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From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (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
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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 time.
>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 level
	20 or so.  And I hate games where the final challenge is essentially
	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?  Or
Larn?  Seems to me that this is about up to the standard AmigaWorld quality
level - meaning, of course, abysmal.

-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.us