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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
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Subject: Re: Questions about BattleTech
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Date: 25 Apr 91 21:04:36 GMT
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In article <1991Apr25.080804.14090@milton.u.washington.edu> crispin@csd.uwo.ca
(Crispin Cowan) writes:

>The game I'm asking about is called BattleTech.  According to the moderator,
>(contrary to my impression) it is an arcade game (I had thought it was
>a building-sized getup, reminiscent of Photon).
>
>The radio article I heard specifically described fighting with other
>players instead of the machine.  Would this imply some sort of LAN
>connecting player boxes in an arcade?  Is "Joe's Pin-ball" really up
>to LAN management 1/2 :-)?

It's a bunch of hopped-up Amigas in closets, essentially.  Players fight
each other in teams, have several viewscreens and roughly 200 gauges
and controls to deal with.

Check Amiga magazines over the past year for various articles on the
BattleTech Game Center.


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