Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!taurus!aldebaran!schweige From: schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Mike Farren Tutorial. Message-ID: <2018@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil> Date: 29 Mar 91 22:58:16 GMT References: <1991Mar24.204206.11145@starnet.uucp> <06979.AA06979@babylon.rmt.sub.org> <775@tnc.UUCP> <1991Mar28.201840.5130@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Reply-To: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA Lines: 40 In article mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes: |In article <1991Mar28.201840.5130@evax.arl.utexas.edu> hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) writes: |> |> How about a list of games each author in this "discussion" has done? |>Then not only could we hear objective arguements, but WE as the |>"listening public" make a subjective decsion on the quality of the |>games. As long as most people don't hold a disk's protection scheme |>against the author(s), since it is often done by the publishing house |>(ie. Psygnosis, Electronic Arts etc...) |> | |My Amiga credits: Budokan, Beyond Dark Castle, and Dark Castle. Dark Castle |and Beyond Dark Castle were specifically designed to work for both the Amiga |and the ST (boo) so they were done in 16 colors (for compatibility). BDC |takes every advantage of what the Amiga can do for that game. I also did |Dick Tracy on the Genesis. I am now doing a CDTV version of an existing |Amiga game (more on this when it is done). I also reverse engineered the |Genesis for EA. I did all of this (except for Dark Castle) in the last |two years. | |I must also point out (for both Mike's sake and mine) that to truly judge |a port, you need to judge it against the original version as well as how |well it turned out on the Amiga. I can tell you that Dark Castle was a |smash hit on the Mac, as was Crystal Quest (Mike's latest work). I've seen postings from both Mike Farren and Mike Schwartz regarding games that they have written. I don't believe that I've seen a similar posting from Mr. Schaem, who started this entire thread of postings off. I, and I believe others of this group's readership might like to see something of the experience that Mr. Schaem claims to have, to help judge the credibility of the discussion. After generating, and then feeding the discussion, he seems to have dropped out. Jeff Schweiger -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger Standard Disclaimer CompuServe: 74236,1645 Internet (Milnet): schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************