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From: buffa@yeu.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
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Subject: Re: GODS demo posted to ab20
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Date: 22 Apr 91 08:27:50 GMT
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In article <1991Apr21.223421.28633@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, cs326ag@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren J. Rittle) writes:
> In article <10965@mirsa.inria.fr> buffa@mirsa.inria.fr writes:
> >I just uploaded a playable demo of the first level of GODS, the very last game
> >written by "The Bitmap Brothers", authors of CADAVER, PEEDBALL II, XENON I and
> >II... 
> 
> When you say `last,' do you mean their latest or the last one they will ever
> make?  Man, I'm going to run out and buy this puppy --- it is great! (And
> I don't play games much anymore...)  I wonder if the CP will work on my
> '030 machine...  The demo runs fine, but more than one game gets hosed
> when they give it to the CP expert!
> 
I meant their latest. They are currently working on a kind of Mario Bros game
called "Magic Pocket"

> Are the other works by "The Bitmap Brothers" as good as this demo
> appears?

XENON I : good, but unplayable after level one.
SPEEDBALL I : excellent !
XENON II: very good shoot'em'up
CADAVER: In my opinion it's the best adventure game I ever played
SPEEDBALL II: One of the best sport games available. Nuch better than
	      SPEEDBALL I.
GODS: Fantastic. I just played the final version, and it's very good. I just
played the first two worlds, they are also in the demo, but the main
differences are:

	    -It loads much quicker than the demo
	    -It gives codes not to start at level 1 all the time
	    -It comes in two disks, the 2nd one is not copy protected (it is
	    the one where the scores and the codes are saved), and in the 
	    documentation it is recommended to make a backup. Great !
	    -There are many secret lever, secret lives that appear when you
	    jump in a particular place... 
	    -More music too.

	    -It is rather complex to complete level 2 !!!


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