Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!know!tegra!nad From: nad@tegra.COM (Nancy Durgin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: PowerMonger Message-ID: <1854@harlie.tegra.COM> Date: 15 Dec 90 21:19:03 GMT References: <86770@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: nad@harlie.UUCP (Nancy Durgin) Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA Lines: 48 In article <86770@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: > > I went out and bought PowerMonger today despite the fact that >it won't multitask, won't let me run it from hard drive, and does a >few other "bad" things. BUT ... > >It IS truly amazing!!! Whether or not the programming is at fault, it is >very entertaining. > I've only played it for a couple hours so far, but it does look *very* good! > [...] > >The one BIG complaint I have with the game is with the little information >windows that pop up. They are a pain to get rid of. Trying to close one >results in one, two, or three others opening all too frequently for me. >It tends to get annoying. But, the rest of the game is great! It says in the docs (and is also my observation) that when you click somewhere for a query, you will often get 3-4 windows, which are all stacked up. What is probably happening is that you are closing the top window and exposing the others underneath. > >The one "common" bug that several games have is that they only run in >68000 mode. Well, not P.M., it actually works on an accelerated machine!!! > Yes, it works on my 3000, but only under 1.3, as far as I can tell. Also, even on the slowest speed setting, things move *very* fast. I am going to try it on a regular 2000 to be sure, but I have a feeling that you are playing a very different game when you play it on the 3000 (this is also true of games like Star Control, which I have been playing on my 3000 -- I read comments from others about how you don't need to be a "joystick jockey" to play the game, and I say "huh?", because the computer is *very* tough on the 3000...). It might be time to distinguish between "running" on a 3000, and "being playable" on a 3000... Nancy -- ============================================================================== Nancy Durgin | (Usual disclaimers | Tegra-Varityper, Inc. uunet!tegra!nad | apply...) | Billerica, Massachusetts ==============================================================================