Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!rex!ukma!dftsrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!xrtnt From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Game vs Multitasking Message-ID: <2214@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 1 Jun 90 15:29:56 GMT References: <3930@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <7934@mirsa.inria.fr> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: comp Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA Lines: 91 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article <7934@mirsa.inria.fr>, buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel Buffa) writes... [stuff deleted] ^ ^What I think of a good game: ^ ^1) ENJOYABLE ^ ^2) Nice graphics and music (But not so important, see Tetris) ^ ^3) If this game doesn't need to bee especially fast (Not an arcade game), it ^would be nice (BUT DON'T NECESSARY) if it could be installed on a HD. In this ^particular case, it should have an option to exit without rebooting. ^ ^PLEASE, PROGRAMMERS, MAKE FIRST YOUR GAMES ENJOYABLE, AND DON'T BECOME CRAZY ^LISTENING TO ALL THE 'SERIOUS PEOPLE' WHO THINK THEY NOW EVERYTHING, ^ESPECIALLY ON THIS NET !!!!!!!!!! ^ ^I'M SURE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE ABOUT GAME VS MULTITASKING HERE, ^ARE NOT REAL PLAYERS (SPENDING MORE THAN AN HOUR PER DAY PLAYING) Er...that's pushing it. After I come home from work I usually play something to unwind...now it's mostly stuff I can multitask with so I can download or dearc or SOMETHING in background so i don't feel too guilty about not finishing the NCSA HDF port I should be working on. (sorry guys...but after programming all day my brain gets tired. Falcon is about the most mentally stimulating thing I can deal with :-) I buy more "games" than "applications" and I found that these days I don't bother with games I can't install on my hard drive. If it doesn't multi-task then it damned well better be good enough for me to stop everything else to play it. ^ ^Most of the real players don'care with multitasking, and 99% of them haven't ^got enough money to buy a hard disk ! Don't forget that folks !!!!!!! ^ ^Many of my friends bought their amiga only for playing. They even never used ^the workbench disk. They buy a game, boot and play. When they are fed up they ^boot another one on their single drive machine, and they don't even know what ^multitasking mean !!!!!!!! ^ ^They are the one who make the game market. They are the one who save up money ^to buy games, they are the one who make game software companies living. They ^are the real customers !!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmm...explain why I've spent nearly 1k on games then? I should have bought more memory but $50 here and $50 there... ^ ^Most of you are using their amiga principally for 'serious application', even ^at home (That idea makes me crazy !!! There are so many nerds here!), if you Thank you so very much to condecend to talk to us "nerds". (No smiley here since there wasn't one in your post). ^are interested, I can give you a choice of real good games. Ones you can't ^stop playing with once you tried them. I really think that here in Europe, the ^game maket is much better represented. Best arcade games for the amiga are ^made in Germany, England, Danemark... (Battle Squadron, Hybris, Sword of ^Sodan were marketed by American companies, but their authors are all Europeans) ^ ^Don't forget: a game must be enjoyable ! ^ ^Michel Buffa: Projet Robotvis, INRIA, France Let's be honest. If all they are doing is playing arcade games they could get a lot more bang for the buck to get a Sega Genesis these days. If they are playing simulations or RPGs where you don't need to count every last CPU cycle then multi-tasking isn't such a bane. Having a game HD installable is now just an expected feature on other machines. It is an indicator that an author is paying attention to the users and I like that. The better companies provide that and it is a minimum standard that should be adhered to. Same with the other features. To be frank...from the dozen or so Amiga users I know the people who spend the most money on games are the ones with a hard drive, extra memory and other hardware. They are the ones who know just how much effort (or lack of effort in some of these games) goes into any software product and is more likely to be a paying customer. Just my observation and MHO. Nuff Said. NT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.