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- From: Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP (Steven Hurdle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: Civilization on Amiga
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <Steven_Hurdle.00sj@amusers.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:18:17 PST
- Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC
- Lines: 34
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- In a message dated Fri 18 Dec 92 5:24, Keene@apache.dtcc.edu (michael Keen
- wrote:
-
- KK> I would like to know how Civilization is on the Amiga.
-
- KK> I'm thinking about purchasing it soon and would like know how it
- KK> runs.
- KK> I have a stock Amiga 500, 1 meg and 2 floppy drives. Is it
- KK> worthwhile on
- KK> such a system?
-
- KK> I play the PC version all the time at a friend's house. It's my
- KK> favorite.
- KK> How well did it survive the translation?
-
- Any version of Civ will play as well as any other as long as the
- playability is all that matters you to. The music survived very well in
- the translation, they worked overtime and ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET THE MODS
- IN THE AMIGA VERSION TO BE AS PATHETIC AS THE IBM VERSION!!! It's quite an
- achievement actually. There are some bugs in the Amiga version, but IMO
- there aren't many terminal drop-dead bugs.
-
- KK> Are the graphics adaquate
-
- Adequate? Yes. Brilliantly awe-inspiring visuals that would make you
- think it was an AGA/CD-ROM product? No.
-
- -- Via DLG Pro v0.995
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- Steven Hurdle <==> The Swindler [public replies only please]
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