Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Game review (SPEEDBALL) Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 90 20:33:14 GMT References: <11434@venera.UUCP> <8742@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <4039@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX Lines: 30 In article <4039@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) writes: >In article <8742@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock) writes: >>I can say, though, that I've easily logged more hours playing >>a PD tetris program than all my other games combined. Why? It multitasks.) > > You said it! I own a few dozen commercial games, and I like them >fine (even though they are copy protected). However, the games that >get the most playing time by FAR are: > > Tetrix (PD Tetris) > Bally III (PD Qix-like game) > Larn (PD by the Software Distillery) > >These all multitask just FINE. > Add to this list: Marble Slide It is a PD game, off of a recent fish disk, that multitasks well. It's perfect for playing while that big make file is chugging away! The levels go fairly fast, and you can save games in progress. Check it out! -- "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!)