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From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Grouchy Smurf)
Subject: Re:  GODS demo posted to ab20
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References: <8805@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr25.094718.905@hollie.rdg.dec.com> <889.2817fd72@vger.nsu.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1991 17:40:09 GMT

In article <889.2817fd72@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>In article <1991Apr25.094718.905@hollie.rdg.dec.com>, jamie@sievax.enet.dec.com (Jamie Badman) writes:
>> In article <8805@crash.cts.com>, uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun)
>> writes:
>>>There is no excuse at this stage for software that does not
>>>support all standard amigas, programs written in 1985 do it.
>>>To ignore accelerated machines, is pure laziness.
>
>AGREE!
>
>>>
>>>-Roger
>>>
>>>UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!uzun
>>>ARPA: crash!pnet01!uzun@nosc.mil
>>>INET: uzun@pnet01.cts.com
>>>
>> 
>> No, the platform they are writing for is the basic Amiga 500; the mass
>> market. In Europe the majority of Amigas sold are A500 machines. They
>> are in business; why should they spend their time making the games run
>> on all the possible configurations of the machine if they stand to make
>> little, if any, extra income from doing so ? I guess a reasonable
>
>Uh, because that will increase their market??  Uh, perhaps there is 
>no real reason for it not to run on A3000s except laziness?
>
>I dare anyone to say "They had to write code that would only run on the
>68000 -- to release the real power of the Amiga".
>
>It doesn't wash.  There are _no mysteries_ when writing software for
>all of the Amiga platforms.  Ignoring the accelerated Amiga is very
>very stupid.

Why Why Why Why Why is it that a company that makes games for Messy Dos
machines or ever M*cs always make the games "normal" in the sence that
they are HD mountable and will run on most of the platforms but when the
same company makes a version for the amiga the game doesnt multitask, doesnt
mount on a HD, doesnt work on an 030 or under 2.0 or both???

You can tell me all about all the 500's in Europe but I still wonder why 
companies will make an OS friendly game for other platforms but not for
the amiga, using lame excuses like "most amigas are unexpanded 500's...."

I have a 500 with 1 meg of ram. I do not multitask much because of that 
constraint. I dont have a HD. However I plan to expand my system <or just get a
2000 and do the same> and when I do, I want all of my software to do what I 
want it to do, mainly multitask since I will have the memory. It is lazy
programming that prevents me from buying anymore games that wont do the
above tasks. <Ok I will buy Nuclear War and Populous but at least they 
are HD mountable I think.>