Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tcs!cyrano!dmoen From: dmoen@cyrano.tcs.com (Dan Moen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: About WHEN IS ??? Message-ID: <1805@tcs.tcs.com> Date: 21 Feb 91 02:49:06 GMT References: Sender: root@tcs.com Reply-To: dmoen@cyrano.tcs.com (Dan Moen) Organization: Teknekron Communications Systems Lines: 42 In article , dw3w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Database Work) writes: |> To be honest, I'm getting sick of everyone complaining about "When is Wing |> Commander coming out for the Amiga" or "Sim Earth...when?" I think many of |> you forget the fact that most of the good games made for the amiga AREN'T |> ported to them. Games like Turrican never show up on other systems, or |> are not nearly as good. Maybe a little more emphasis on games made for the |> amiga would be good for the community. After all, why should we buy a game |> from Orgin (Wing Commander) so they can take that money and put it into |> another IBM game that will be poorly ported to the amiga. I dare say you ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> don't see IBM users wondering when good Amiga games are going to show up ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> on their IBM's. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I dare say that this is patently false. Dungeon Master, The one game which probably generates the more traffic on this newsgroup than any other (if you count its sequel, CSB) just may be the best reason for owning an Amiga over an IBM. My IBM owning friends have been lamenting this one for months (years?). They will shortly have Eye of the Beholder, but game game isn't out yet, so the jury is. I will grant that there is a large segment of the IBM population out there that neither knows nor cares about the existance of the Amiga, let alone screams for games. However, most of these folks spend more time in front of a spreadsheet than a cockpit, and when they do climb behind the yoke, it's normally the one that belongs to Microsoft's flight simulator. (ooh!) Those IBM'ers who do play lots of games, however, _are_ aware of the Amiga, and many of them have had to wait for IBM ports of popular Amiga titles. Cinemaware has been doing this for quite some time now. You may disagree as to the merit of the typical game from that house, but I offer it here merely to illustrate the point. Other great games that make my friends jealous? F/A-18 Interceptor, Powermonger, and Wings to name a few. It's a two way street folks, and it just so happens that our side has nicer homes, better lighting, and friendlier people ;-) -= Dan Moen -=- dmoen@tcs.com =- -= Teknekron Communications Systems -=- (415)649-3672 =-