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From: ted@cs.utexas.edu (Ted Woodward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Curse of Azure Bonds Mac Interface
Message-ID: <249@victoria.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 91 18:53:56 GMT
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Yeah, it suck all right.  But SSI didn't do it; it's the idiots at
MicroMagic, purveyors of crummy ports.  And very few good ports are the
same as the original machine, interface wise, but they include a sheet
of paper detailing the differences.  So that's no excuse. I think the
reason is that mac games don't sell, so why put any effort into them.
Of course, if you come out with a shitty port like COAB, with it's
wonderful IBM music that you can't stop during the intro (I switch it
into the background; when you come back to the foreground the music
plays really fast!), people won't buy it.  It's a vicious circle...

If anybody from MicroMagic reads this, please email me to find out
why your ports are so bad...


-- 
Ted Woodward (ted@cs.utexas.edu)

"Mad scientists HATE shopping for shoes!" -- Peaches