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From: rck@george.ces.cwru.edu (Rob Knauerhase)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: New on Comp.binaries.apple2
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Date: 4 Jun 90 22:44:56 GMT
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Hello all,

    I had some free time this weekend, so I packed and uploaded a few
programs to comp.binaries.apple2.

Crystal Quest GS (demo) - pretty good game, plays up to level 5 then quits.
	Sound and graphics just like versions for other machines.

G.A.T.E. Demo - Demo of an upcoming Ultima-style game, with good but
	already-been-done graphics and a quite nice soundtrack.

FTA Demo - "Pom's Revue 46" plays a song [Soundsmith "File 35", thanks
	pirmann@rutgers.edu for the clue] with a reasonable graphics screen.

Lode Runner GS demo - Not the real game, but very close.  Good sound with
	graphics similar to the real thing (but GS-specific).

They are all GS-specific, unpackable with Binscii and Shrinkit 3.0.


You know, whatever you think of the GS and its future, it's a nice position
to be in to label demos such as this "reasonable" and "already-been-done";
that is, to be jaded enough not to compare these to Music Construction Set
and some of the other early stuff. :)

Rob Knauerhase
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