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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Info on COM-BAT?
Keywords: mac, games
Message-ID: <3249@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 14:56:33 GMT
References: <48963@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Iron City, USA
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In article <48963@apple.Apple.COM> szy@Apple.COM (Steven J. Szymanski) writes:
>Can anyone provide a review on the game COM-BAT for the mac? It appears to
>be yet another ported tank combat game. How's the game? How's the mac
>interface?

Well, I can't provide a lot of info, since the copy I rented failed to run
on either my home SE/30 under 6.0.7 or on my work IIci under 6.0.5.

I can tell you...

The game has a manual-based CP scheme, i.e. "Please enter the third word of
line 10 on page 45:"

Graphics are cheesy. [on the IIci, the game did live long enough for me to note
this]

Units cannot be damaged by friendly fire.

Terrain and buildings are indestructible.

Overall, just reading the manual, I was less than overwhelmed.

Then again, I haven't played it.

chaz


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