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From: elaine@hpmtlx.HP.COM ($Elaine_May)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Review of Star Control From Accolade
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Date: 5 Dec 90 18:47:44 GMT
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> 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. 
One key difference I noted between Archon and Star Control is that you
don't have to be as much of a "joystick jockey" to get started with
Star Control.  I could never beat the computer in Archon and since I did
not play Archon with a human player, I gave up.  Star Control seems much
friendlier.  [Star Control has three ratings for the computer, and I am
playing the "wimp" computer.]  I think it is a great game.