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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: 14 Dec 90 06:12:33 GMT
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From $CSD211@LSUVM.BITNET (Mark Orr):

> I never said that Stellar-7 wasn't an excellent game. I own it, and have
> spent more time than I would like to admit on that game. As far as the
> "powerful stereo sound effects" go, perhaps you haven't heard the Roland
> LAPC-1 for the PC. The article didn't say that Stellar-7 supports it, but
> coming from Sierra, I'd imagine it did. The Ensoniq cannot surpass the
> LAPC-1. The Apple IIgs's CGA-level graphics against VGA...HAHAHAHAHA (no
> match)
>
> With the FTA demos, you're still talking about a program written on the
> metal. I bet anything that Stellar-7 on the PC wasn't written that way.
> And you can't demand that a company write a machine-specific version for
> the IIgs. BTW, for which gs would you have them write it for, the ROM01 or
> ROM03 (since we can't use tools...much too slow to handle what the FTA
> does) ?
> 
> There are no two ways about it...The Apple IIgs hardware must be upgraded.

    That's strange... this is the first time I read your message to me, yet I
swear I've already come across replies to your message...

    No, I have never listened to the LAPC-1, but I do know that it is not
included with any PC.  How many people do you know have LAPC's?  Now tell me
how many GS owners have Ensoniq's?  That's right... every single one of them. 
When you said "The Ensoniq cannot surpass the LAPC-1" and "The Apple IIgs'
CGA-level graphics against VGA...", are you implying that Stellar-7 should not
be written for the GS simply because it does not have the top-of-the-line
capabilities???  You must agree that the Ensoniq and 256-colour graphics on
the GS are more than adequate for this game.

    Although FTA's wares are pure assembly hacks, you can still achieve quite
a bit of speed by following more conventional programming procedures.  As for
the ROM 01 vs. ROM 03 argument you bring up:  what does it matter?  Everything
the runs on the 03 will run on the 01.  Just about everybody has one meg of
RAM or more these days.  I don't see how that is a valid argument.

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