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From: roddi@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Roddi Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: DAS BOOT/BLUE MAX
Message-ID: <3896@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>
Date: 2 Apr 91 07:54:52 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.013455.2776@county.oz.au>
Organization: Monash Uni. Computer Science, Australia
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In <1991Apr2.013455.2776@county.oz.au> justin@county.oz.au (Justin Beech) writes:


>I just bought DAS BOOT & BLUE MAX.
>What a load of old cobblers! Both of these games are conversions of the IBM
>packages, both released by 360. Despite the review a 3000 owner gave DAS
>BOOT (wunderbar), it doesnt grab me at all. The 3D is SLOW (this is a bog
>500 tho, but thats no excuse), killing the arcade excitment. The strategy

Sigh.  I was looking forward to playing DAS BOOT.  Anyone else out there
want to give their opinion as to (a) how fast the game runs on a stock 68000
(with 5MB RAM and 40 MB HD :-) and (b) whether the game is a mindless IBM
EGA port (yech) or one that has been Amigaized.

Roddi.

PS: I heard a novel comes with the game ("The Boat", I think).  Anyone out there
know the name of the author ... I'd still like to read the book even if I don't
buy the game.

PPS: buy Dragon Wars - now that's a REAL game (by the same guys who did Bard's
Tale) --- but it's HD installable, multitasks and is damn good to BOOT (sorry :)