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From: djh@neuromancer.metaphor.com (Dallas J. Hodgson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Brataccas, yup
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Date: 19 Nov 90 20:03:33 GMT
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In article <46799@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v092mgp5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:

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>I would love to have walk-through of the game just to see 
>what was actually in the game besides a lot of wierd scenery.  
>     It certainly seems funny though that such a game was touted to be 
>such a success when the exact opposite happened.  I think the game 
>certainly had potential, but the game play and the CONTROLS were 
>TERRIBLE!!!  Well, that's enough babbling for now...
>
>                                 Scott
>                              BITNET : v092mgp5@ubvms.bitnet
>                            INTERNET : v092mgp5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu

Brataccas, along with Archon and 7 Cities Of Gold were my first Amiga games
as well. I picked 'em all up at an Amiga Show in San Francisco back in '86,
and back then the EA booth was having a "buy one get one free" deal.
Brataccas, Psygnosis' first Amiga game, was indeed a real UI bear; the worst
layout of key control on any game, ever. Without saying, the game would fail
on a 68010 to boot. Kinda neat just walking around though... Never did
master the whole thing.
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