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From: buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: EXTASE Review: a fantastic game
Keywords: game review
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Date: 5 Jul 90 07:41:55 GMT
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In article <25640@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C.
Fossum) writes:
> In article <8271@mirsa.inria.fr>, buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel
Buffa) writes:
> > 
> > 	       -----------------------
> > 	               EXTASE
> > 	       -----------------------
> > 	      an original game by CRYO, 
>                  ^^^^^^^^
>     I'm not so sure...
> > 
> > It's a reflexion game, but so original! The concept is totally new: in
> > the middle of the screen  there is an android head. It's brain is
dead and you
> > must send electric impulses to several parts of the brain in order
to wake up
> > the different functions. In the first level you must reactivate the
eyes, in
> > the second one, the Madness, in the third, the love, and so on.....
> > Each player plays on one side of the brain. Each level is like an
electronic
> > circuit, with resistors, tracks,... impulse generators, doors. There
are also
> > viruses who try to steal you certains necessary pieces like resistors, and
> > stop the impulses progression to the brain. It's very hard to describe, but
> > 
> > To all the people who are looking for a great original game, you
must buy this
> > one !!!!!!!! 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Michel Buffa:       Projet Robotvis, INRIA, France
> > 
> 
>  There was a game I picked up on the budget Amiga rack called 'Purple
> Saturn Day' by Epyx. One of the contests seemed really familiar to
> the game you are talking about. The play was awkward, controllable
> only by a mouse and the computer was almost impossible to beat. Hey,
> maybe they revamped this idea into a playable standalone.
> 

Yes, I tried Purple Saturn Day when it was out, and it was terribly bad. A
real piece of shit. EXTASE is written by the same team, under another name,
but EXTASE IS REALLY GOOD: very PPLAYABLE and ADDICTIVE. I've been playing it
for one week and I never boot-up another game since I started playing EXTASE
with a friend. We reached level 10 yesterday. Each level is more tricky than
the previous one, the atmosphere is fantastic, with weird sound effects and 
graphics.

EXTASE is a reflexion game, not an arcade game like Purple Saturn Day. It's a
game like Tetris: very simple but addictive. Purple Saturn Day was a kind of
Summer Games with weird graphics and original concept, but it was a big
failure. EXATASE is a winner ! Thrust me !

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