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From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
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Subject: Re: Xenomorph?
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Date: 11 Jun 90 18:56:35 GMT
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In-Reply-To: freund@sakura.ucdavis.edu's message of 11 Jun 90 00:03:05 GMT

In article <7447@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> freund@sakura.ucdavis.edu 
(Jason Freund) writes:

   >Does anyone have any comments on the concept of a dungeon-type game
   >set in space?

  I'm currently playing Xenomorph on the Atari ST, and I understand it's
identical on the Amiga apart from added music. It's a lot like Dungeon
Master in its general appearance. However, it's not nearly as smoothly
and expertly programmed. In particular, picking up things with the mouse
can be very tricky. (The same on the Amiga, from what I hear.) There are
some indications that the game was released without all the pre-meditated
neat little details in place. I don't think its DM-like aspects are
significant from the legal point of view. In all, I'd say it's a good game,
with good atmosphere and varied and detailed graphics. One irritating
aspect: you need to switch disks a lot if you only have one drive, and
the options in pop-up windows sometimes don't include canceling (one of
the less-than-smooth aspects of the programming).