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Subject: Re: OIDS: The good, the bad, the ugly.
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Date: 25 Feb 91 20:37:59 GMT
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I'd just like to get my two cents in here, and give Oids a big thumbs up.
Yes, the copy-protection is a pain, but as the next response also says,
this is about as painless as you can get.  (and my registration card was
mailed today, so soon it won't be copy-protected at all)

As for using the mouse: you're nuts.
I also changed my key setup to a continuum-like setup, and find it quite
easy to do any number of things simultaneously.

Have you ever played 'Lunar Rescue'?  It uses the mouse and the keyboard
to let you thrust and fire in different directions, and is EXTREMELY 
difficult to get the hang of.  I think there are too many delicate
situations in Oids to use a clumsy mouse as a guidance control.

Oids is far and away the best arcade mac game I've ever played.
(and you should see my game folder)

The level editor is almost as much fun as the game, too. :)
PLEASE people, BUY this game, don't copy it.
We want to encourage programming of this caliber.


Dan Walkowski
Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci.
walkowsk@cs.uiuc.edu