c60a-2ce@e260-2b.berkeley.edu (Mikey) (12/15/88)
Does anyone know when OIDS from FTL Games will be released? I have a demo for this ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE game...I am in awe. The COLOR graphics that you get on a Mac II are fantastic. This is going to beat Crystal Quest as the number one arcade game easily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd appreciate it if you could reply via EMAIL. I'm not able to access the net that often. Thanks a lot!! c60a-2ce@web.berkeley.edu............................................Mikey *** Call Tanelorn III! (415) 540-1180. The Apple/Mac BBS of Berkeley. ***
roy@bonnie.ics.uci.edu ( John Roy) (12/16/88)
In article <18342@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, c60a-2ce@e260-2b (Mikey) writes: >Does anyone know when OIDS from FTL Games will be released? I have a demo >for this ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE game...I am in awe. The COLOR graphics that Yes, but isn't it *ALOT* like Continuum. I wonder if the Continuum author is a part of this. If not... -- John M.A. Roy (714) 856-5039 ICS Dept., Univ. Calif., Irvine CA 92714 Internet: roy@ics.uci.edu CompuServe: 76167,2527
rjung@sal47.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) (12/17/88)
In article <18342@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60a-2ce@e260-2b.berkeley.edu (Mikey) writes: >Does anyone know when OIDS from FTL Games will be released? I have a demo >for this ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE game...I am in awe. What do you mean, WHEN? It's been out for eight months now! > The COLOR graphics that >you get on a Mac II are fantastic. Oh. A MACintosh. Beats me, then. The last FTL newsletter says that OIDS was only coming out for the Atari ST. --R.J. B-) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Red wizard now has extra 'ight 'ower!" Don't bother me if I offended you, I'm too busy playing to think about what I wrote. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
pv9y@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (12/18/88)
I don't know anything about the Mac version of OIDS, but I have the Atari ST version and it is absolutely amazing there. Definitely the best game (in my opinion) I've played. It has held my attention for over a year now, which no other game has ever come close to doing. One of its major pluses is that you can build your own worlds and galaxies for other to play in, so you never have to get bored ofthe galaxies that come with the disk. One caveat, the Atari version is extremely well copy-protected, and cannot be copied successfully as far as I know. Every time I tried to make a backup, I would get a copy that worked, sort of. Various colors would be wrong and certain game actions would simply not work at all, even though the copy was usually more or less playable. That's the only real negative feature about the game, although it would be nice to use a two button joystick with it rather than having to double click for the bombs. Now that I think of it, OIDS might be very difficult to use on the Mac with the mouse. It does work with the keyboard, but the joystick is infinitely preferable. Adam