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- From: sg7017095@v9000 (tomwoof)
- Subject: New Game Standards***
- Message-ID: <10JAN199310382936@v9000>
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- Keywords: Games,standards,Amiga
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- Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 02:38:00 GMT
- Lines: 47
-
- Proposed New standard for good Amiga games:
-
- These features should be automagically invoked and/or alterable through a
- control panel/option menu:
-
- A) Installation:
-
- 1) Hard disk installable
- - there's no excuse to omit this one. At least offer 2 version, a disk-based
- non-OS version and a HD-installable one for those sensible/lucky/rich
- enough to own one
-
- B) Execution:
-
- 1) Take advantage of extra fast mem
- - preload more code into memory thereby reducing disk accesses
- - more features/moves/gameplay/extras...
-
- 2) Take advantage of extra chip mem
- - more/smoother/faster graphics/sprites
- - higher resolution, more colours
- - more music/sound effects/samples
-
- 3) Ensure the game works on new machines
- - it'll be a joke if it won't
-
- 4) Take advantage of better chip sets (ECS/AGA...)
- - more music/sound effects/samples
- - more sprites/animation/colours
- - higher resolutions
-
- 5) Support various processor types
- - 68000/20/30/40...
- - make use of FPU/MMU...
-
- 6) Support various control inputs
- - analog/digital joysticks 1/2... buttons
- - keyboard
- - mouse 2/3 buttons
-
- 7) ....
-
- Please feel free to add more and pass to your favourite/most-hated game
- programmer(s)
-
-
- -tomwoof-
-