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- From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
- Subject: Origin Ports (or is it Ports of Origin?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.212052.9514@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:20:52 GMT
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- In article <1h4pmaINN7t9@mozz.unh.edu> ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene) writes:
- >'>Did you say "Origin"? The company which is reported to be porting everything
- >'>they've ever (I exaggerate) written to the Amiga?
- >
- > Really, its news to me. Richard Garriott said in a couple interviews
- > a while ago that Ultima 7 would never be ported to any other platform. I
- > guess he could have changed his mind though. I know that Wing Commander
- > is being ported (it may be out already), and supposedly Ultima Underworld
- > is being ported (rumors say due out summer 93). I think WC will be the test.
- > If it sells well, Origin will continue to support the Amiga, if not, they
- > will drop Amiga support like a hot potato.
-
- The real question however, is whether Origin is overseeing the port, or
- whether they are simply allowing a contractor to develop and distribute
- the product under the original name. This is often the case with EA.
- The advance word on the Amiga version of WC is that it is excrement^2.
-
- Only AGA would do it justice and the volume just isn't there yet. One
- would have to wonder whether developing first for AGA would be more
- feasible, as derivatives could be developed in the same way that EGA and
- CGA versions of many PC games are released.
-
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- Tim Ciceran, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Brock University, Canada.
- The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who
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