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From: kwinkler@pbs.org (Ken Winkler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: exitREAD/NEW
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.150741.11732@pbs.org>
Date: 15 Feb 91 20:07:41 GMT
References: <1991Feb13.184257.1@gacvx1.gac.edu>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <1991Feb13.184257.1@gacvx1.gac.edu>, youngdahl@gacvx1.gac.edu writes:
> Does anyone know what the latest version of NetTrek is, and what improvements,
> if any, it has over the older versions?
> 
> Also, does anyone know of any similarly good "shoot-em-up" games for the Mac
> that are playable over a network?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ben Youngdahl
> youngdah@nic.gac.edu
> 
The latest version I've seen is 2.0.  Some of the new advantages are that
you can play solo against the computer, there are more ways a ship can be
damaged, keyboard controls are better, and you have a couple extra features
like destroy base.  Not that much of an improvement, but I like it.

Falcon is the only other good action game I know of for Mac, and it is
excellent, if you both don't use autopilot.

							----Ken


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