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From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Lemmings (It's NOT LAME!)
Message-ID: <24240@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 16 Apr 91 09:01:48 GMT
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arc@desire.wright.edu writes:


>  I've been seeing all of these msgs about how bad Lemmings is, and
>that it was a port.  This, if you know ANYTHING about porting, is
>NO port.

True enough, but not for the reasons you state...

>Think about it, this game has 100 little Lemmings on
>the screen.  The ST wouldn't be able to do this without slowing
>down much more than the Amiga.

More, yes.  Much more?  I don't know - check out my "tutorial" for details
on the drawing scheme - it might not slow down all that much, actually.
The actual drawing part of Lemmings isn't where all the time goes.

>Plus, if you people didn't notice,
>this game is playing on a screen that is part hi-res (640x200) &
>part 320x200.  The bottom is hires and the top is low-res (on game).

No, it's not.  320 X 200 X 16 colors for the entire screen.  Look again.

>This requires very wild programming.

Even if it was the way you said, it isn't wild programming - just what the
Amiga has always done.

>It is a first with that many colors.

Hardly.

>The ST OR EGA can't handle as many colors as our Lemmings
>game has (OVER 16 for sure).

Again - look again.  16 colors, that's all.  EGA could certainly handle it.
And, in fact, does.  The ST, as well.

>Lemmings was a fine production and I think it will become a classic on all
>computer platforms.

Well, I agree with you there!

-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.us