dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) (12/13/88)
I bought Awesome Arcade Action Pack a few weeks ago, and was playing Sidewinder (a great arcade game) in 2 player mode with a friend. Now, I must admit to a slight advantage - I had played a zillion times - it was his first. So, after loosing only one ship, I proceeded onto the next level. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrronk! We both waited while the next level was loaded, I started playing the second level and got smashed to smitherenes immediately. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrronk! The first level loaded back into memory for him to play. Of course, he gets wiped out immediately. Then - guess what? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrronk! Yes, the first level gets loaded back from disk. It wound up taking about 20 minutes to (mercifully) finish the game, (he never got past level1 - I got to level3), and we spent 19.23 minutes gronking and 0.77 minutes actually playing. (yes, I timed it). Then, the following ensued: (Dan is my friend, me is me) Dan: Well, uh, thanks Dave for showing me your neat game. (A SEVERE screwed up look on face, although I could tell he wasn't trying to let it show) But I really gotta go - my boy's been sick lately. (Here's where I got suspicious - Dan has no children). me: (sheepishly) Yeah, Dan, maybe we should, uh, play again sometime! Dan: Well, I'm booked up for the next 62 years, but give me a call in 2055 (ok, so my math is a little off) It was then that I had an inspiration: me: Hey Dan, wait a minute. cp df1: vd0: all quiet... Amy: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrronk ;-) Dan: ;-( me: Ctrl-A-A Immediately, the game title screen comes up. Play starts quickly. Of course, I blast my way through level 1. We both hold our breath. Level 2 appears in 1.06 seconds - no gronks! I get killed, give joystick to Dan - level 1 appears immediately. Dan: (Now making himself real comfortable in my "game" chair). Well, maybe I could stick around and play for just a little longer. Anybody know how I can get Dan out of my house? ;-) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ David Geary, Boeing Aerospace, ~ ~ #define Seattle RAIN ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~