cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) (09/12/90)
Has anyone else noticed that if you accidentally destroy your robot, that you can't get anymore robots and might as well quit ?? Is this considered a feature or a bug ?? Interesting little game though!! -- Charles Johnson Intel Scientific Computers, MS CO1-01 15201 NW Greenbrier Pkwy Beaverton, OR 97006 phone: (503)629-7605 email: cfj@isc.intel.com
mlg@cbnews.att.com (Mike Goodrich) (09/14/90)
In article <919@intelisc.isc.intel.com>, cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) writes: > > Has anyone else noticed that if you accidentally destroy your robot, that > you can't get anymore robots and might as well quit ?? Is this considered > a feature or a bug ?? Interesting little game though!! > The mass quantities of documentation say that you only get one robot and if he is destroyed accidentally by you or by the Toxic stuff floating around in the Ravine you get no more robots. He has a toxic level guage over by his screen controls to let you know how well he is doing. The game is really good though, I managed to finish about 5 games since I got a copy from comp.binaries.mac. I like this game because it is never the same. Thanks Mike
bkuo@sal-sun75.usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo) (09/14/90)
It's a feature. I've exchanged a few letters with the author, Glenn R. Wichman, as I am (was?) the only one registered for the game as of last month... He has another game, Mombasa, much like Shanghai/Gunshy, which is worth the $5... If you haven't paid your shareware fee yet, do. Glenn's told me he isn't likely to write many more shareware games unless he gets SOME response (he's a professional programmer, so he really doesn't NEED to write good shareware programs for the Mac... Send him letters, praise, and $, and maybe he'll write more...) I don't have his address here with me (I'm on a SUN, flailing around with emacs and a darn command line!), but it's in the help dialog... Benjamin Kuo (another, poor, shareware author...)