Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!leah!derek From: derek@leah.Albany.Edu (Derek L. / MacLover) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Addition to the game porting wish list Message-ID: <3145@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 8 Jun 90 05:32:40 GMT References: <1552@swbatl.sbc.com> Reply-To: derek@leah.albany.edu.UUCP (Derek L. / MacLover) Organization: State U. of New York at Albany Computing Svces. Lines: 21 In article <1552@swbatl.sbc.com> gilstrap@swbatl.UUCP (Brian Gilstrap) writes: >A friend of mine suggested "Elite" as an excellant game. For the Mac, get "Pirates!". It's _the_best_ game I've ever played, on any computer. Not perfect by any means: the copy-protection is one annoying (and apparently undefeatable) problem, but the program is well worth the money, especially for the quality of the documentation, which is the best I've ever seen, for any application. I burned myself out on it, but it kept me interested longer than any other game I've played (my normal attention-span is about a week, longer for Infocom adventures). NOTE: you may not like it if you hate sea-based strategy adventures. >Brian R. Gilstrap Derek L. -- BITnet: derek@albnyvms | Macintosh Guru / Monty Python fanatic -| InterNet: derek@uacsc1.albany.edu |Consultant & Student Asst.@ SUNY-Albany ---}------------------------------------) <><><>(Why would my boss care?)<><><> -| Fencers love to touch! |"Cinderella man/ Hang on to your plans"