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From: stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: NES
Keywords: turrican
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Date: 8 Nov 90 05:53:45 GMT
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I have to respond with a different view of NES vs. Amiga (having had both
played very extensively around the dorm):

I didn't like NES games for a couple of reasons, almost all of which I trace
to what seemed to be sloppy programming:

Most games had a lot of flickering of images, the kind you get when too many
objects are on the same scan line. Really distracting when your opponent keeps
coming and going.

Lots of "tricks" that smack of unfixed bugs. Like, for instance, Double
Dragon, where if you get the bat and can get an opponent just off the screen
in the construction area, you can get infinite points by swinging at the edge
of the screen. That's one example, but we ran into LOTS of these. Half the fun
of an NES game seemed to be finding all the bugs that made the game impossible
to lose.

There seems to be only one major Nintendo game (well, a few others, but the
point made here holds): Most games consist of running around levels (all are
side views) collecting lives, killing opponents with your weapon, and
defeating a large monster at the end of the level. Oh, yeah, and find the bugs
that make it easy.

Having said that, I will say that I found the Zelda series to be a refreshing
change from my usual adventure game and spent many fun hours playing it.
However, most of the others got boring because they all seemed the same.

Anyway, thanks for listening to an opposing view...

-- Greg Stelmack
-- Email: stelmack@sol.csee.usf.edu
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-- Amiga: the only way to compute!
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