hill@petsd.UUCP (John S. Hill) (03/07/89)
Hi. Can anyone suggest any good games (commercial, shareware, pd - I don't
care) which allow play on two machines connected via serial line/modem? I
already have Falcon and Jet. Please specify the minimum memory/hardware
requirements, as well as a short description of the game.
To start this off:
FALCON
Company: Spectrum Holobyte (sp?).
Price: $32 + shipping and handling ($3) from MacConnection.
Minimum memory: 1MB.
Minimum hardware: 512ke (w/ mem. expansion).
Description: Very advanced simulation of an F16 fighter. Dogfight mode
allows two players to shoot at each other. Works between
two Macs, two IBM's, or a Mac and an IBM. Other features are
too numerous to list. If you got the memory/hardware, buy it.
JET
Company: SubLogic.
Price: $32 + shipping and handling ($3) from MacConnection.
Minimum memory: 512k.
Minimum hardware: 512 unenhanced.
Description: Pilot an F16 or an F18 fighter against a variety of targets.
Falcon is a much more complete game, but Jet does have some
nice features which Falcon doesn't (ie. watch your missle hit
its target via a camera mounted inside the missle, watch your
plane from the control tower or from a spotter plane to name
a few). Dogfight mode is similar to Falcon. User interface
ported directly from the Apple II/IBM version of the game.
Recommended mostly if the memory/hardware won't run Falcon.
Still a pretty nice game, though.
Thanks.
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