michael@stb.UUCP (Michael) (04/15/88)
Technical review: Multitasks nicely Does not hog CPU Has a pause feature Uses 1.2 and FAST memory Not copy protected Problems: Does not have a Screen to back gadget; you can't get to screens behind it. Game Review: 0: This is asteroids. 1: You are in a frictionless, 0 gravity room with rubber walls, and a bunch of objects. You have a blaster and a jetpack, they have inertia. 2: You are a Sports Hero of the future, and your beer commercial revenues depend on how well you do in the game. There are 2 different sizes of cubues (large and small; large ones break apart into 4 smalls when hit), and about 1/2 a dozen different colors; each color has different properties (Some damage you when they hit, some confuse you, some REALLY confuse you. Some just take a lot of shots to kill. And some protect you. Etc.) Given time, the colors will change; greens will not change (they take a lot of hits). Usually, a small cube left alone will grow, a large cube left alone will remind you of a single cell doing mitosis. The game has great sound effects; the first time you play be prepared to laugh when you hear what they are. The cubes are not your only problems--other creatures/objects/whatevers will come out if you take to long. Some of them shoot at you, some of them seem to be shots at you. This game needs a LOT of chip memory--it won't run unless all of its sound effects, etc. can be loaded into chip. [C Overall, a good game, and certainly a nice way to take a break from a long, hard compile or two. Or just play while make is busy. Michael Gersten -- : Michael Gersten uunet.uu.net!ucla-an.ANES\ : ihnp4!hermix!ucla-an!denwa!stb!michael : sdcsvax!crash!gryphon!denwa!stb!michael : "A hacker lives forever, but not so his free time"
michael@stb.UUCP (Michael) (04/15/88)
<Sigh>. One more problem. Perry, the DEFAULTTOOL field of the disk ICON should be DiskCopy; otherwise, workbench users can't back it up. The game uses 3 ASSIGN's to find out where its files are; hard disk users will have no problems. Michael -- : Michael Gersten uunet.uu.net!ucla-an.ANES\ : ihnp4!hermix!ucla-an!denwa!stb!michael : sdcsvax!crash!gryphon!denwa!stb!michael : "A hacker lives forever, but not so his free time"