[comp.sys.amiga.games] Byte

bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) (12/24/90)

In article <8449@uwm.edu> duncan@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Shan D Duncan) writes:
>3rd (maybe this should go to comp.sys.amiga.games where they are
>into OS questions as it relates to game implementation) - In a

Yes, which is where it is now.... 

>discussion about OS/2 and Windows 3.0 the author mentions a game
>called Star Control he has running under OS/2.  Why?  M. Minasi

A wonderful, terrific, fabulous game I played on a decked-out IBM a few
months ago and which is now out on the Amiga, better than ever.

>his words "stop the system dead".  So Star Control is available
>for the amiga (works on A2000 and A3000 last I heard)-- does it
>support multitasking?  Because one of the pluses he mentions for

Oddly enough, yes.  Mostly.  The game is not copy protected, EASILY hard
disk installable, EXITS CLEANLY and returns you to WorkBench (!) after play,
and kinda supports multitasking while playing - in that it won't allow you
access to other screens (haven't tried it during pause mode, come to think 
of it) but it won't stop other programs so autodialers and such can still 
run.  But even so it's graphically and auditorily one of the best games
I've seen in a while!  

I'll be posting a complete review as soon as I get further into the strategy
portion of the game - for the time being, I'm having too much fun in Melee
mode!  (this morning I killed an Ur-Quan Dreadnaught AND an Androsynth 
Guardian with ONE Ariloulaleelay (sp?) Skiff, and the computer was on 
"Awesome" skill level... top that, folks!)

(BTW: it is code-wheel protected, but they even make THAT part of the game
fun by giving you a cute little background paragraph to read while you're
twirling the dials)

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