gaynor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (04/01/91)
As you may or may not remember, I solicited this group for "Top Ten" lists of PD/SW games for Compact Macs a few weeks ago. Well, it's the end of the month, so I thought I'd give out what was compiled. I only got 7 responses, so I didn't put as much effort into testing and finding things as I might have if there had been a larger response. The following games are the ones suggested, in final ranking order. There is no "best/worst" - the rating is from most popular to maginally popular. 1) Continuum 1.0.3 2) Glypha 3.0 3) Glider+ 3.0 4) Risk 5) Pararena 1.2 6) NetHack 3.0j 7) Theldrow 2.2 8) Toxic Ravine 1.1 9) Star Roids 7.0 10) Hextris All are available via anonymous ftp from sumex.stanford.edu Of interesting note is that I did receive a vote for Stella Obscura (although it didn't make the compiled Top Ten). That means that all of Soft Dorothy's stuff made it, in one way or another - and the other three (Glider, Glypha, and Pararena) fairly dominate the top five. You must be doing something right, John... -- Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. The Ohio State University ACS-FM-OCES | We must begin the Search at once." gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.ed | -Rabbit, from gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu + "The House at Pooh Corner"
2fmlcalls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (04/03/91)
> 1) Continuum 1.0.3 > 2) Glypha 3.0 > 3) Glider+ 3.0 > 4) Risk > 5) Pararena 1.2 > 6) NetHack 3.0j > 7) Theldrow 2.2 > 8) Toxic Ravine 1.1 > 9) Star Roids 7.0 > 10) Hextris Has anyone else wondered why Solarian II isn't listed? Was it just too small of a sample size (skewed data)? john calhoun
gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr2.164545.29410@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2fmlcalls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >> 1) Continuum 1.0.3 >> [And the rest of my list...] > >Has anyone else wondered why Solarian II isn't listed? Was it just too small >of a sample size (skewed data)? Uhm, John, if you check the initial "filter" for the list, I was trying to create a list of games that were for the compact Macs. (Plus, SE, SE/30, Classic). Thus, no color games... And it was a horribly small sample, anyways. 7 people. <sigh> -- Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. The Ohio State University ACS-FMS-OCES | We must begin the Search at once." gaynor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | -Rabbit, from gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu + "The House at Pooh Corner"
2fmlcalls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (04/04/91)
>>Has anyone else wondered why Solarian II isn't listed? Was it just too small >>of a sample size (skewed data)? > > Uhm, John, if you check the initial "filter" for the list, I > was trying to create a list of games that were for the compact Macs. > (Plus, SE, SE/30, Classic). Thus, no color games... > Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. Thanks - duh - my mistake. Sorry about that (I should read before putting my keyborad in my mouth). john