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From: jonasf@kuling.UUCP (Jonas Flygare)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Omega - New Game from Origin
Message-ID: <1292@kuling.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 89 13:16:13 GMT
References: <129150@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: Dep. of Computer Systems, Upsala University, Sweden
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From article <129150@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, by cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis):
> Overall impressions :
> 
> 	I like this game a lot. I started writing it a couple of times
> because the Amiga didn't have one available. I'm not sure if my version
> would be better, I suspect the detail I would add (like explosive armor,
> missles) would not work well. Clearly a big feature would be the ability
> for people to exchange tanks and see how they did against each other, I
> haven't tried that yet. For people who liked the Apple II version this is
> a must buy, if you are more into arcade games you can skip it.
> 
> 

I have to agree, the game is VERY nice, but I have some gripes..
First, when I got home to try the game several of the examples in the
manual wouldn't compile, especially it seemed that the examples
with multiple includes barfed. Then I noticed the name of the diskette
was "COPY OF OMEGA" which got me wondering as to how untouched it was 
when I bought it. Needless to say, I returned the game (with much regret
as I did like it) and they promised to call the general agent here in 
Sweden and ask about the things. (Yeah, I believe in Santa too.. :-)

Soo.. I'm now sitting writing on my own version, so it'll work.. :-)
One thing I didn't like with Omega was the graphics, I'd prefer vector 
graphics instead, so you'd see things from your tanks view. Wonder if
it would be possible to make it fast enough..?

Anyway.. If these problems are due to me getting a bad copy, then I 
recommend the game very much, otherwise, wait for them to fix the
bugs.

Comments, Chuck?
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