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From: wdao@nunki.usc.edu (Walter Dao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: cute games ...
Summary: only a fool goes to istambul .
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Date: 20 Oct 89 05:42:51 GMT
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to future game programers :
Make them look Cute !!!

I am starting to get tired of these games that use near realistic graphics.
The one that use tons of digitised pictures to convey a sensation of reality.
(psygnosis type).

Really, there are very few cute games on the amiga. 
- Bubble Bobble . 
- New Zealand Adventure .
Do I hear Giana Sisters ? Nahhhh . Cartoony but not bunny cutsy graphics.

Does Cutsy rule out shoot-them-ups ? 
Not at all. 
Remember the old Apple II and C-64 game by Broderbund called DROL ? 
cute to the limit with the finger on the button of destruction.
A non-stop blasta-thon.

How about a simple Lode Runner conversion for the amiga ? 

Where are all the dynamite programers who worked for Synapse softwares (R.I.P.)
(doesnt Blood Money -Psygnosis-  look like Zeppelin - synapse softwares-)
and for Broderbund (before they got out of the game business) (what "Where the
hell is Carmen San Diego ?" is  a game ????).
(remember the simplicity and addictiveness of David's Midnight MAgic ?) 

How about Epyx ? 
I have never been impressed by their games. (well perhaps Imp. MIssion on the 
c-64 because of the digitised sound). 
EOA ?
IFF standard is dying outside of the USA. The (majority of the good) games 
are being imported and programmed from abroad.
Sierra ? 
IBM gfx in an amiga box. 

Did the creative spark move to europe leaving the USA with just the memory of
things past ? fast loaders , viruses , state of the art graphic tricks seem
to come from Europe ... Come on Guys wake up !!!

think about it ...

				DW .