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From: GWO110%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Michael Theilig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Old software (was Re: M.U.L.E. and C64 emulators for Amy)
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Date: 26 Mar 90 22:16:30 GMT
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     Wanting M.U.L.E. for the Amiga made me think of something I tried to
 do back in my C64 days.  I loved some of the games I had for my Atari
 2600, and never understood why they wern't done on the 64.  What I wanted
 to do was to build an interface so I could load in the binary of the
 cartridges and then save them to a C64 disk.  I knew a little ML, so I
 intended on modifing them so that they would work on te 64.  Does anyone
 know what major copyright infringement means?  I didn't care.  I owned the
 cardridges, and never intended on selling the C64 versions.

     All that aside, now that I have an even more powerful machine, why
 can't those games be ported here?  Obviously not the same way.  I would
 like to see an Amiga version of Atari's Adventure.  But what I want is
 a total replica.  Identical gameplay, identical graphics (I believe that
 the Atari's had 150X200 graphics, so we could use low-res with double
 wide pixels), identical color, identical sound.  With all the same quirks.
 (I know, I know ...)

     I envisioned a menu option to go into "Amiga mode" in steps.  First
 standard graphics and sound, then a larger map, and so on.  When people
 do ports of older games to the Amiga, they can do a good job (Amiba
 invaders comes to mind), but I miss the charm of the old games.  On a
 side note, has anyone seen a port of Activision's Ka-Boom?

     Ok, I know you all think I'm sick and demented by now, and you're
 probably right, but theres a lot more of us out there than you think!

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