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From: daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Reach for the Stars
Message-ID: <14820008@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Apr 91 14:53:23 GMT
References: <1991Apr7.231000.2711@cs.UAlberta.CA>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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>I just picked up Reach for the Stars for the Amiga (you can still get it
>if you order direct from EA).

>I used to have it for the C64, and found it to be a very good game.

>I have, however, noticed a bug in the amiga version.  If you run under
>1.3, it crashes when you try to save the game (it comes with WB 1.2 on
>the disk, and seems to work ok under that).  

>I did notice a few people a while back posting on here that there were
>some bugs in it.  Are there any other bugs other than the above that I
>should be aware of?

There sure are.  Sometimes entire task forces will just disappear
for not reason.  This pisses me off.  It happens fairly frequently,
and I sent that tape back with a fairly detailed description of the
bug, and they just sent me another copy of the same disk.  Oh well.

doug