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From: huebner@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert E. Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Amiga games???
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.211036.23155@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 91 21:10:36 GMT
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In article <5620@vela.acs.oakland.edu> sphaak@vela.acs.oakland.edu (sphaak) writes:
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>I was also wondering about the availability of a few games.  
>Is Mechwarrior EVER coming out, or was it vaporware?
>what about Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe?
>SimEarth?

  I keep hearing that this is definitely planned.  I hope they follow
  through.  I've been told that the Mac version will run under AMAX if
  you're real anxious.
  
>Battletech: the Crescent Hawk's Revenge?

  I could have sworn I saw this game at the local dealer with an Amiga
  sticker.  I could be wrong.  I was no unimpressed by the MS-DOS release
  I do not expect much.
  
>Megatraveller: the Zhodani Conspiracy?

  This was advertised in the May issue of AmigaFormat.  Looks great, too!
  No specific date was mentioned, but I assume that means its a firm plan.
  
> M.U.L.E    !!!!!!!!  goddamit!

  I agree.  I've found Full Metal Planete makes a suitable surrogate,
  though.  (Draconian, 1988).
  
>If these games were out for the Ami I would BUY everyone of them.  Are there 
>plans to release any of them??

Get out your checkbook.

With the exception of the Luftwaffe game (which I have never heard of) I
think you'll see the other titles eventually.  Mechwarrior will obviously
be an Amiga release if it emerges at all.  (Fingers crossed)

One more point- If you have seen the new CDTV in stores, look at the
catalog of available titles.  Maxis advertises a CDTV version of
SimCity.  The screenshot looks significantly different than the standard
Amiga version.  Perhaps the greater storage has been utilised in some way?

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