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From: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Question about graphics in Sierra games.
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Date: 30 Jul 90 22:13:50 GMT
Reply-To: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
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	Several years ago I played King's Quest (I) on my brother's 
IBM.  Then I saw it on an Amiga and was very disappointed that the 
graphics were a straight port from the IBM version, not taking advantage
of the superior Amiga graphics.  I did not buy it.  I have noticed that
the number of Sierra titles has grown significantly over the last few
years, with several "volumes" in the Space Quest, King's Quest, Leisure
Suit Larry, Hero's Quest, etc. available and most of them quickly released
as Amiga versions.  Now, I was comparing the list price of the Amiga version
of King's Quest 4 for the C64, IBM, Atari, and Amiga versions.  I noticed that
the Amiga version was over $10 higher than the others (C64 was the least
expensive).  The store employee (Babbages) told me that this was because
the Amiga version was newer and because of the additional programming needed
to take advantage of the Amiga's graphics.  Later he admitted that he has
never seen an Amiga or KQ IV on it, so I find his info dubious, to say the
least.  I like my graphics-oriented computer games to have nice graphics, 
especially on the Amiga (e.g. Faery Tale Adventure).  So my question is this.
Has Sierra now begun to reprogram the graphics in the Amiga versions of their
games to use the Amiga graphics power???  I cannot justify paying $50 for
KQ IV just to find out that I could pay $39 for the IBM version, play it 
at work, and have the SAME graphics.  

Any info from Sierra game players would be appreciated.  Also, if you know of
any problems with the Sierra games and the A3000 (either with the 68030 or 
with version 2.0 of the operating system) please let me know so I do not waste
my $$. 

Thanks,

Scott Sutherland
sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu