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- From: mfrose@ais.org (Martin Rose)
- Subject: Re: Wonder Dog [SEGA CD]
- Message-ID: <C056HG.Jn9@ais.org>
- Organization: UMCC
- References: <C01IJu.15y@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <C03A2x.457@ais.org> <C04wGE.Cuw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:03:14 GMT
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- In article <C04wGE.Cuw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) writes:
- >In article <C03A2x.457@ais.org> mfrose@ais.org (Martin Rose) writes:
- >>In article <C01IJu.15y@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan) writes:
- >>>Secondly, does this game allow you to save your game? If not, then
- >>>I would consider this a serious design flaw.
- >
- >>Wonder Dog gives you a password at the end of each Level. (It's like the
- >>Sonics, where each Level is broken up into Zones.)
- >
- >Then I have to stand by my original statement: This is a serious
- >design flaw. What's the point of having built-in backup that never
- >gets used? Does *any* Sega CD game other than Scherlock Holmes use
- >the built-in backup?
-
- Yes. PRINCE OF PERSIA uses the battery-save area to store a list of up to
- 12 saved games, as well as a list of best times for completing each stage.
- It also remembers the name you last entered for just these purposes.
-
- >I thought the cost of battery backup was probably too high for most
- >companies to justify, so they didn't use it. With the Sega CD's
- >built-in backup memory, I thought virtually every game would take
- >advantage of it!
-
- I would like to see Sega CD games maintaining hi-score lists in the
- battery-save area, too, at the very least.
-
- Of course, this would mean they'd have to make a game where the score is
- meaningful... :)
- --
- PCHammer: Lieutenant, About-to-Die Police (Martin Rose) - mfrose@ais.org
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- "Think of it, Batman; to never again walk on a summer's day with a hot wind
- in your face and a warm hand to hold. Oh, yes -- I'd KILL for that."
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