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- From: pwheat@cup.portal.com (Philip A Wheat)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: Starflight game - Is it from C64 or Amiga?
- Message-ID: <73315@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 08:48:24 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <009664F1.501BE620@LNS62.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
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- >Contradictions from older posts: A) The game has only 4 colors. Nope, and I
- >have no clue as to whoever said that got that information unless he/she's
- >colorblind. There's at least 8, and it's probably 16 colors. Don't remember.
-
- I was the one that said that. That's what I remember, but seeing as I got rid
- of the game the first chance that I had, I couldn't go back and confirm the num
- ber.
- If they were 8 or 16 colors, then they were very badly chosen 8 or 16 colors.
- But on the 4 colors, I could very well be wrong. I just remembered that it was
- a straight port of the CGA graphics from the IBM.
-
- >B) Poor yes/no confirmation. Have we become so mouse-ridden that we don't use
- >the keyboard anymore? You can play the ENTIRE GAME of Star Flight with the
- >keyboard. EVERYTHING. Except for zooming in/out of the planet surface, for
- >which there are no keyboard equivs. that I remember. That was the only time
- >I used the mouse in the whole game.
-
- Well, some of us like to use the mouse sometimes. The Yes/No thing that they
- added was not even remotely user friendly or usefull. I guess it's kind of
- like Microprose UK's startup requestor asking me if I have a mouse. That
- kind of thing shows me that the game porters haven't put the time it to allow
- me to use the mouse or the keyboard interfaces interchangeably. A good program
- doesn't care which you use, you can use it either way.
-
- >If you liked the IBM version, and want an Amiga version, I would say that it's
- >worth it. Keep in mind the game is quite old, so it's not going to be SVGA-
- >wonderful with 16 different ships you can fight with, etc. etc. StarCon II is
- >an obvious rip-off of Star Flight (I or II), though it is for the most part
-
- Star Control II should be out for Amiga sometime in the spring. That's a game
- that's definately on my list to get.
-
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- Philip A Wheat Jackson, MS
-
- Douglas Adams was almost right... It's called ORBITING when you throw youself
- at the ground and miss. :->
-