Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Path: utzoo!censor!geac!contact!ben
From: ben@contact.uucp (Ben Eng)
Subject: Star Control
Organization: Jet Penguin Lavatories
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 90 23:56:33 GMT
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.235633.27396@contact.uucp>
Summary: Accolade is pretty.
Keywords: First Impressions

I have just purchased Star Control by Accolade.  After glancing over
the documentation, installing the game on my hard drive (1.3 MB disk
space used), and load it up for about a 5 minute test drive, my very
first impression is "duh... how do you play this game?"

It looks like it is a lot more sophisticated than your standard shoot
'em up type game.  There are several canned scenarios, and an editor
is supplied to create new ones.

Overall, it looks like this game is pretty solid.  The user interface
seems okay (user configurable; joystick or keyboard), the graphics are
adequately done, and the documentation is well done (for a game).
There is no disk-based copy protection, but includes a decoder wheel
(the sucker is an annoyance, but it allows the game to load from hd).

Maybe I'll follow up on this game if it is any good when I finish
writing my exams.

Ben
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