owhite@nmsu.edu (Spamgod) (09/20/90)
hello does anyone know anything about a virtual reality game called colony. i've seen it a my local walden software it seems to be a port of the same thing for a mcintrash myself, being a big virtual reality nut-head, is very interested in it. i was wondering if anybody had bought it or had spent some time playing it. i would apprecite any info on this game. thanks your's in potted meat products yog-sothe <spamgod>
presley@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Presley) (09/21/90)
In article <OWHITE.90Sep20012605@dante.nmsu.edu> owhite@nmsu.edu (Spamgod) writes: >does anyone know anything about a virtual reality game >called colony. i've seen it a my local walden software >it seems to be a port of the same thing for a mcintrash > >myself, being a big virtual reality nut-head, is very >interested in it. i was wondering if anybody had bought >it or had spent some time playing it. I purchased colony and I think the game sucks. The controls are difficult to manage (you might get used to them given enough time). Anytime you come to something useful you enter a 2d point and click mode. IMHO, you should definitely stay away from this game. It's also slow. It is HD installable. If you want a good 3d game, take Infestation over Colony any day of the year. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Presley (UCLA CS Grad. Student) & (JPL CS dude) Internet (presley@cs.ucla.edu) or (matt@sapphire.jpl.nasa.gov) "Twisted yellow puppies play loudly broken flutes..."
MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (09/22/90)
In article <OWHITE.90Sep20012605@dante.nmsu.edu>, owhite@nmsu.edu (Spamgod) says: > [asking about Virtual Reality games...] I haven't seen Colony, but IMHO the best "Virtual Reality" game you can find at the moment is Damocles (aka Mercenary II) from Novagen Software. The game is entirely in highly detailed solid 3-D. Your play area consists of something like nine planets with twenty or so moons -- each with its own cities and buildings to explore (major planets have more than one city.) Puzzles often require you to travel between planets to find the appropriate objects. (the deep-space view, by the way, is top-notch.) Although there is a time limit for completing your main task, you can play and explore as long as you like whether or not you "win." Each time I come back to it I find something else new. The only problems I have with this game are the sound (low-quality but acceptible) and the 1:30 opening sequence which can't be skipped... but these are minor quibbles. GET THIS GAME. Ah yes, and if anyone else out there is playing: any hints on getting into the Eris Currency Repository, and what keys F and G open? And on working out the Midas puzzle? (not complete answers, please, just hints... thanks in advance...) /Mark "Remixed for Common Household Appliances" Sachs - MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu\ |DISCLAIMER: Yes, PSU cares deeply about video games. || // AMIGA || | |"Haven't they heard, we won the war? || \X/ Power || | \ What do they keep on fighting for?" -- Billy Joel, Leningrad =============/