seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) (06/12/91)
Well, I have had powermonger for a while now. And one of my friends just got what appears to be the final victory screen - a little thing about "Now at last I rule the world." He has taken less than half of the world. Apparently, you see, when you take the lower right hand sector of the world, you have won. No, it's not even bothering to keep track of whether or not you've taken all of them. However, the bugs we have noted are: 1] Apparently men periodically turn brown and stop moving. After this has happened, they seem not to exist... They also sometimes have sheep with them. ;-) (And, of course, the same thing happens to the sheep.) 2] On the last world, every so often your food will drop suddenly to zero, and there will be a blue flash on the title bar, after which many of your men will desert. And, immediately after this, you get some large quantity of your food back - or possibly more, leading to... 3] Periodically, you somehow end up with 27,000 or more food - with no clear indication of where the last, oh, say, 25,000 of that came from. This peaks around 32,000. All in all, I would have to say that this game is rather buggy. Between these and the amount of disk-gronking it does, I'm probably going to be compelled to write a rather nasty letter to EOA... ps: does anyone know why they often use "EOA"? Like, what does the 'O' stand for? --SeebS-- -- Peter Seebach - The Laughing Prophet | | Anonymous Posting Here! I don't speak for St. Olaf, St. Olaf | | seebs@acc.stolaf.edu doesn't speak for me, and Marcel Marceau | | "Forgive them Father, for they speaks for no one. | | do not get the joke..."
jamie@sievax.enet.dec.com (Jamie Badman) (06/12/91)
By all means write to EOA about the bugs BUT I wouldn't mention the fact that the world ends when you reach the bottom right of the world map even though you haven't taken all the "regions" since this is NOT a bug; if you read the manual this becomes apparent; the objective is stated as being simply to reach the bottom right hand side. Apparently there are some unusual effects to be found in the game; did you come across anything unusual (not bugs... just peculiarities that are coded in)... apparently something happens if you manage to wipe out all the trees in a land... also I think I remember reading that it's possible to win the top right world solely from within the water! Jamie.
fletcher@netcom.COM (F. Sullivan Segal) (06/13/91)
>All in all, I would have to say that this game is rather buggy. Between these >and the amount of disk-gronking it does, I'm probably going to be compelled >to write a rather nasty letter to EOA... > >ps: does anyone know why they often use "EOA"? Like, what does the 'O' stand >for? > EOA looks slightly like the Electronic Arts Logo (Square Circle Triangle). This is especially true of versions of the Logo that have horizontal lines running through the geometric shapes. -- -F. Sullivan Segall _______________________________________________________________ _ /V\ E-Credibility: (n -- ME) The unguaranteed likelyhood that ' the electronic mail you are reading is genuine rather than someone's made up crap. _______________________________________________________________ Mail to: ...sun!portal!cup.portal.com!fletcher or fletcher@cup.portal.com fletcher@netcom.com
K50CC@CUNYVM.BITNET (06/13/91)
Funny,I haven't had any of those problems on my copy.Also,whendid they decide to call themselves EOA?I still remember their name as ECA (EleCtronic Arts). Later. KLAZAR
zuckerma@aludra.usc.edu (David Zuckerman) (06/13/91)
In article <1991Jun12.195452.15456@netcom.COM> fletcher@netcom.COM (F. Sullivan Segal) writes: >>All in all, I would have to say that this game is rather buggy. Between these >>and the amount of disk-gronking it does, I'm probably going to be compelled >>to write a rather nasty letter to EOA... >> >>ps: does anyone know why they often use "EOA"? Like, what does the 'O' stand >>for? >> >EOA looks slightly like the Electronic Arts Logo (Square Circle Triangle). >This is especially true of versions of the Logo that have horizontal lines >running through the geometric shapes. >Funny,I haven't had any of those problems on my copy.Also,whendid they decide >to call themselves EOA?I still remember their name as ECA (EleCtronic Arts). >Later. >KLAZAR Actually, I've always referred to them as EA. Nice and simple, and IT MAKES SENSE (none of this "C" or "O" stuff in the center of the acronym). If you remember waaay back to EA's first Amiga ad (the 2 page spread annoucing why Trip Hawkins (snicker) & company were committed (hehe) to the Amiga), there were three blocks on Trip's desk: a cube, a sphere, and a pyramid -- further proof of the 3 shapes mentioned above used in the company's name. In fact, on some European EA boxes that I've seen, the letters E, O, and A in ELECTRONIC ARTS are replaced by a square, circle, and triangle. Thus the EOA moniker. Personally, though, any references to Electronic Arts as ECA or EOA really bugs me. I don't know why, except possibly that it's quite illogical without knowledge of the company's logo, but it does. There. I got it off my chest. I feel lots better now. :) >-- > -F. Sullivan Segall >_______________________________________________________________ > _ >/V\ E-Credibility: (n -- ME) The unguaranteed likelyhood that > ' the electronic mail you are reading is genuine rather than >someone's made up crap. >_______________________________________________________________ >Mail to: ...sun!portal!cup.portal.com!fletcher or > fletcher@cup.portal.com > fletcher@netcom.com -Dave -- David Zuckerman | "There's nothing wrong with my sense | Exercise // zuckerma@aludra.usc.edu | of reality. I have it thoroughly | good \\ // Univ of Southern CA | serviced every fortnight." | taste...\X/ Floyd the Droid Fan Club | - Zaphod Beeblebrox | Go Amiga...
thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) (06/13/91)
In article <1991Jun12.195452.15456@netcom.COM> fletcher@netcom.COM (F. Sullivan Segal) writes: >[...] >EOA looks slightly like the Electronic Arts Logo (Square Circle Triangle). >This is especially true of versions of the Logo that have horizontal lines >running through the geometric shapes. Hmmm, is that anything like pounding a round peg into a square hole using the claw-end of a hammer? :-) Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (06/13/91)
In article <17815@chaph.usc.edu> zuckerma@aludra.usc.edu (David Zuckerman) writes: >In article <1991Jun12.195452.15456@netcom.COM> fletcher@netcom.COM (F. Sullivan Segal) writes: >>> >>EOA looks slightly like the Electronic Arts Logo (Square Circle Triangle). >>This is especially true of versions of the Logo that have horizontal lines >>running through the geometric shapes. > >If you remember waaay back to EA's first Amiga ad (the 2 page spread >annoucing why Trip Hawkins (snicker) & company were committed (hehe) to the >Amiga), there were three blocks on Trip's desk: a cube, a sphere, and a >pyramid -- further proof of the 3 shapes mentioned above used in the >company's name. But it's funny that also other companies are using this cube/sphere/pyramid logo: 1. The TV station RTL here uses it in a 3D animation to introduce its commercials. 2. When they had the roll-out of the latest Mercedes (or was it BMW?) car, they had decorated the stage with these triplet symbol. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey) (06/15/91)
In article <1991Jun12.024533.18201@news.stolaf.edu> seebs@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (The Laughing Prophet) writes: | ps: does anyone know why they often use "EOA"? Like, what does the 'O' stand | for? I am guilty of using EOA when it is more proper to say EA. The initals are EA because the name is Electronic Arts. The O, or more properly addressed as the Sphere, in their logo has little to do with their name. It's supposed to represent the Nerf Ball that they used to play with in the offices. (True story) Laurana -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ |Just another lemming... | Yet another Amiga maniac set loose | | | on the world...and you thought things| |lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu | couldn't get any worse. |