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- From: ELA95CSH@shef.ac.uk (Chris)
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- Subject: Re: Microcosm is amazing!!
- Date: 23 Feb 1996 17:03:59 GMT
- Organization: Electrical Eng, University of Sheffield , UK
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- In article <4gja2g$ma6@cpca3.uea.ac.uk>, I.Bennett@uea.ac.uk says...
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- >I just bought Microcosm. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but it is
- >probably one of the best games I have played on any platform.
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- Galaga with a 3D backdrop is ok I suppose....
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- >The rendering of the walls, the animations (are they CDXL?), the soundtrack
- >and everything. Amazing.
-
- The intro is very good - unfortunately it is very jerky on my (very cheap)
- single speed CD drive :( .
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- >Its a shame that Psygnosis isn't producing any more Amiga software (that
- >I know of... I'm going to check on this). I'm VERY sure they could
-
- They were developing the sequal to Microcosm - Scavanger I think - but the
- project was dropped, despite the fact that it would have been faster, had
- twice the number of colours for the backdrop, and had a better main sprite
- (more colours also). And been more interactive.
-
- >develop Wipeout or Lemmings 3D for the CD32...
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- Not a chance on the standard 2Mb Chip `020/14MHz CD32. Such games are
- possible on an `030/28MHz + 4Mb (2Mb Fast) ram, but that isn`t a CD32...
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- From Christopher Handley
- Email: ela95csh@sheffield.ac.uk
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