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- From: gleeson@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Red Mountain)
- Subject: Re: I liked Black Rose...
- Message-ID: <9236517.20874@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Dec28.215049.17320@clipper.ingr.com> <1992Dec29.221421.9111@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 06:56:19 GMT
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- In <1992Dec29.221421.9111@nwnexus.WA.COM> elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec28.215049.17320@clipper.ingr.com>
- > jimmy@clipper.ingr.com (Jimmy Blair) writes:
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- >> Black Rose, which must be the Turkey of the Year...
-
- > Now wait a second...
-
- > I _like_ Black Rose. While the score could be taken off any .mod
- >file, it's still a good score. The table art is *very* good, although
- >the backglass artist needs to learn his female anatomy better.
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- But hey, if the women had any link to reality, it wouldn't be sexist pinball
- backglass art... Let's not get into another sexist pinball flamewar, though :-)
-
- >The video modes are fun, theme-oriented (without having to have come from a
- >movie), and could only be better enhanced by an "override" to let the
- >player speed get past the "How-to" every time and get on with the show.
-
- Ah, a nice looking game doesn't make a playable game though. I played a few
- games on Black Rose, but with that habitrail right down the middle of the
- playfield, and a shoot-and-hope shot from the cannon at best, I haven't
- played it for a long time...
-
- > Star Wars... now *that's* a turkey.
-
- Indeed. We should throw it into the same dark corner as Star Trek. Maybe get
- a good Black Hole to crush both those Stars to oblivion...
-
- Marty.
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