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From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Quality
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Date: 12 Oct 90 21:59:03 GMT
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esucv@warwick.ac.uk (Blitter) writes:

> Hi,
>    I find that most Amiga games are INFERIOR to many which appeared on the 64
> not just in gameplay terms but GRAPHICS also. This is because almost all 64
> games ran at 50/60 Hz and were hence arcade smooth but very few Amiga games
> do. The graphics may look fine when viewed in a magazine but are usually very
> jerky when 'on the move' - this spoils the otherwise promising gameplay which
> the game may have had.
>    Also, while the sound on the Amiga is technically superior to the 64's,
> most of the music tends to use the same old Soundtracker voices, hence giving
> a 'samey' feel to the music. The 64 had some great composers working on it
> (Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway), where are they now???
> 
>    I hope I am not sounding too fussy, but I hope that games writers
> utilise the hardware features of the Amiga more.
> 
> 
>        Blitter "come back hardware scroll, all is forgiven...."

Can you believe this guy?! I think this could be called:

"Marc Barrett II: The Revenge of -MB-"

-Joseph Hillenburg

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