Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!unf7!tlvx!sysop From: sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Turrican -- Where to get it??? Summary: Turrican, and mini-review of some other games -- Harpoon, Paperboy Keywords: turrican Message-ID: <424@tlvx.UUCP> Date: 5 Nov 90 02:10:18 GMT References: <204@coplex.UUCP> Organization: Temporal Vortex BBS of Jacksonville, Florida Lines: 68 In article <204@coplex.UUCP>, dean@coplex.UUCP (Dean Brooks) writes: > > I recently grabbed the demo version of the "Turrican" game off of > abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov, and it has got to be one of the best arcade type > games I have yet seen on the Amiga. > > My question is this: Is the game commercial or is it Shareware? Can ..... > Any clues? > Turrican is definately commercial, by Innerprise. (I bought mine at Games & Gadgets, so I imagine you could get it everywhere, now.) Turrican is an excellent arcade-type game, with a high degree of difficulty. I do seem to have a couple of problems with it (these may be my own problems, not the game's). Sometimes I have trouble jumping; I'm not sure why, but it has something to do with my desire to run then jump by rotating the joystick. At least the game won't be finished in a couple of evenings (which I have done with some games, such as Test Drive), but I may get frustrated first. Good thing I archived some hints from earlier discussions, I'll need 'em! :-) Another arcade game I recently purchased is PaperBoy. It was massively discounted, and if it wasn't I would have been disappointed. I'm not sure if it's the implementation, or the game design, but after a few "days" (rounds) of the same street, I get bored. My guess is that it's the design. The graphics and animation are not up to Amiga standards, I don't think, but a good gameplay can overcome such things. Unfortunately, the play is far too simple and repetative (IMnsHO, of course). After seeing the box for Harpoon for the clones available for months, I really started to drool. Well, my wishes have been answered -- Harpoon is out for Amiga! I really like wargames, and this one is similar to M1 Tank Platoon in that it tries to be an accurate simulation first, and allows that to be the game. (...as opposed to making an arcade game out of it, although M1 does have arcade-like sequences in it, where Harpoon does not.... or in trying to have "balanced" game play, where both sides are "equal".) I'm doing really awful so far, but I'll be glad to answer questions if anyone wonders what it's like. I know I asked this a long time ago, but has anyone actually played Rick Davis's World Trophy Soccer? It's a nice looking game, but I cannot win at all! I know it must be me -- is there some "trick" to playing this game? (Ramble mode ON) What are some good arcade games for the Amiga? I really like games from a few years back, such as Tempest, Joust, Stargate, Food Fight, Mappy's, just to name a couple to jog people's memory. Is there a machine out (home game unit, whatever) that has games like this? The NES has Galaga, which is a start, but then I don't want 8 bit technology. I'd like to see some classic games which really make use of Amiga. I've looked at the home game units, but I haven't been impressed that much. If someone owns an Amiga and a Genesis, you might mail if you have any impressions. (In talking to the salesman at G&G, the clones are the "best" machine for games; I thought it was a bit weird, myself, but maybe that's just for game availability? For the consoles, he suggested Genesis. I'm actually toying with the idea of getting some other machine just for pure arcade games....) > -- > dean@coplex.UUCP Dean A. Brooks > Copper Electronics, Inc. > Louisville, Ky > UUCP: !uunet!coplex!dean Disclaimer: of course, my opinions on the games are just my opinions. -- Gary Wolfe, SYSOP of the Temporal Vortex BBS // Amiga! ..uflorida!unf7!tlvx!sysop, ..unf7!tlvx!sysop@bikini.cis.ufl.edu \X/ Yeah!