, 2016, 07:51:24 AM
this show. THIS ****ING SHOW. dear lord this show as one of the holy trifecta from my childhood along with robot wars and ed,edd and eddy. the show was soo good and the best part was the zook creator (even if it killed my computer and taugh my mom waht downloadable games were). i agree with avalanche also that the reboot was complete ass, it had none of what made the original show great, the original was humble and light-hearted and was more about the contestants rather than the zooks but the reboot turn the sport into a ****ING ILLEGAL SPORT BECAUSE CLEARLY WATCHINGB VIRTUAL REALITY ABOMINATIONS FIGHTING EACH OTHER IS THE SAME AS DOGS RAVAGING EACH OTHER IN EXCHANGE FOR A ****ING DENTASTIX!!
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Avalanche on March 26, 2016, 07:55:00 AM
this show. THIS ****ING SHOW. dear lord this show as one of the holy trifecta from my childhood along with robot wars and ed,edd and eddy. the show was soo good and the best part was the zook creator (even if it killed my computer and taugh my mom waht downloadable games were). i agree with avalanche also that the reboot was complete ass, it had none of what made the original show great, the original was humble and light-hearted and was more about the contestants rather than the zooks but the reboot turn the sport into a ****ING ILLEGAL SPORT BECAUSE CLEARLY WATCHINGB VIRTUAL REALITY ABOMINATIONS FIGHTING EACH OTHER IS THE SAME AS DOGS RAVAGING EACH OTHER IN EXCHANGE FOR A ****ING DENTASTIX!!

Calm thine breasts, good sir.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 07:59:32 AM
You guys suck at making those things walk well.
I immediately got better after this, haha. You should see The 4th Nan ;)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: ecolusian on March 26, 2016, 09:07:58 AM
this show. THIS ****ING SHOW. dear lord this show as one of the holy trifecta from my childhood along with robot wars and ed,edd and eddy. the show was soo good and the best part was the zook creator (even if it killed my computer and taugh my mom waht downloadable games were). i agree with avalanche also that the reboot was complete ass, it had none of what made the original show great, the original was humble and light-hearted and was more about the contestants rather than the zooks but the reboot turn the sport into a ****ING ILLEGAL SPORT BECAUSE CLEARLY WATCHINGB VIRTUAL REALITY ABOMINATIONS FIGHTING EACH OTHER IS THE SAME AS DOGS RAVAGING EACH OTHER IN EXCHANGE FOR A ****ING DENTASTIX!!

Calm thine breasts, good sir.

thine breasts hath been calmed my friend, jolly good show
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on March 26, 2016, 10:08:01 AM
I ALMOST RELIGIOUSLY PLAYED THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. It was actually this that got me into Robot Wars in the first place. The whole "create a thing and compete with other things" was what interested me the most. I remember making 'wheel' Zooks a lot of the time. I even remember a Zook that I made that had a moving axe on it. Didn't do anything useful (it messed up it's balance more than anything,) but it looked amazing when it fought in the sumo arena.

I also found a Wheely Big Cheese Zook somewhere on the old Bamzooki site. I ****ed over the House Zooks (yes, that's what they're called) with it in the sumo because it was so goddamn heavy.

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/79797Fear the Giant Cheese Centi.png)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 10:18:26 AM
Haha, that is awesome. I think I quite liked this because I liked Robot Wars. The sumo in the game is the closet I got to a robot fighting game. Glad it wasn't just me that played this game. I'm trying my hardest to track down a copy of the original game.

If anyone wants to have a bit of nostalgia or see what this is about if you're intrigued, go here: http://bamzooki-sr.software.informer.com (http://bamzooki-sr.software.informer.com)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 10:36:18 AM
I must have an old copy on my old family PC somewhere.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 04:33:48 PM
Right, guys. I'm making a tournament for Bamzooki. So, for all the guys that replied in this thread that have played the Bamzooki games before, I ask you to make a 3 zook team (one for each event), send it in to me and you'll be part of the display tournament. There's no limit on how many teams per participant that can be entered because me and Kosso will be doing this regardless of how many people join in.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 04:38:43 PM
I can't get the game to work.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 04:43:05 PM
I can't get the game to work.
Do you get this? (https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/76235eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2kuZ3lhem8uY29tLzkzNzE0Zjc1ZDRiNmRlYTQ4OTBmYzQ5NTM0YmVkYzEyLnBuZyJ9.qD0lY2uRE_ObCokWsI0-EGpoO9k.png)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 04:52:32 PM
Yup, what's the fix?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 26, 2016, 04:55:51 PM
I made a table...?

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/87442table.png)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: ecolusian on March 26, 2016, 04:58:31 PM
Right, guys. I'm making a tournament for Bamzooki. So, for all the guys that replied in this thread that have played the Bamzooki games before, I ask you to make a 3 zook team (one for each event), send it in to me and you'll be part of the display tournament. There's no limit on how many teams per participant that can be entered because me and Kosso will be doing this regardless of how many people join in.

i can do that!
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 05:05:17 PM
Yup, what's the fix?
Well, for me, it was to move it from the folder 'Program Files x86' to just 'Program Files'. That's how I solved it, anyway. Just move it around your folders a bit and see what happens.

I made a table...?

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/87442table.png)
You're on the road to success :) Please make furniture a theme for your team.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Bobyasianboy on March 26, 2016, 05:12:12 PM
Help
https://i.gyazo.com/390cdd8534f5aaf1caca45dcf0dadcd6.mp4
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 05:17:20 PM
Haha, not too sure what you've done there, but I could have a couple of guesses :P My first guess is that they don't act as legs because they're vertical :P Still, keep any rejects you've made because I'd be happy to accept teams of 3 'art' zooks, haha.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 26, 2016, 05:21:43 PM
You're on the road to success :) Please make furniture a theme for your team.

k here's chair:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/98616chair.png)

what even is this game
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 05:23:39 PM
You're on the road to success :) Please make furniture a theme for your team.

k here's chair:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/98616chair.png)

what even is this game
I love it :D
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Avalanche on March 26, 2016, 05:35:44 PM
Where can i download this? Im sure I can bang out some entries.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 26, 2016, 05:39:38 PM
bed:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/221bed.png)

how do i enter tournament

also how do i make a popup
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 05:57:29 PM
bed:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/221bed.png)

how do i enter tournament

also how do i make a popup
That looks brill :D You enter by exporting your zooks, going into the folder which contains said zooks and you can host them on the file hoster or mediafire or something along those lines and then send it off to me. Also, I'd love popups to work but all 'weapons' would have to be legs, which means the weapon will constantly be firing :P

Where can i download this? Im sure I can bang out some entries.
If anyone wants to have a bit of nostalgia or see what this is about if you're intrigued, go here: http://bamzooki-sr.software.informer.com (http://bamzooki-sr.software.informer.com)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 06:02:03 PM
anyone happy to post a download link to the game? Don't think I'll be able to get it on the interwebz anymore.
What're you on about? Does the link above your post not work?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: The Red Blur on March 26, 2016, 06:06:34 PM
anyone happy to post a download link to the game? Don't think I'll be able to get it on the interwebz anymore.
What're you on about? Does the link above your post not work?


my mistake. I didn't see that.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 06:34:42 PM
Am I doing it right?

Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 06:43:20 PM
Am I doing it right?

Me and Kossokei are in actual awe. This thing is awesome. I really need to know how you made it :D
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Bobyasianboy on March 26, 2016, 06:43:50 PM
Am I doing it right?

That's insane...

On another note, I've made a competent thing that moves but I can't access the online things that move, is it possible someone could send me some things that move so I have something to compare it to?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Kossokei on March 26, 2016, 06:44:10 PM
Am I doing it right?

"I guess we've found the guy whose gonna piss all over the rest of the competition"

I am, of course, talking about myself. You're... pretty good.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 06:44:59 PM
Am I doing it right?

Me and Kossokei are in actual awe. This thing is awesome. I really need to know how you made it :D
Each leg is actually 5, with 0.2 timing offsets between each one. Each individual leg has a circular motion so they follow each other round in a circle.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 06:46:41 PM
On another note, I've made a competent thing that moves but I can't access the online things that move, is it possible someone could send me some things that move so I have something to compare it to?
Make more and test yourself. If you wanna know how they fair against others, be sure to send your zooks into the tournament ;)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 06:48:19 PM
On a side note, the wheel bot can't push at all. I need to remember my old all-round design.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 06:50:10 PM
The match of dreams
(https://i.gyazo.com/c13dcc89409282f97d5626c7012b71b0.png)

On a side note, the wheel bot can't push at all. I need to remember my old all-round design.
Well, if you're planning on entering the tournament, you can enter that as the zook that tackles the Tag event.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 26, 2016, 06:50:57 PM
So is it one per event?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Bobyasianboy on March 26, 2016, 06:57:18 PM
On another note, I've made a competent thing that moves but I can't access the online things that move, is it possible someone could send me some things that move so I have something to compare it to?
Make more and test yourself. If you wanna know how they fair against others, be sure to send your zooks into the tournament ;)
Fair play. When's the tournament going to be?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 07:04:55 PM
So is it one per event?
Yeah, three zook team with one zook for each event.

On another note, I've made a competent thing that moves but I can't access the online things that move, is it possible someone could send me some things that move so I have something to compare it to?
Make more and test yourself. If you wanna know how they fair against others, be sure to send your zooks into the tournament ;)
Fair play. When's the tournament going to be?
Whenever I feel like, I suppose. There's no deadline for entries but they could close at any time so be sure to get yours in while you can.

Remember, you're allowed to enter more than one team. I already have 2 teams on the go and hoping to make a third.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Tashic on March 26, 2016, 07:32:45 PM
OK I never known this even existed.
I tried to do something:
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/66294Cattura.PNG)

Too generic?
Moves kinda well, a bit bumpy but goes where it needs to go. Also very low to the ground.

Reminds me Spore and one of those simulators that simulate evolutions of creatures over hundreds of iterations.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 26, 2016, 07:36:43 PM
That actually looks pretty good :) Keep it up!
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 26, 2016, 07:45:35 PM
submitted Team Furniture

fear the wrath of Table, Chair, and Bed
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: WeN on March 26, 2016, 08:53:27 PM
Bamzooki? What is this?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Stigma on March 26, 2016, 11:43:47 PM
Bamzooki? What is this?
Frustrating, but fun. Kinda like RA2 actually.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: WeN on March 27, 2016, 12:19:59 AM
Bamzooki? What is this?
Frustrating, but fun. Kinda like RA2 actually.
bamzooki VS RA2.
Bamzooki rating:1/10 c***
RA2 rating:9.99/10 better than any Robot war games.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Kossokei on March 27, 2016, 02:01:01 AM
Bamzooki? What is this?
Frustrating, but fun. Kinda like RA2 actually.
bamzooki VS RA2.
Bamzooki rating:1/10 c***
RA2 rating:9.99/10 better than any Robot war games.
Give Bamzooki a try. You might like it.

If not, then WenXiangLeave. It seems like there's a good bit of interest into what myself and tom are putting together in this thread, and doesn't exactly need "1/10 c***" sprinkled over it.

I don't mean to be mean, lol. Just a bit of banto, take it with a grain of salt. Give it a look. Catch you on the flip-side, space cowboy.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: The Red Blur on March 27, 2016, 04:29:03 AM
I tried to test a zook on the game version Tom posted... And it crashed. Any reason this could happen?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: WeN on March 27, 2016, 04:47:05 AM
Bamzooki? What is this?
Frustrating, but fun. Kinda like RA2 actually.
bamzooki VS RA2.
Bamzooki rating:1/10 c***
RA2 rating:9.99/10 better than any Robot war games.
Give Bamzooki a try. You might like it.

If not, then WenXiangLeave. It seems like there's a good bit of interest into what myself and tom are putting together in this thread, and doesn't exactly need "1/10 c***" sprinkled over it.

I don't mean to be mean, lol. Just a bit of banto, take it with a grain of salt. Give it a look. Catch you on the flip-side, space cowboy.
I am trying

Edit:Bamzooki rating:5/10 Can you even build porygon2?

Edit:WenXiangLeave?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Naryar on March 27, 2016, 05:50:12 AM
what is this thing ? It looks... interesting... is it a robot combat simulator, or a physics simulator ?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Avalanche on March 27, 2016, 06:02:29 AM
what is this thing ? It looks... interesting... is it a robot combat simulator, or a physics simulator ?

Its more like creature sport physics simulator. You create things called Zooks. Yes. Zooks. It was a CBBC show, after all.

I recommend it.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 27, 2016, 06:52:04 AM
I tried to test a zook on the game version Tom posted... And it crashed. Any reason this could happen?
Can I have a look at what the zook looks like? Some designs might do that.

I'm glad this game is getting a bit of attention :) If enough people play (and enjoy) this, perhaps there may be more than just a one-off tournament.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 27, 2016, 10:22:02 AM
Just gonna quickly say, this is a fun little tourney. Sportsmanship and originality is encouraged in your teams, so try not to think too much about winning when making your zook. However, even with that said, I'm not trying to stop anyone from making their unstoppable zook ;) (just give some of us some breathing room, haha.)

I can already start seeing how this will need a rule set at some point if this ever becomes a thing. Perhaps I'll separate tournaments into 'Casual' and 'Competitive' later on and I'll work with some guys that've also played this game before (such as Joelu Of Eagleland and SM, if they're up for it) on making a balanced rule set for the competitive tournaments. Well, that's if this takes off :P I'll guess we'll see the turnout of this little tourney first.

Right, I suppose I'll edit the OP with every team I currently have. Keep an eye on that if you wanna know who's already in. Have fun making ya zooks :)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 27, 2016, 10:23:55 AM
Dang, this game is fun.  Expect at least one more team from me.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 27, 2016, 10:25:24 AM
I would certainly put size restrictions in place.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 27, 2016, 10:27:38 AM
Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I was thinking of. I even thought that after making a 100+kg sumo zook :P
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 27, 2016, 10:30:03 AM
Dang, and I just finished Garganton:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/60123garganton.png)

EDIT: Action shot:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/46117garganton action.png)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 27, 2016, 10:35:04 AM
That's kind of like what mine looks like :P Try not to enter that, haha.

Also, guys, I may have tracked down a guy with a copy of the original game. Anyone remember Masterath? He didn't make that many posts here but I believe he entered a tournament. Anyway, he made a Bamzooki vid about 5 years ago and he's still active on YouTube. I commented on his most recent video asking him whether he still has a copy of the original game and he says he does. Hopefully, he'll provide us with a copy and we can have more than just 3 events :D
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 27, 2016, 11:15:32 AM
Ah, sweet news.

EDIT: Proposed 'classes' of zook.

4 sizes using the base squares as measurement

<12 squares - Small

12-30 squares - Medium

30-56 squares - Large

>56 - Unlimited

Or it may be easier to measure in terms of volume with a max size cube.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Thrackerzod on March 27, 2016, 02:10:13 PM
I've been really enjoying this game.

EDIT: Proposed 'classes' of zook.

It might be easier to measure in terms of length/width/height/weight as seen on the info screen for each zook.

ALSO: How do make them have not-abysmal turning circles?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 27, 2016, 02:20:05 PM
It might be easier to measure in terms of length/width/height/weight as seen on the info screen for each zook.

ALSO: How do make them have not-abysmal turning circles?
In that case have base area within a certain size.

Say 100cm2 max for "Small"
400cm2 max for "Medium"
900cm2 max for "Large"
And anything goes above that.

As for turning, there are some options in the movement menu for the base body part.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on March 27, 2016, 02:24:03 PM
How do make them have not-abysmal turning circles?

Check the motion tab for the brain body part of the Zook (this'll be the one you started off with) and one of the sections should have sliders for the Zook's ability to turn. I believe they are sharpness (how sharply the zook turns) and sensitivity (i'm not sure how exactly this effects the zook, usually I put this at 50-75, works for most Zook designs.) How sharp the turning should be is usually dependent on the Zook's traction.

Sorry if I'm not quite right there. I may be experienced, but I mainly used this when I was about 10-12 years old. My knowledge on building has deteriorated a little.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Mystic2000 on March 27, 2016, 03:03:20 PM
This thing seems interesting, if i can get it to work on my Windows 8 laptop that is
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Sircreepalot2 on March 27, 2016, 03:39:10 PM
i got it to work on windows 10 first try so thats cool
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Mystic2000 on March 27, 2016, 03:41:01 PM
yeah, got it to work, and my first zook attempt is turning into some unborn abomination
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: cephalopod on March 27, 2016, 05:36:07 PM
Just a bit of banto, take it with a grain of salt.

Just banto.


EDIT: can't get the software to work for the life of me. A shame, I really loved the show as a kid.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Masterath on March 28, 2016, 04:19:12 AM
Hey everyone. I have uploaded my copy of BAMZOOKi. I hope it works for all of you :)

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39383248418264678845 (http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39383248418264678845)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 28, 2016, 05:53:38 AM
Sweet, this version is so much better.
Shame the zooks I made in SR aren't compatible.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: The Red Blur on March 28, 2016, 06:34:47 AM
Sweet, this version is so much better.
Shame the zooks I made in SR aren't compatible.

SR wont even let me test the zooks!


EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: WeN on March 28, 2016, 06:46:00 AM
Sweet, this version is so much better.
Shame the zooks I made in SR aren't compatible.

SR wont even let me test the zooks!


EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
It Upload Form desktop?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 28, 2016, 06:47:50 AM
EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
I just extracted the folder somewhere.
Then there should be 3 shortcuts in the folder for the zook kit, simulator and movie thingy.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: WeN on March 28, 2016, 06:49:14 AM
EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
I just extracted the folder somewhere.
Then there should be 3 shortcuts in the folder for the zook kit, simulator and movie thingy.
Zook kit simulator movie.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: The Red Blur on March 28, 2016, 06:59:09 AM
EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
I just extracted the folder somewhere.
Then there should be 3 shortcuts in the folder for the zook kit, simulator and movie thingy.

When I click on them, it says the shortcut path doesn't exist.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: WeN on March 28, 2016, 07:01:09 AM
EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
I just extracted the folder somewhere.
Then there should be 3 shortcuts in the folder for the zook kit, simulator and movie thingy.

When I click on them, it says the shortcut path doesn't exist.
Me too I click on them, it says shortcut path doesn't exist, so I can't play on it.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 28, 2016, 07:11:46 AM
Hey everyone. I have uploaded my copy of BAMZOOKi. I hope it works for all of you :)

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39383248418264678845 (http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39383248418264678845)
I knew I could find someone with this version if I dug hard enough, haha. Thank you so much, mate :)

EDIT: uh.. where's the actual game for the copy that was just uploaded?
I just extracted the folder somewhere.
Then there should be 3 shortcuts in the folder for the zook kit, simulator and movie thingy.

When I click on them, it says the shortcut path doesn't exist.
Me too I click on them, it says shortcut path doesn't exist, so I can't play on it.
Well, you'll see what the path it's looking for is. It'll be Program Files x86/Bamzooki, so just replicate that. Take the Bamzooki folder out of the Bamzooki Masterath folder and plop it in your Program Files x86 folder.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: DeadGenocide on March 28, 2016, 07:18:18 AM
It's not working for me...
It keeps on crashing.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Avalanche on March 28, 2016, 07:51:11 AM
For those having issues launching the game, change the 3 shortcuts to "C:\Program Files (x86)\BAMZOOKi\ instead of Program Files, because Bamzooki was made before even Program Files x64 or x86 was a thing. Also, do you think anyone else has a copy of the game with some of the online uploaded zooks on it? Would be interesting to find some of them.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on March 28, 2016, 07:57:17 AM
Also, do you think anyone else has a copy of the game with some of the online uploaded zooks on it? Would be interesting to find some of them.

I got a few of them before the site got removed from CBBC. I don't have a lot, however.
Well, I say that, I have a lot of the TV show contestants and a large portion of the House Zooks on my game too.

EDIT: I can't get the old Zook kit to work (I can, but essential parts are missing), but I DID get the contests from the old Zook kit to work in SR. They don't say who's won (you'd have to figure that out for yourself) but they play OK. Not perfectly, but OK.

By the way, has anyone noticed the contests that don't appear whatsoever in the Zook Kit? There's Zook In a China Shop and the old Zook Tag included in the contest pack, but they don't appear in game.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on March 28, 2016, 05:59:34 PM
I know this is a double post, but I noticed people were having problems getting the download of Bamzooki SR to run. I found a site that appears to have a download for the game. http://bamzooki-sr.software.informer.com/ (http://bamzooki-sr.software.informer.com/)

If that doesn't work... I could try uploading my copy, or maybe the installer.

Oh, and also, here's a video of a bunch of Zooks made by me that may or may not be entered into some of the teams.
Note that I said may or may not. A lot of the really good ones won't be entered, so don't be disheartened about entering a team.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZOqvTVNu48&feature=youtu.be# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZOqvTVNu48&feature=youtu.be#)

In this video;
An Angel
A Devil
A Riot Shield on legs
A Zook version of my "Wings of Fire" Stock Robot
A Panic Attack 3 replica
A Creeper replica
A Zook with a spinning weapon
A Missile that's too big for the contest table
A King Zook V3 clone
A Zook based off of my GTM user picture
A Dizzy clone
A Psychedelic Scorpion that looks like it went through a crusher

I'm gonna be away for about 2 days. Going to Alton Towers with my cousins.

EDIT: excuse the crappy music im sorry

DOUBLE EDIT: The site I linked is the exact same as the one Yugitom linked. Fuq.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on March 28, 2016, 06:05:14 PM
Someone likes their stacked legs.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on March 28, 2016, 06:08:30 PM
Someone likes their stacked legs.
A lot of the Zooks in the video are from around 2013, and back then I had the mindset of "if it dont have 20 bajillion legs its not fast and its not good"

EDIT: Bar the wheel zooks, none of the stacked leg Zooks were entered into the tournament.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Philippa on March 29, 2016, 10:15:31 AM
I applied for this show a few times with different teams, so I should know what I'm doing.

So what is the list of events that are happening?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 29, 2016, 10:58:08 AM
So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Philippa on March 29, 2016, 11:01:30 AM
So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
And what are those events?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Avalanche on March 29, 2016, 11:42:48 AM
So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
Should we alternate between the two versions of the game inbetween tournaments (A la BBEANS1,3
and 5 were stock, then 2,4 and 6 were DSL? I feek the older events are superior.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on March 29, 2016, 11:59:22 AM
So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
And what are those events?
Well, if you're downloading the game to make zooks for those events, I'm sure you'd be able to find out for yourself :P But, there's Tag, Marbles and Sumo.

So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
Should we alternate between the two versions of the game inbetween tournaments (A la BBEANS1,3
and 5 were stock, then 2,4 and 6 were DSL? I feek the older events are superior.
Well, the building in the older version seems a bit stripped down and it doesn't declare winners, so the older version has some issues which prevent me from making the the older version the outright go-to Bamzooki game. Like I said, I'll chat with Joelu and S_M about this. For now, just make zooks in the SR version, as that's the version we've started with.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on July 12, 2016, 02:18:22 PM
So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
Should we alternate between the two versions of the game inbetween tournaments (A la BBEANS1,3
and 5 were stock, then 2,4 and 6 were DSL? I feek the older events are superior.

Bumping this just to mention that if you want to use the old events, you don't need to get the old Zook Kit working; you can simply copy the Contest Pack data from both the ContestPacks folder and the Contests folder to the BAMZOOKi SR version of the Zook Kit. I was having problems getting the old Zook Kit to run, however I found that the contests work fine on the SR version (even if the textures look a little off as they automatically get replaced with the SR textures) so there isn't any need to go to the old version, really.

Also, going back and forth between versions may be a hassle for some people, and considering that people have already had a fairly large amount of problems getting the Zook Kit to run in the first place, we should just use the SR version with the SR and original contests.

Also, we are defiantly still going ahead with the tourney. If you still want to make a team of Zooks for it, I think you still can (may have to check with Yugitom and see if he's still accepting entries)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on July 12, 2016, 02:34:59 PM
So what is the list of events that are happening?
Well, despite the appearance of the better version, the tournament will be in SR, so the only 3 in that. Make 3 zooks, one for each event.
Should we alternate between the two versions of the game inbetween tournaments (A la BBEANS1,3
and 5 were stock, then 2,4 and 6 were DSL? I feek the older events are superior.

Bumping this just to mention that if you want to use the old events, you don't need to get the old Zook Kit working; you can simply copy the Contest Pack data from both the ContestPacks folder and the Contests folder to the BAMZOOKi SR version of the Zook Kit. I was having problems getting the old Zook Kit to run, however I found that the contests work fine on the SR version (even if the textures look a little off as they automatically get replaced with the SR textures) so there isn't any need to go to the old version, really.

Also, going back and forth between versions may be a hassle for some people, and considering that people have already had a fairly large amount of problems getting the Zook Kit to run in the first place, we should just use the SR version with the SR and original contests.

Also, we are defiantly still going ahead with the tourney. If you still want to make a team of Zooks for it, I think you still can (may have to check with Yugitom and see if he's still accepting entries)
That's really good news, as we get the best of both worlds, there.

And, yeah, I'll be accepting entries up until the first or second video of the tournament (which will, hopefully, be happening after my tourney.)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: datzookboi on July 25, 2016, 07:21:10 AM
hi ive tried putting the data from the conests and contestpacks folder in the new SR kit but its not made any difference, any suggestions?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on July 25, 2016, 07:54:19 AM
hey does anyone here have a copy of the ORIGINAL zook kit? not the newer "street rules" edition/ also i have several zooks and many years of experience with zooks if this contest thing is still going on? ty in advance
Hey everyone. I have uploaded my copy of BAMZOOKi. I hope it works for all of you :)

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39383248418264678845 (http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39383248418264678845)
Have you read the thread? :P If so, you'd know that original copy has been recently provided to us by Masterath and the SR tourney is still accepting entries, up until the first video comes out.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: datzookboi on July 25, 2016, 12:07:55 PM
ty, its just that copy was unfortunatly not working for me and neither was the contest file thing for adding the old contests to the SR version :( any tips?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on July 25, 2016, 12:13:11 PM
ty, its just that copy was unfortunatly not working for me and neither was the contest file thing for adding the old contests to the SR version :( any tips?

You need to copy the contents of each folder from the old kit to the corresponding folder in the new kit. Basically, you copy the stuff in the "Contests" folder in the old Zook Kit. Then, you put them in the folder in the new Zook Kit names "Contests". You repeat this for the "ContestPacks" folder.

If that doesn't work, then I'm not sure what else to suggest. I'm not certain of what exactly you did, and without that knowledge I can't be of much help.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: datzookboi on July 27, 2016, 06:57:26 AM
ty pal, the issues resolved. my problem was id moved some files about when i my brother made a mod a couple years back for the engine, all working now thanks
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: datzookboi on July 28, 2016, 10:20:36 AM
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/70860Tag zook entry- domino.png)

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/79604BEAST , sumo zook.png)

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/49518marbels zook entry- BLU RAY.png)

my zooks for the tournament thingy

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/75myq9lw8hf5bin/AAB3KBJlutmeQgYxG6ciMCpwa?dl=0   
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: botomatic1000 on July 28, 2016, 10:31:42 AM
As a massive fan from my early years who couldn't make anything but watched the hell out of the TV show I seem to remember centipede like Zooks where the most successful.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on July 28, 2016, 10:41:34 AM
As a massive fan from my early years who couldn't make anything but watched the hell out of the TV show I seem to remember centipede like Zooks where the most successful.
They would kinda get screwed in the finals though. You needed a rather small zook for those.

Another thing, that last Zook:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/49518marbels zook entry- BLU RAY.png)


That's Blu Ray, unmistakably. A Zook entered in Series 4.

Also, now that I look at them, the URL's for the images show the names of the Zooks; top one is called Domino, middle one is called BEAST, and bottom one is called Blu Ray. They were all seen on Series 4.

For the record, they are different though. The Zooks have been changed a fair bit, so they are not identical to what was on the show. Apart from Blu Ray, that's near identical IMO.

This isn't me saying they're not allowed, I'm just making observations.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: botomatic1000 on July 28, 2016, 10:49:29 AM
true but they where quick and good pushers just they had turning problems if not done right.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: bbsuperstars on July 28, 2016, 09:13:18 PM
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/bf0fd11b85834658b277bdc92ea0732f.png)

Long time since I ever thought of BAMZOOKi, but heck, I still have the quarter finals framed BAMZOOKi poster hanging on my wall.. for those that have no idea what I'm talking about, myself and my team appeared in season III of BAMZOOKi as the "Basketball Superstars" (we really didn't give the name much thought, but hey, we were around 11 years old at the time, now nearly 23, ha!). I made all of the zooks that were a part of the show, including the modifications for our "uber-zook" in the final, which we ended up winning. We played against C2 in the quarters, Cheltenham Batapillars in the semis, and Canary Woolf in the finals.

Below is the framed poster - I've added a few green circles to show which were the ones from my team.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/4ad69adfafe9480fb3e49bdd421467e8.png)

I was pretty active over at Canary Woolf's forums when that used to run.. THEMAGNIFICENTSHOE/Shoeman, Zog, mistywertys, Pinguster... some names I've found from a quick snooping around. Had a secret wee club developing the best in the world over there for a while, no idea when it dried up..

I was also personally contacted at a later date to get involved with the newer 'BAMZOOKi Street Rules' beta development kit, and made 3 house-zooks for that show (technically 4, as two were known as 'the twins' - Punka and Punkalicious, one had slower and broken movement cycles with green eyes, whereas the other was faster and had red eyes). I've highlighted them below:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/1c052c7b61104ac9998257c7da34ffef.png)

Sooo.. yeah.
Hey everybody! Just thought I'd pop in, say hi, and uh.. see what's still going on in this world.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: yugitom on July 28, 2016, 09:32:26 PM
Oh, wow, I didn't know I was going to attract people from a long gone Bamzooki forum with this little thread on GTM, let alone attract a series 3 champ :P Really cool to see you, man! Would you consider making a 3 zook team for the Bamzooki tournament going on atm?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: bbsuperstars on July 28, 2016, 09:41:26 PM
I looked up at the lil' poster on the wall and for some reason felt compelled to find out if videos exist for it.
...and the internet delivered, haha.

It's a long time since I touched either the SR version or the old school zook kit, but I'll have a dig around my old computer and maybe even some old USB drives (if I can find 'em) for my old creations.
I know I have all my house zook versions as email attachments, just need to find my old TV-series zooks and the project I had in development (called PR, if I remember correctly).. perhaps I'll just enter my old ones - I'll have to read this thread through again properly to see what exactly is going on about your tournament.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Joelu Of Eagleland on July 28, 2016, 10:27:15 PM
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/bf0fd11b85834658b277bdc92ea0732f.png)

Long time since I ever thought of BAMZOOKi, but heck, I still have the quarter finals framed BAMZOOKi poster hanging on my wall.. for those that have no idea what I'm talking about, myself and my team appeared in season III of BAMZOOKi as the "Basketball Superstars" (we really didn't give the name much thought, but hey, we were around 11 years old at the time, now nearly 23, ha!). I made all of the zooks that were a part of the show, including the modifications for our "uber-zook" in the final, which we ended up winning. We played against C2 in the quarters, Cheltenham Batapillars in the semis, and Canary Woolf in the finals.

Below is the framed poster - I've added a few green circles to show which were the ones from my team.
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/4ad69adfafe9480fb3e49bdd421467e8.png)

I was pretty active over at Canary Woolf's forums when that used to run.. THEMAGNIFICENTSHOE/Shoeman, Zog, mistywertys, Pinguster... some names I've found from a quick snooping around. Had a secret wee club developing the best in the world over there for a while, no idea when it dried up..

I was also personally contacted at a later date to get involved with the newer 'BAMZOOKi Street Rules' beta development kit, and made 3 house-zooks for that show (technically 4, as two were known as 'the twins' - Punka and Punkalicious, one had slower and broken movement cycles with green eyes, whereas the other was faster and had red eyes). I've highlighted them below:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/1c052c7b61104ac9998257c7da34ffef.png)

Sooo.. yeah.
Hey everybody! Just thought I'd pop in, say hi, and uh.. see what's still going on in this world.

So I saw who you were and... hoo boy. I recognized your team right away. I would've never expected to see one of the series 3 grand finals winners here. Your team had my favorite Uber Zook too! I loved Alley Uber so much!

So much so that recently after seeing your final on YouTube, I tried to attempt the design myself.

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/75143hi imma big fan.png)

I'm going to blame the YouTube video quality as the cause for why this ended up flopping. Literally.

I could've never have guessed that you made some of the SR House Zooks... The two "twins" were my favorites when I was watching the program back in... whenever it aired.

I recognized the name "Pinguster". I never went on the Canary Woolf forums before, I just remember seeing a large number of zooks that were high-ranking in some of the trials with the name "Pingu" in them. First time I saw one, my reaction was the 7 year old who hadn't heard the word "sh**"'s equivalent of "OH sh**". Shoeman is someone I've only seen on YouTube so far, mainly from his custom contest video. I'm surprised custom contests are even a thing. I guess the community for Bamzooki was a little larger than I first thought. I'd love to find out more about the Canary Woolf forums and this "iLand Creator" I've been hearing about, but it's hard to find any real information on Bamzooki's community now.

That aside, great to see you here!
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: bbsuperstars on July 28, 2016, 10:58:45 PM
So I saw who you were and... hoo boy. I recognized your team right away. I would've never expected to see one of the series 3 grand finals winners here. Your team had my favorite Uber Zook too! I loved Alley Uber so much!

So much so that recently after seeing your final on YouTube, I tried to attempt the design myself.

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/75143hi imma big fan.png)

I'm going to blame the YouTube video quality as the cause for why this ended up flopping. Literally.

I never thought I'd put myself back out there as existing again, so that makes two of us!
"hi imma big fan.png" haha! That does have a good likeness to Alley Uber - not a bad recreation... I think when I returned to the game as I was getting involved with the SR stuff I looked back and found most of my old zooks - I definitely have all of the versions of the house zooks I made stored away in email attachments, found those.. as well as the earliest version of the PR zook I was mentioning (only PR1, when I think I got to PR24 in the end). However.. I don't think I have a copy of Alley Uber, only an edited version of it that I sent to somebody (Pinguster I believe).

I do distinctly remember that Alley Oop's design (amongst many others) was completely broken by the SR kit - if you were to re-create him in the old software it would probably work just fine.
Many of the big bugs and problems I had with the SR kit were not fixed before launch (just do the block push and look at the collisions... ew). The old kit was much sturdier but also had less features. I think I have a couple of contest files laying around somewhere as well.

I could've never have guessed that you made some of the SR House Zooks... The two "twins" were my favorites when I was watching the program back in... whenever it aired.
Cheers! They did go around all the creators to see if they would be interested in starring in a web interview about the house zooks but I was informed that there wasn't enough interest, so the creators of them remained anonymous I believe. Making them for the show was basically a constant back and forth between me and my contact, simplifying, reducing component counts etc.. they had big creative direction when it came to Peach, and they made me remove 80% of Centie's legs to keep components down haha!

The twins were born from a single submission I named 'Prototype' - Punka and Punkalicious was their idea.. after my final submission they further wanted to reduce component counts so they removed a number of legs.. if you look in the program you'll see that Punka had a kind of stutter/jump when running - and that is because they fudged up when trying to fix the movement cycles of the legs that remained.. from a quick look, it seems like the one they kept at closer to "maxed out" (Punkalicious) might have had this issue fixed as per my instruction at the time..

I recognized the name "Pinguster". I never went on the Canary Woolf forums before, I just remember seeing a large number of zooks that were high-ranking in some of the trials with the name "Pingu" in them. First time I saw one, my reaction was the 7 year old who hadn't heard the word "sh**"'s equivalent of "OH sh**". Shoeman is someone I've only seen on YouTube so far, mainly from his custom contest video. I'm surprised custom contests are even a thing. I guess the community for Bamzooki was a little larger than I first thought. I'd love to find out more about the Canary Woolf forums and this "iLand Creator" I've been hearing about, but it's hard to find any real information on Bamzooki's community now.

That aside, great to see you here!
Aye, Pinguster and I seemed to share quite a bit back and forth in emails, THEMAGNIFICENTSHOE was all about Pokemon tournaments iirc, can't remember much else.
We basically just hung out in a small chat box at the bottom of the Canary Woolf forums, was great fun.

Nice to be here too - I didn't expect to find an updated thread!
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: datzookboi on July 29, 2016, 01:27:37 AM
they are based of those zooks but are not straight up copies and were made completely from scratch by me in the last few days. I will not deny i took heavy inspiration for beast and blu ray from their TV appearances but did not just enter those two zooks into the contest, for example domino has no similarities with its TV counterpart other than the name, beast is much lighter and has a different body / "appendages" to the house zook incarnation and BLU RAY is designed to resemble the tv version but is not just a straight up copy of the zook as his legs, weight, tail and most likly leg patterns and movement cycles are all different.  and if u were inferring they were from the cbbc site then allow me to put your mind at rest and tell you that is not the case. however if it is prefered i can enter another team rather than those three?
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: Mystic2000 on July 29, 2016, 04:20:34 AM
jesus, a Bamzooki thread on a RA2 based forum attracted a former champ... if he enters the tourney... this guy may be a threat... a serious threat... also dunno if i should try to make a team for the tourney given that i have literally 0 experience with zook making (that i don't even know what event i must make the zooks for)
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: bbsuperstars on July 29, 2016, 05:39:54 AM
jesus, a Bamzooki thread on a RA2 based forum attracted a former champ... if he enters the tourney... this guy may be a threat... a serious threat... also dunno if i should try to make a team for the tourney given that i have literally 0 experience with zook making (that i don't even know what event i must make the zooks for)

You're talking about a guy who played this literally half a lifetime ago!
Don't worry - if I were to even enter anything, I'd probably give myself some kind of time limit, or just edit my old ones from the series; they are quite beatable.

I think I will leave this here for any of you, or the old guys who may be traversing this forum still:
https://discord.gg/FrMnYhy
A BAMZOOKi discord server, to chat and share stuff.

EDIT:
Look who I found waddling around my old old files:
(http://image.prntscr.com/image/046f3e2605ab46b5acf87deb45ab5575.png)
As I thought, he's broken in the new kit - the physics were different in the newer series - can only make him work (aka. not fall over) by making his legs jelly.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: R01 on July 29, 2016, 07:00:21 AM
I've never seen this Bamzooki stuff before but it seems to be interesting(going more into the animal instead of vehicle direction and being more challenge than combat focused(so it's what Technogames was to Robot Wars?), looks like the site(which surprisingly is still up) can only be accessed from the UK.
Guess they wanted kids to still have engineering stuff to do, and what better way to do that than making it all virtual, no cost for parts or any of that, playing all that with augmented reality must've been fun and I can only imagine how a Robot Arena 2 like game would've worked with that.

Nice to see that we got the series 3 champion here, you might enjoy Robot Arena 2.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: bbsuperstars on July 29, 2016, 07:07:01 AM
looks like the site(which surprisingly is still up) can only be accessed from the UK.
Which site do you mean? The CBBC site for the original series was taken down long ago, and the one for SR is just one page with nothing really on it unfortunately.

Guess they wanted kids to still have engineering stuff to do, and what better way to do that than making it all virtual, no cost for parts or any of that, playing all that with augmented reality must've been fun and I can only imagine how a Robot Arena 2 like game would've worked with that.

Nice to see that we got the series 3 champion here, you might enjoy Robot Arena 2.
Yeah, it was great fun as a kid, and now I've nostalgia pulsing through my veins!
Robot Arena reminds me of an old Robot Wars game I used to have.. BAMZOOKi has one major difference in that you don't get to control them - and to be honest, you wouldn't want to as most of the best ones would likely be too fast to control.
Title: Re: Bamzooki
Post by: wakkydude on August 10, 2016, 01:00:11 AM
It is in this moment I am ashamed to admit that yes... as razer, I was also an incredibly avid member of that forum at the time. Let's just say that I was "the annoying kid who shouldn't be here", and this time I didn't get a meme to my name in order to make me even remotely relevant. Absolutely not, indeed. I met up with some of the users again a couple of years ago after digging incredibly hard in Google to find their current identities - they're mostly doing alright and some have even moved onto bigger things (one is a professional Hearthstone player?). It was a fun, if not cringeworthy for everyone else, experience, and it's good to see it being remembered here.