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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Missing game parts - Are they useful?
Message-ID: <6214@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 25 Aug 90 19:03:33 GMT
References: <25180@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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In article <25180@boulder.Colorado.EDU> judd@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Steve Judd) writes:
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>Several games I *purchased* recently seem to be missing the following things:
>-Times of Lore: Map.

	I would say that the Map is extremely useful.  Without it, you would be
relying a lot on trial and error to find your way around.  The map is
about 2 feet by 3 feet!

>ToL is the first Origin game I've seen that wasn't a direct port (they even
>turn the sound filter on and off!).  I hope that Origin continues this trend,
>and starts writing games for the Amiga instead of porting them.

	I find the Amiga version of ToL to be extremely frustrating due to
poor programming.  Namely, the "save" feature is the most miserable I have
ever seen in a PC game:

	o	You can save ONLY at an inn.  There are maybe 5 on the map.
	o	You can have only ONE saved game stored.
	o	It saves the game to the copy protected master disk.  Lose
		the disk and you lose your game too!

If I had known this I would not have bought the game.

                                                        Dan

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