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- From: Alex Amsel <Alex@teeth.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT UK redundancies
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 11:17:25 GMT
- Organization: Silltunna Software
- Message-ID: <780281049wnr@teeth.demon.co.uk>
- References: <4e4pqa$eaa@alterdial.UU.NET> <676E7E42@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk> <4ea5qu$qgs@alterdial.UU.NET>
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- In article: <4ea5qu$qgs@alterdial.UU.NET> chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris
- Hall) writes:
- >
- > Mat Bettinson (mat@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- >
-
- > But if you can't get the games to run, then what good are they. I've
- seen
- > so many games that are trash. Whether or not a game is hard drive
-
- True
-
- > installable or works with many different configurations is a good
- mesure
- > of how didicated the programmer is to making a quality game. Granted
- > there are some exceptions but most of the time this is true. I only
- > buy hard drive installable or CD based games.
-
- Most games are now HD installable
-
- >
- > : That was until the Doom clones and XTR came along etc. These are
- from tiny
- > : software houses you'll note that's made out of Amiga enthusiasts.
- >
- > If their really Amiga enthusiasts, then they should understand the
- need for
- > hard drive installablity.
-
- And I believe they are almost all HD installable
-
- er into it where it's relevant of course.
- >
- > If game companies are so out of touch that they can't see that track
- loaders
- > and copy protection are useless these days, I will not even consider
-
- XTR has no copy protection or track loaders
-
- > I haven't even heard of XTR. You have to remember, unless the news is
- on
- > the net, it usually takes months for us in the US to hear about it. Is
-
- We are very much on the net.
-
- Get the demo from :
-
- aminet/game/demo/xtrndemo.lha
-
- > hard drive installable and can it run on different configurations? If
-
- Yes and yes and optimised code included for 040/060. Has probs on the
- Warp Engine 040 board but apart from that we are pretty clear of probs
- now.
-
- > they what kind of game is it and how good is it? Otherwise, I don't
- want
- > to hear about it.
-
- Mario Kart clone - lotsa fun. Good gfx.
-
- re: certain mags giving us silly reviews
-
- Its amazing the treatment you get for writing a game for higher end
- machines thats not a doom or flight sim. People don`t seem to consider
- any other games needy of better hardware. Anyway, it also appeared that
- these certain magasines spent 30 minutes (max) trying to play, couldn`t
- play it so wrote it off. The control system is such that it takes an
- hour or two to get used to, because once you do you can fly around
- corners and jumps sideways etc and really fling the car around the
- place. Mags that have used higher-end machines or who have played it for
- a few hours appear to have loved it.
-
- All we say is to get the demo from aminet (address earlier in this
- post). The demo is a little too slippery but will give you some idea of
- teh game. Ordering info is contained within but note that it is 24.99
- inc P&P worldwide and NOT 30.99 as in the text file.
-
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