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From: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Run (don't walk) to your store.  Lemmings has been released.
Message-ID: <5257@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 91 15:38:15 GMT
References: <1991Feb22.153827.29437@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <19242@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Feb23.024004.27309@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Feb23.102958.12284@evax.arl.utexas.edu> <19266@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Organization: Evil Young Mutants For A Better Tomorrow.
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In article <19266@cbmvax.commodore.com> kominetz@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Kominetz - Product Assurance) writes:
}In article <1991Feb23.102958.12284@evax.arl.utexas.edu> hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) writes:
}>
}>  I know I really shouldn't add to this thread but.......
}>
}
}     I shouldn't have either...and this'll be the last I add to it myself.
}
}
}     Lemmings is too good a game to brush aside because it is disk protected
}and will not multitask.  It is the first Psygnosis game to support an external
}drive and expanded memory, so Psygnosis is making some effort to improve their
}product.  Rather than punishing them for not fulfilling all our desires, we
}should reward them for producing some of the most stunning (and now playable)
}software in the market.  I'd rather endure the disk copy protection for a 
}great game rather than play a mediocre one from my hard drive.

I'd rather play a good game from my HD than from floppy or not at all.

}
}     I don't understand why Lemmings has been the subject of all this nasty
}business.  I am more offended by the games that fail on accelerators or crash
}under 2.0 because they are penalizing the user for having these "advantages."
}Make these products the subject of your boycott first.

Lemmings is not the only subject of this business. It was merely the
one that lit the fuse. It would seem that several people reached the
end of their ropes at the same time and Lemmings just had the bad luck
of being the straw that broke the camels back. There are those of us
who get angry when we find another great game that we would love to
have that doesn't support HDs. Nothing you do to a floppy in terms of
non-standard DOS, etc is going to make it as fast as my HD. I like
having a whole level load in 1 sec or less instead of 30 seconds. 30
Seconds may not seem like much to ask unless you have gotten use to
fast access loads. There are several requirements I have for games, HD
installability is just the most important one in my mind. If great
games like Wings, Star Control, and others can support the HD, why
can't Lemmings? (Wings is MUCH more enjoyable off of a HD) I also like
to have it be OS friendly and support faster processors, but those
points don't stand out as much to me as HD installable. I can, in
certain instances, understand nuking the OS. Not supporting faster
processors is incomprehensible to me.


}
}     Finally, we can argue for megabytes about why companies do things or what
}"Smart Companies" should do, but somebody suggested writing to Psygnosis--and
}this is the best idea yet.  Write a neutral, coherent letter to Psygnosis or
}whoever and tell them that you would like to see these features in future
}games.  Ask them to reply and explain any reasons they have for not adding
}these features.  Agree or disagree, you'll know exactly where they stand and
}why.

I have. To them and several others as well. Another point I quite
often mention is for support of joysticks with more than one button.
The Sega Gensis joypad is an excellent choice if only because two of
the three buttons are already compatable with the Amiga's routines.


}
}	John Kominetz
}
}disclaimer:  These are my opinions and may not reflect those of Commodore,
}               regardless of what you believe or not.

					---Moriland


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