Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!hrc!gtephx!bakerj From: bakerj@gtephx.UUCP (Jon Baker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Autodial to your local bbs. Lemmings has been released long ago. Message-ID: <252@mothra.gtephx.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 91 22:51:12 GMT References: <19040@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991Feb16.193252.20795@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Organization: gte Lines: 21 In article , t22918@ursa.calvin.edu (Matt Ranney) writes: > Most of these people bought their Amigas knowing full > well that they could pirate hundreds of games from their friends -- > that's why they bought them. Most of these people don't have hard > drives, they have the basic A500, 1meg, 1 external 3.5 drive. I beg to differ. Of the numerous people I've counseled on personal computer purchases, most opt for IBMs because of the readily available free (read : pirated) software. They shun the Amiga because of the lack of such. IMO, pirating is a much greated problem in the IBM/clone arena that the Amiga arena, simply because of the greater proliferation of those things. BTW, just to add to the 'me too' list, I ain't buying Lemmings until it hits the $2 fire-sale rack. I won't pay $40 for a game that isn't HD installable and (for most cases) won't let me save a game in progress. I don't mind word-lookups, though, as long as they aren't too frequent or annoying. JB