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- From: kuryakin@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Rick Pavek)
- Subject: Re: One more time on this Maelstrom thing.
- Message-ID: <BzMHCn.ICH@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Organization: Boeing
- References: <1992Dec19.121110.8385@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:43:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.121110.8385@leland.Stanford.EDU> cooljohn@leland.Stanford.EDU ( Magdaleno) writes:
- >you paid artists to do your art for you.... I'd talk to your
- >artists and find out where they got the ideas for a player ship
- >and asteroids that look very very similar to lunatic fringe.
- >
- hmmmm. This seems to indicate that there are more than a couple ways
- to do asteroids. Gee, how many different ways can you come up with to
- make an interesting asteroid? Get real. Hack into both with Resedit and
- you'll see there are no simularities at all in the shapes, other than the
- ship has a front, back, engine and cockpit and the asteroids are round
- and gray... and there are lots more frames/icons of each sized asteroid
- in Maelstrom.
-
- What I'd like to hear is Ben Haller's comments on Maelstrom. We've seen
- tons of comments defending himself, but he's likely still on the net and
- should be able to comment on the game himself. He doesn't need a ton of
- whiners sticking up for him...
-
- Why is it that you tear into Andrew so much, guys? Maelstrom is to
- Solarian as Word is to WordPerfect. Both have their merits. Both look
- similar and do similar things. Both have their uses. Maelstrom is
- a good game and enjoyable. It's not plagerism, it's not imitation
- (where were you when Tetris clones started coming out?) and it's a
- great update on an older game system.
-
- You don't complain because Chevys and Fords both use steering wheels,
- do you?
-
- Rick
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- --
- Rick Pavek | Never ask a droid to outdo its program.
- kuryakin@bcstec.ca.boeing.com |
- Seattle, WA | It wastes your time
- | and annoys the droid.
-