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From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Stellar 7 re-release
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Date: 2 Dec 90 16:45:04 GMT
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> I just got an unsolicited "Sierra News Magazine" from
> Sierra Online today and in it was an article about a
> revamped version of Stellar 7 using VGA graphics,etc
> I looked in their ordering section to see if it was
> available for the //gs (I loved Stellar 7), but it
> wasn't listed.
> 
> Any rumors on if there will be a //gs version out there?

    Stellar 7 was one of my all-time favourites back in the early 80's.  Geez,
I could use a few rounds of that game right now... To answer your question
directly, "No".  As far as Sierra is concerned, the IBM comes first, the
Amiga, ST and 64 second, and the Apple II's last.  I'm willing to bet a
competent GS assembly programmer can make Stellar 7 run faster on a GS than on
a 286 (or even 386).  Fill-mode graphics and multiple-palette graphics would
be put to VERY good use in this game.  Perhaps a shareware programmer can
thumb his/her nose at Sierra and write their own version?

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