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From: bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Game vs Multitasking
Summary: I can't believe I'm contributing to this thread... sheesh.
Message-ID: <1269@nyx.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 90 10:08:23 GMT
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In article <7958@mirsa.inria.fr> buffa@mirsa.inria.fr writes:
>I've got an HD too, but it seems like your friends are pretty rich. People I
>know buy one or two games per months, and that's all their money. They are 15
>years old, and they really don't dream about an HD. In France, the Amiga 500

Why don't they "dream" about a HD???  1 or 2 games a MONTH?  Geez, I wish I 
was making that kind of money when *I* was 15.  (wish I was making it NOW...
and I make a minimum of $20 an hour, usually more... but I got expenses) 
Anyway, consider this (just based on your example):  Conservative estimate of
the cost of the average game, say $30 US.  2 games a month: $60.  Say $50 on
average, since they don't always buy two in a month.  After only a year of 
not doing this:  Presto! (or "voila") $600, plenty for a reasonable 20 or 40
meg HD system on a 500, maybe with RAM slots if you're lucky.

I buy maybe one game a year, and as it is they take too much of my time.  But
a good, original game concept beats out a snazzy graphics shootemup clone
ANY day, and I don't care how many animated objects you put on the screen at
once.  I have probably spent more hours with Tetrix than I ever have at any 
game or ever will, with the possible exception of M.U.L.E.  

As for the other parts of this overblown thread, I agree with the person who
said it's sloppy/uninformed programming and not extravagant graphics which
prevent multitasking and OS friendliness.  But then, what do I know, I'm just
a rabid telecommunicator who gets involved in too many discussions on too many
nets.

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