dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) (02/04/88)
In article 14607, Neal Peart writes: >Very frustrating. I have seen both Arkanoid and Amegas. Amegas blows >Arkanoid out of the water when it comes to sound and graphics. I couldn't >believe that Arkanoid doesn't use the full screen for game play. It has >the feel of being written in BASIC. I have Arkanoid, and I agree that not using the full screen s*cks. However, I don't think you could EVER do ANYTHING close to what Arkanoid does in BASIC. Also, I think Arkanoid uses only about 3/4 of the screen because it is really an arcade game, and the arcade machine has different screen resolution. Arkanoid even asks you to "insert coin" on the Amiga!!! >Amegas is so much better overall. I love the title song. Also the "not use >the capsules power until I hit the right mouse button" is a neat feature. Anybody out there have Amegas? I'd sure like to know where I can get a copy. Out of the 3 (Arkanoid, Amegas, and CrystalHammer), I have only seen Arkanoid. I am currently writing my own Arkanoid clone, and I'm basing my graphics on what Arkanoid has. If Amegas has better graphics and sound, I'd sure like to get ahold of it too. Is either CrystalHammer and/or Amegas PD? It seems there has been quite a bit of discussion about CrystalHammer being PD, but I've never really figured out whether it is PD or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ "...You may be right, ~ ~ I may be crazy, ~ ~ but it just may be a lunatic ~ ~ you're looking for..." ~ ~ ~ ~ "You May Be Right", Billy Joel ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- *********************************************************** * David Geary, Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA * * (206)773-5249. --I disclaim everything I've ever said--* ***********************************************************