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From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Review of Star Control From Accolade
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Date: 3 Dec 90 15:06:10 GMT
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In article <10745@ur-cc.UUCP> bhua_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Bobby Huang) writes:
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><Eat this>
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>I just got Star Control by Accolade and I am amazed. It is worth every cent
>I paid for it.
>
> [ Summary/Positive Review of Star Control ]
>
>Technical aspects:
>	Graphics are good.
>	Sounds are great. (DOGI's bark and whine).
>	HD installable.
>	Code-Wheel copy protection.

This is done the *right* way -- you only have to enter it once, upon
entering the game, and not all over the place (like StarFlight or Wings).

>	requires one meg.
>	will work on A3000.

I found a little bug that only seems to show up under 2.0 on my 3000. 
Try pitting the Quan Dreadnought against the Alliance's kami-kaze ship,
and have a computer-player run both sides.  Everything goes into
slow-motion.  I'd appreciate if someone else running 2.0 (KS 2.02, actually)
could confirm this...  Under 1.3.2, it worked fine.

>	does not multitask.

It doesn't multi-task, but it does seem to free everything up politely when
you exit the game, so a reboot isn't required.

>
>Siskel and Ebert give two thumbs up.
>

I agree.  One of the authors of this game (somebody Reiche III) also worked
on Archon & Archon II, and it shows.  There is a sort of similarity in
the game play -- a strategic component, followed by an arcade component,
and the fact that certain ships are well-suited to take on certain other
ships, but are deadmeat against others.  I think this game will have a lot
of staying power.

	Nancy


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