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- From: brad@NeoSoft.com (Brad Morrison)
- Subject: Re: Virua Racing/Road Riot 4WD linked racing
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:46:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bzo6Lr.177@NeoSoft.com>
- References: <1992Dec21.211145.23939@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Dec21.211145.23939@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke) writes:
- >Virtua Racing should win an award for worst user interface on an arcade video
- >game. It has a button clearly labeled "start" that does not in fact start the
- >game. What it does do is select between manual and automatic transmissions
- >(and it's not at all obvious what it is doing -- some small text changes on
- >screen when the button is held in, but that's it). Explain that choice!
-
- Interesting. I never noticed the label on the button--I took my cues from
- the video screen as it cycled through instructions before I deposited coinage.
- The video instructions clearly demonstrate that your foot on the accelerator
- pedal starts the game, with the option of selecting manual/auto. If someone
- had asked me how the button was labelled, I would have answered, "Select."
-
- >I can't count the number of people I've seen ... who ... flounder around trying
- > to figure out why the start button doesn't seem to do anything.
-
- I've never had a problem, nor have I seen anyone else choke trying to start it.
- I have seen the normal hesitation for first-timers, but I've stood behind
- plenty of others, waiting my turn.
-
- --
- Brad Morrison | ...These lovers of esoterica seem to derive a great
- morrison@paranet.com | deal of intellectual satisfaction out of not quite
- (713) 467-3100 | understanding what they are doing.
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