sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk (07/13/88)
In article <1894@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk>, neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes: [Lots of (well-justified) bad-mouthing about Carrier Command deleted] > > On the plus side: It has the fastest, smoothest, solid 3D graphics I have ever > seen on any micro. Ahem ! I think you've not seen Zarch on the Archimedes ! It completely outclasses Carrier Command in all departments. Richard K. Lloyd, ****** This is a VAX 11/780 running VAX/VMS V4.5 ****** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : SQRKL@UK.AC.LIV.CSVAX * Liverpool University, * UUCP : {backbone}!mcvax!ukc!mupsy!liv-cs!SQRKL * Merseyside, England, * Internet : SQRKL%csvax.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Great Britain. ******************************************************* "My opinions and those of the University of Liverpool are completely unrelated, so I'M THE CULPRIT if you feel offended by the above message - I just can't help moaning about Atari STs, PCs or clones, U**X, C, IBM mainframes, the list is endless..."
awn@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Andrew Wilson) (07/14/88)
[Some chap from the UK said that Carrier Command was not the best 3D game around. He mentioned a game called ZARCH which is available in the UK and runs on the ACORN ARCHIMEDIES RISC-CPU "I can make the coffee too" COMPUTER. Read on..] Gamers who read reviews avidly will no doubt be aware of the existence of a game for the ST called VIRUS. The game features a 3D unfolding landscape, chase baddies all over the place and zap them scenario and is similar, though not identical to ZARCH on the Acorn Archimedies (spelling?). You will not be surprised to learn that VIRUS is a port of ZARCH onto the ST. As far as I know the game has only this month hit the shelves and may not be available outside of the UK yet. (I expect to be corrected on this last point, so don't bother :-)) A similar sort of game, 3D scrolling, exists, at least in the academic community close to INMOS and the UK software houses that specialise in the OCCAM programming language. I think the origin of ZARCH and hence VIRUS lies in a well publicised series of test and demonstration programs that were designed to show off the TRANSPUTER chip's abilities. Has anyone looked to see if the writers of ZARCH, VIRUS and these demonstration programs have any association? Andrew.