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From: du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Ted Goldstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Solarian II 1.0.2 bug?
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Date: 23 Aug 90 14:19:36 GMT
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In article <5161.26d31c4d@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> i4ny@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>Has anyone else noticed that Solarian II (v. 1.0.2) often will not remember
>the last score and thus even if you set a high score, it will not give you
>an opportunity to add your name to the score list?  Associated with this
>happening, the game will not display the GAME OVER screen and play the end
>game sound.  This has happened sporadically for all types of scores, but in
>particular, I have never been able to save a score above 386,000.

I have noticed this also. I believe that the high score is not remembered
if you ever pause the game during play. If this is indeed the case, I 
think IMHO that this is an extremely unfriendly, obnoxious feature to
put into a game. All games have pause functions for a good reason, and
no others that I know of deprive you of a high score when you use it. If
you are having a great game, struggling through level 11 or whatever and 
the phone rings or someone walks in and talks to you - you're screwed. 
If I am incorrect about this feature, then I apologise in advance for
my complaint. Soloarian in a great game, but this pause thing (and the
slow reacting shield) can be very frustrating.
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