rick@olivea.OLIVETTI.COM (Rick Meneely) (01/17/91)
From article <1991Jan2.175600.29999@svc.portal.com>, by moose@svc.portal.com: > In article <1991Jan1.153934.1488@en.ecn.purdue.edu> wscott@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Wayne H Scott) writes: >>In article <1990Dec31.232505.27769@svc.portal.com> moose@svc.portal.com writes: >>What is Computer Ambush? >> >>I know that name from a game on the Apple II that was VERY good. I hope that >>is the same game for the mac. > > Now for the bad news: > It is a very old game that I picked up used for $15. I have never seen this > at the store, nor in any catalogs, nor any mention made of it. Remember, in > the early days of Macintosh, many games were ported over that failed. They > still exist, but nobody is selling them. I had this game years ago on an Apple II+. It was great except for the length of time it look for calculations. I had removed the protection scheme they used in order to look at the code - It is STILL some of the WORST coding I have EVER seen. It was written in Applesoft Basic with every other word being GOTO. There was talk for several years that SSI was going to release a re-write of the game (actually I think they just compiled it), but little was ever published about it. About a year ago my brother decided to call them and see if they still sell the game. It turned out that they still had some copies but no documenation - no problem for us as we still had our original docs. They sent us the disk for approx $15(?). The version we got runs fine on a Mac+ (my brother's machine) however I have not tried it on my Mac IIcx. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Rick Meneely | Internet: rick@olivee.ATC.Olivetti.Com| | Olivetti Advanced Technology Center| | | 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | When in Rome, do as the Visigoths... | | Cupertino, Ca 95014 | SACK IT!! | | Ph# (408) 366-3101 | | | Disclaimer: Your mailer changed it!| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------