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From: rouaix@margaux.inria.fr (Francois Rouaix)
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Subject: Re: Run (don't walk) to your store.  Lemmings has been released.
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Date: 21 Feb 91 12:17:40 GMT
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In article <2323@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>, rwkay@cs.hw.ac.uk (R.W.Kay) writes:
|> As you can all see from my .sig, I'm one of the programmers of Lemmings
|> (albeit on a PC,
|> but this is for a sin I commited long ago, my heart lies in the Amiga
|> community). I can
|> simply state that Lemmings would be HD installable, if it wasn't for the
|> fact that it would
|> be too easy too copy if it was AMIGADOS'd in any way. 

While you're listening, let me add something:

I bought Lemmings last saturday, and I find myself unable to play with it...
The reason: I own an NTSC machine, and the version sold in Europe is for PAL 
machines only. Why, oh why ? I think the teaser demo that was released a few
weeks ago would run on NTSC machines as well as PAL machines. The game  does
not need more than 200 lines for its graphics. A guess ? the copy-protection
schemes depends on the CIA clock of the machine,  which is different in NTSC
and PAL versions. I had hoped that the efforts of the programmers to release
a program compatible with all models of Amigas and all versions  of AmigaDOS
would encompass the PAL/NTSC problem. It's not the case and I'm disappointed
(although this is not the first time this misfortune happens to me, but here
I'm really pissed of : the game *is* *great*).

SIDENOTE: for those of you who regularly ask how you can bring your Amiga in
Europe (dealing with 220v voltage), REMEMBER that  if you intend to buy some
software in Europe, you have a good chance (!) not to be able to use it.

|> Russell Kay (rwkay@uk.ac.hw.cs) 		  Programmer of  PC Menace	) all

*- Francois Rouaix                 //       When the going gets tough,       *
*- rouaix@inria.inria.fr         \X/           the guru goes meditating...   *
*- SYSOP of Sgt. Flam's Lonely Amigas Club. (33) (1) 39-55-84-59 (Videotext) *