NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/games/lynx/1380

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From: [e-mail] (Kevin Dangoor)
Subject: Re: Dracula the Undead woes...
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:57:04 GMT
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The idea of putting a graphical adventure on a handheld with such a small
capacity limit is just plain stupid. There is nowhere near enough room
to store very many screens, even given the Lynx's small resolution requirements.

Eye of the Beholder is another matter entirely. The graphics for each room you
are in in EotB are not original for that room but derived from other graphics.
This saves on lots of space and will allow for a much bigger dungeon area.
Sure, it's somewhat repetitive, but it is on the PC as well. It's still fun.

As for Guardians (just to jump back a couple threads), I actually played a
small segment of it back at CES last May. Why oh why would the drop a game
that (by the end of the year) must have been almost entirely complete? It's
not even the same style of game as EotB. Plus, I would bet that many people
would buy BOTH! Ugh.

...Kev

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