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From: stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: NES
Keywords: turrican
Message-ID: <143@screamer.csee.usf.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 90 15:28:28 GMT
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In article <1990Nov08.220435.28856@hoss.unl.edu> 252u3130@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
>The Amiga has its occasional GOOD game, but I should emphasize
>occasional.  True, turrican is really nice, but is it in the Super Mario
>category of the NES.  It might closely compare to Mario 1 but it DOES
>NOT EVEN COME CLOSE to number 3.  Mario 3 is a 3+ meg cartridge.  It
>features graphix artist graphics and the sounds were digitized right off
>of a Moog synthesizer!  There are tons of levels, each with its own
>hidden nooks and crannies....its a wonderful game.....
> 
>I'd just like to see these games made on my Amiga.  I dont want a lamey
>port or a half-ass attempt.  But because of our economy and the way we
>Amigans are, I doubt we'll ever see them.....
> 

Have you ever seen the Great Ghianna Sisters (I think that's how it's
spelled)? A Mario-Bros. clone for the Amiga with all kinds of added features
(guided shots, etc.) The playability is real good, and it has all those nifty
hidden things that makes Mario pretty good. Anyway, it just shows that the
Amiga CAN do all that, plus...I'd like to see your Nintendo play Harpoon, or
Falcon, or F-16 Combat Pilot, or...

-- Greg Stelmack
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