bulko@ut-sally.UUCP (Bill Bulko) (12/31/85)
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I'm looking for reviews and/or endorsements for computer games, specifically
those available on the Macintosh. After owning a Mac for about a year now,
I've decided to blow some leftover Christmas money and buy a game, but there
are so many on the market that I really can't tell them apart. I'd
appreciate any suggestions.
SITUATION:
(1) The Mac is a 128K. I don't know of any games offhand that require more
memory than that (other than the recent Dungeons of Doom), but just in
case, I thought I'd mention this as a constraint.
(2) I'm a total winner at Adventure and Zork, and realized I was getting
bored with text-adventure games when I quit playing Haunt without
much of a fight. Therefore, I'm not interested in the usual brand of
adventure games like Infidel or [insert list of generic Infocom games
here]. This is not a put-down of those games; it's just that I'm
really not interested in those *unless there's something unique or
special about them.* For example, I've heard that Wizardry and the
Ultima series are supposed to be different and good. Is this true?
(Any Wizardry/Ultima fans out there?) No Hitchhikers or Transylvania
replies, please.
(3) We own Lode Runner for the Mac, and are very pleased with it. (We still
find it fun to play, even after playing it through all the way.) We're
waiting for the Mac version of Championship Lode Runner, if it ever shows
up on the market. (Any news on this?) Anyway, I'd also be interested in
arcade-style games, despite the fact that I've never really seen any
mention of netters playing any. :-) Has anyone played Short Circuit,
for instance? Ideas, please!
Please MAIL me any suggestions/reviews/opinions. Thanks for your help!
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Bill Bulko Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas {ihnp4,harvard,gatech,ctvax,seismo}!sally!bulko
_______________________________________________________________________________desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins) (01/04/86)
In article <147@mrstve.UUCP> mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) writes: > >Ultima 3: ... The only thing > really wrong with this game is that to solve the puzzle you > really need to find your clues, hints, etc from outside sources. > I would have never won the game if I hadn't read a "spoiler" in > one of my computer journals. While the game is good, I think > the clues should be accessible from within the game. > I have to disagree with this. I had no trouble winning the game with no outside information. My biggest problem with the game was that it is too easy, as are all of the Ultimas. Once you become powerful enough nothing can stop you. And in all of the games there are things you can do over and over just to accumulate gold, points, or whatever... I understand that this is hard to prevent, but it makes all of the Ultimas I have played too easy to win. -- David desJardins