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From: jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: SimEarth on PBS' Computer Chronicles
Message-ID: <1990Dec17.163657.14194@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 17 Dec 90 16:36:57 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.games
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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I recently (and finally!) saw a demo of the game SimEarth on the PBS show
Computer Chronicles this past weekend.  The machine they were running it
on was definately of a Mac II lineage.  The multiple windows seemed to be
making the program run somewhat slow or "choppy," most likely because all
windows were being updated at the same time.

What I'd like to know is this:  Does this game run well on the older SE?  I
mean, *really* well?  Any problems whatsoever?

I don't want to go out and order a game that's going to take 30 full seconds
to refresh the screen because of many background tasks.
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| <jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca> |  University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
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