Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga World Top Ten PD games Message-ID: <33512@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 15 Oct 90 17:00:03 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 72 From amiga-relay-request@louie.udel.edu Mon Oct 15 04:26:40 1990 Received: from CUNYVM.BITNET for amiga-relay-request@louie.udel.edu with Mon, 15 Oct 90 08:26:39 GMT Received: from CUNYVM by CUNYVM.BITNET (Mailer R2.03B) with BSMTP id 573 15 Oct 90 04:24:52 EDT Received: from udel.edu by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with T 15 Oct 90 04:24:49 EDT Received: from louie.udel.edu by louie.udel.edu id aa08003; 15 Oct 90 8: Received: from USENET by louie.udel.edu id aa07850; 15 Oct 90 3:52 EDT Received: from snow-white.ee.udel.edu by louie.udel.edu id ak07758; 15 Oct 90 3:52 EDT Received: from nigel.ee.udel.edu by snow-white.ee.udel.edu id ak01540; 15 Oct 90 7:50 GMT From: Mike Farren Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Amiga World Top Ten PD games Message-Id: <21177@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 15 Oct 90 06:31:02 GMT To: amiga-relay@udel.edu Sender: amiga-relay-request@udel.edu poirier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Stephane Poirier) writes: >10 DeluxeBurger Never heard of it. >9 Destination Moonbase Pretty decent, but way too easy to learn. Once you've learned, it's trivial to win. It lasted about two days on my system. >8 Quattro Don't know it. >7 Electric Train Give me a break - this is a truly dumb program. Graphics are crummy, interface is crummy, coding is awful (it leaves little tracks scattered all around the place), and it's BORING. I did a train game for the IBM (conversion from an Apple II game) which at least allowed you to pick up and drop off cargo, and such. It was boring too - but this is worse. >6 Metro Good game, but once you've learned how to win, you win every tim >5 Nakamoto (updated Jumpman) Truly awful interface and crummy graphics. Thumbs down. >4 MechForce Pretty comprehensive, but far too much going on for any but the most accomplished wargamer types. >3 Monopoly Which one - the C or BASIC version? Either one doesn't hold a candle to playing real Monopoly. >2 Moria 3.0 Yah, sure, you betcha - but I found it pretty boring around leve 20 or so. And I hate games where the final challenge is essenti unbeatable without cheating. (Yes, HACK does fall into that category for me). >1 Star Trek the Game Haven't been able to try this one yet. And how about Tricky or Drip, two of the best PD games I've ever seen? Larn? Seems to me that this is about up to the standard AmigaWorld qual level - meaning, of course, abysmal. -- Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.us About MORIA 3.0: You just have to keep plugging away at it; down around level 55 is where the really good weapons, scrolls, wands and staves can be found. I *DID* kill the Balrog (on level 101 (!)) and have started all over again. I haven't seen the new Star Trek game, either, but it'll have to be a raving monster to beat MORIA 3.0 for great PD gaming... --rw fhwri@conncoll.bitnet