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From: judd@boulder.Colorado.EDU (JUDD STEPHEN L)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Missing game parts - Are they useful?
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Date: 25 Aug 90 23:08:39 GMT
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In article <6214@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) writes:
>In article <25180@boulder.Colorado.EDU> judd@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Steve Judd) writes:
>	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!

Kinda figured...

>
>>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:

Ah.  Well, I never played far enough to save the game (without the map, I
just wandered around for twenty minutes or so, and after finding about
zilch just turned it off).  So, perhaps my above comments aren't as valid.
I still think they put a tiny little bit of extra effort into the Amiga version,
though.

>	o	You can save ONLY at an inn.  There are maybe 5 on the map.
Bummer.

>	o	You can have only ONE saved game stored.
I think I can deal with this.  I never saved more than one game of Ultima
at a time.

>	o	It saves the game to the copy protected master disk.  Lose
>		the disk and you lose your game too!
Now THAT really stinks.

>If I had known this I would not have bought the game.
I would, because I got it at a 50% off software sale!

I will reserve judgement on Origin Amiga-wise until I see Ultima V (which,
according to recent rumor on csa, is due out in October).  If it rages,
which it really has the capability of doing, it will make up for all Origin's
previous Amiga blunders.  I might also add that it is my all-time favorite
game, for any computer, (I played it on my C64).

>                                                        Dan

					-Steve
judd@tramp.colorado.edu