Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!isis!nyx!bscott From: bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: back-to-back Games... Summary: Whatever THEY are... Message-ID: <2110@nyx.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 90 03:18:07 GMT References: <3462@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <11830@uservx.afwl.af.mil> Reply-To: bscott@nyx.UUCP (Peter Breznay) Organization: Public Access Unix - University of Denver Lines: 37 In article <11830@uservx.afwl.af.mil> GALETTI@uservx.afwl.af.mil writes: >In article <3462@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, nealet@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Neale Type) writes: >> I would like to know what back-to-back games are available for the Amiga, as >> they are great fun.... currently i know of the following titles, can anyone >Please pardon my ignorance, but what EXACTLY does back-to-back mean? Does it >mean you can play these games with two computers in the same room connected by >a cable, or does it mean you can play them via modem? Or what? I'm guessing you're right, and in that case: >Also, is there anyone else out there who would like to see more of these kinds >of games? YES. I have Stunt Track Racer and it is superb in the head-to-head mode (well, that's what *I* call it...). I realize a lot of people don't have more than one Amiga (hey, used A-1000s are CHEAP, folks, get one as a backup like I did!) or even more than one computer, and it's not always possible to tolerate modem- speed communications... but if you are going to make a game which can have two players, see if you can't let them play by modem...if not, then through a null- modem cable. The extra 5% of games you sell simply because of that and not necessarily because of game quality would almost certainly pay you back for the extra effort. I plan to buy FirePower, an old tank game, as soon as I can find it, JUST because it can be played over a modem. It'll be the fourth commercial game I've ever purchased. Yep, I'm a BIG gamer I am (6'1"...). . <<<>>> -- .---------------------------------------------------------------------------. |Ben Scott, professional goof-off and consultant at The Raster Image, Denver| |Amiga UUCP node domain: bscott@vila.denver.co.us Else: bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu| |FIDO point address 1:104/421.2, or call the Arvada 68K BBS at (303)424-9831| |"Don't embarrass us..." "Have I ever?" - Buckaroo Banzai | *AMIGA POWER* | `---------------------------------------------------------------------------'