dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) (04/08/91)
I just noticed a game called The Spot at the local WaldenSoftware. It lists
for $19 (About time a new game with a reasonable price came out!) and
features the Spot from the 7-UP ads.
Anyone played this yet? Is it os friendly? Is it a good game? I might just
get it, but you never know.
It claims it's a perfect party game, allowing up to 4 simultaneous players.
The screen shots show a checkered gameboard, and shots from the ads, but with
no indication what the object of the game is.
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dylan@cs.washington.edu \/all the bowling alleys were wrecked, so I spent most
of my time looking for beer" from Strange Brewgfm@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu (George) (04/08/91)
The Spot game is quite friendly in that it uses a standard DOS disk and should easily install on a HD. I'm still using WB1.3, so I'm not sure how compatible it is with 2.0/3000. It takes quite a while to load from floppy, but seeing as its a normal DOS disk, I do not think it's too bad...At least you can make a backup copy. As for the game itself, it is a boardgame featuring lots of little spots (The 7-Up Guys)....The game looks to be based on Reversi (Othello)..it's very much like it, but also differen t enough so that its not the same game. There is little "Amiganess" to this game, it appears to be written with fast porting in mind..The Graphics and sound are not great, but they are passable for a boardgame, the little animations the spots do as they move from square to square are amusing...All in all, I'd say its worth $19 if you like computerized boardgames...