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From: ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: IBM a great game machine
Message-ID: <11479@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 8 Nov 90 19:30:15 GMT
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kuan@iris.ucdavis.edu (Frank [Who me?] Kuan) writes:

>Saw this hilarious article in rec.games:

>[stuff deleted]

>>World of Ultima: Savage Empire is a new game in the Ultima series from
>>Origin, but it's not Ultima VII..  Origin is designing all of their new games
>>for the PC and then ports them over to other platforms.  All of their new
>>stuff supports 256 colors and various sound boards; they are one of the
>>[now many] companies who are finally showing that the PC makes an excellent
>>gaming machine.

I owned an IBM and ULTIMA IV for it.  It was OK because it was harddrive
installable.  The sound was similar to the apple version, but I was dissapointed
that the c=64 was better!

The graphics were ok.  That 256 color res. is MCGA (or a digital equivalent
on the VGA) which is 320*200 or something like that -- with the CPU worrying
about all that AND sound.  It paused a lot, obviously, for a good "fart"
as you put it, because sound was such a CPU intensive thing.

I thank GOD I changed platforms to AMIGA, I just wish I could continue
my ULTIMA series (which is IMHO the best game :) )


Chow

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