robert@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Robert Lindsay) (01/05/91)
After the long flamefest over the programming skills of Mike Farren vs. the Europrogrammers(TM). I decided to get crystal quest for X-mas. It's a lot of fun to play, works great on a 3000 under 2.0 (and this from a game written 2 years ago!) HD installable, and exits cleanly back to WB. And NO COPY PROTECTION AT ALL! click on the icon and play... Actually this is one of the few games I've ever seen the uses a interlaced screen (Ralph Reed's Mechforce is the other). A good fun, mindless arcade game done right. Which brings me to my other point. I would like to see the names of the people who do the ports of game not designed on the amiga on the game box before we buy them. I (and others) can sure attest to the fact that I will never buy another Micro Magic port after seeing what they did in porting Autoduel. As far as I can tell the only two names to trust are Mike Farren and Eric Hyman (who did a real nice job porting SSI Gettysburg and Chickamuga games, both of which work under 2.0 despite being writen under 1.2, and also did a good job with Nuclear War) Now mike, if you could just get that 2.0 bugfix for SAE... robert lindsay robert@alliant.uoknor.edu
hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) (01/05/91)
Here, here... Authors get their pic and a bio in the book. Actors and
support staff get mention in movies.
SW Authors need exposure TOO!!!
Some here would be suprised that Steve T. (Virus X and Screen X) has written
a few games. But sad to say publishing houses have final say in A LOT of areas
(Like Jez Sans is going to have a FSim out soon, published by EA, and will
most likely have CP.. Sigh..).
I guess when one must pay the rent and eat one does not argue too much.
But I am all for knowing who writes my games. What ever happened to EA??
There aren't any more "Programmers In Leather Ads" anymore. Did they get
bought by some straight-laced venture capitalists or did they just get
GREEDY???
.. Sulking home to lament the changes in the game industry.
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adam hill
hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA!
Amiga... Multimedia NOW
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