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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Tom_-_Obszanski
- From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: Coaster Software Program
- Message-ID: <71636@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 19:08:44 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1992Dec10.173537.10891@sco.com> <xkf237+@rpi.edu>
- <1992Dec11.180239.8823@ccd.harris.com>
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- >In article <xkf237+@rpi.edu>, xor@clotho.acm.rpi.edu (Joe Schwartz) writes:
- >|> In article <1992Dec10.173537.10891@sco.com> stevegz@sco.COM (Steve Gzesh) w
- r
- >ites:
- >|> >
- >|> >I recall reading a while back (I think in "Inside Track") that
- >|> >Disney was going to be releasing a computer roller-coaster
- >|> >game/designer/simulator, perhaps not too dissimilar to the program
- >|> >they have running at EPCOT Center, where you can design a coaster
- >|> >and then "ride" it.
- >|> >
- >|> >This new software is for home use and can run on a PC (or Mac, I
- >|> >presume), and was supposed be available around November 1992, as
- >|> >I recall.
- >|> >
- >|> >Well, I've looked everywhere for this program and haven't seen it
- >|> >yet. Has anyone else heard of or actually seen this program?
- >|> >Does anyone have any more information than what my failing memory
- >|> >recalls? If it's out, I need to make sure Santa knows about it,
- >|> >too! And soon!
- >|>
- >|> I've heard of it, and I've spoken to a few ACErs who had seen a demo
- >|> of the beta version. As far as I can tell, it isn't shipping yet.
- >|> Last week, I tried calling some of the major mail-order houses
- >|> (PC Zone, MicroWarehouse, PC Connection, Tiger), but none of them
- >|> had it on their product lists. One of them said they USED to have
- >|> it on their list, but they don't anymore. (I'm not sure what that
- >|> implies. Probably Disney is still squashing bugs.)
- >|>
- >|> I should try to get the phone number for Disney Software, and ask
- >|> them what the story is...
- >|> --
- >|> Joe Schwartz
- >
- >I am only relaying what I have read on this subject from the Prodigy Travel Cl
- u
- >b BB from what seemed to be a reputable source. He claimed he did call Disney
- >Software and this is what they told him. That the main designer was hurt in s
- o
- >me sort of accident and this is what is causing the software to be running lat
- e
- >. They expect it to be ready in either late winter or early spring. I sure d
- o
- > hope so. I saw the demonstration at Coaster Con XV and it looked pretty good
- .
- > It looked like a lot of fun designi
- >
- >
- >
- >
- >ng your own coasters. My only complaint is the stupid cartoon "experts" that
- t
- >hey had rating the coasters. They had two rather funny ones. One was named T
- y
- >ler (like Tyler Delban) and they also had an old granny (i.e. Marie Miller or
- L
- >ucy White). The rest were very stupid. They also claimed it would only run o
- n
- > a fast 286 but recommended a 386 or higher. It looked like it was pretty clo
- s
- >e to being ready back in June.So it looks like Santa is not going to be able t
- o
- > deliver this this year.
- >
- > Bill "upgrading to a 486 to be ready" Figie
- >
- Gee, you too Bill! I'll probably be getting a new machine in April or
- there-abouts just to run Coaster:-) Of course, I'll probably throw a few
- games on it like Word for Windows and stuff like that, but I'll be using
- the productivity software (Coaster) much more. Unfortunately until then
- I'll be stuck with a 386sx that I've borrowed from work. BLECH.
-
- Tom "gee, if it goes 60mph on a 386sx/20, it should do around 360 on a
- 486dx/33, right?" Obszanski
-