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From: huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: On Boycotting Orgins Ultima V
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Date: 5 Dec 90 17:47:41 GMT
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In article <4626@disk.UUCP>, specter@disk.UUCP (Byron Max Guernsey) writes:
|> I don't know if it is a good idea to boycot a company that puts out a bad
|> piece of software (ot even consistantly puts out bad software). The reason
|> being that they might just stop producing software at all for amiga. I
|> think that would be worse than prodicuing sucky programs. Worse off they
|> might go make it for the NEXT! We can't have that! (grin)

So what are you recommending?  That we go out and buy a clearly
inferior game?  Leave my checkbook out of this.

|> Is the amiga version like the ibm version? I played around a bit with
|> the IBM version on super VGA and thought the graphics were pretty good.
|> I didn't see much, I just saw the dungeon adventuring. Hmmm come to think
|> of it..maybe it was Ultima VI??? In the IBM version I saw the guys smoothly
|> walked around the dungeon (in a semi-3d overhead view)

I think the only one to support VGA on IBM was VI, and it was buggy as
hell.  Between the gaffes on the IBM and this lousy port, I wouldn't
be suprised if Origin went out of business.

About the quality of the Amiga version:
Put it this way- in all honesty, I'd rather play the C-64 version.
Really!

My recommendation is to write to Origin and tell them that
a) you would have purchased their game if it showed even a slight bit of
   effort on their part
b) you will consider buying the game if proper repairs are made

In this way, you're out $.25 instead of $39.95, and your vote will be
recorded probably at the highest levels possible.

The only address I have for Origin is:

Origin Systems
136 Harvey Road 
Building 'B'
Londonderry, NH 03053

Address it to the president, what the hell.

If anyone out there has a more current address (this was from the C-64
box, I'm not buying the Amiga version, obviously) please post it on this
under this topic name.

Thanks to Dave Poland (2FLNTOPAZ@kuhub.cc.ukand.edu) for information.
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Robert Huebner		huebner@ecn.purdue.edu
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