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From: Sonny.Shrivastava@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Sonny Shrivastava)
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Subject: Re: Armor Alley
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Date: 29 Sep 90 22:23:14 GMT
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Thanks *very* much for your very curteous and detailed response - it's much more than I ever expected, and I really appreciate it.  I think I can understand why writing game software for the Mac market isn't as easy as I originally thought.  I have a Mac, and don't think much about the work that goes behind a product, to make it compatible and useful for all Mac owners.
        
I see that my machine has 8-bit capability, yet I see very few games that take advantage of this.  However, I also understand from the point of view that there aren't that many Mac II class machines out there to justify the added work entailed by writing 8-bit color games.  Perhaps when Apple introduces their low-cost color machine, things will improve a little.  Even the 16-color games I enjoy highly - I just took a look at Armor Alley, and was impressed.  I also have SimCity, and am not disappointed - so





me games seem to look very good in 16 colors, and wouldn't appear to benefit that much from 8-bit.
        
I wonder though, obviously 8-bit game software for the Mac would run a little slow.  Is this the case on DOS machines?  I am seeing a lot of VGA-only games on the market which have stunningly beautiful graphics.  When these games have Macintosh counterparts, I often see them in only b/w or 16-color.  Is it easier to write fast color game software for DOS machines?  Again, thank you for your wonderful reply - it gave me a very good understanding of color on the Mac.

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