Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!male!yavin!mike_s From: mike_s@EBay.Sun.COM (Mike "The Claw" Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Mike Farren Tutorial. Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 19:22:39 GMT References: <21510@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1991Mar27.164811.4811@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@male.EBay.Sun.COM Distribution: comp Lines: 35 In <1991Mar27.164811.4811@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > My question is: What about Shadow of the Beast type >programs? How far should/could Psygnosis have gone with SOTB to >make it Amiga-friendly? It doesn't seem to be the most amenable >of games to the OS. It must play some NASTY copper-list tricks, >and probably does need every ounce of memory on a 512K system. And it doesn't work on my A1000+Hurricane+Rejuvenator! If it's all the same, the best games I have 1. Work on my machine 2. Don't make me disconnect any peripherals 3. Are HD-installable 4. Allow me to exit without rebooting Lately, more and more of this has been true. It used to be that 90% of the games I bought didn't even work, which can be discouraging. Now, it's up to about 70% working. However, it's still not enjoyable to hear great things about a game like SOTB, buy it, and watch it crash. It just becomes a waste of money, and tends to make me not buy from that company again. I only bought Lemmings because many people here said it worked on a 3000, was a great game, and didn't seem to thrash the disk. By the way, I am not impressed by the disk access of Budokan or the Immortal. Budokan I gave up on because it took so long to switch screens, and I thought the Immortal wouldn't boot because it takes 10 minutes to boot. Mike -- Mike Sullivan Internet: msullivan@EBay.Sun.COM Sun Education UUCP: ..!sun!yavin!msullivan Software Course Developer Compuserve: 75365,764 "The old Maxwell Smart silhouette on the window shade trick. That's the