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From: kenh@eclectic.COM (Ken Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Spaceward Ho question
Message-ID: <144@eclectic.COM>
Date: 8 May 91 16:33:23 GMT
References: <2902@geocub.UUCP>
Organization: Isle Systems - Waltham, MA
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In article <2902@geocub.UUCP> anthes@geocub.UUCP (Franklin Anthes) writes:
>More seriously, when you play a multi-player game, is it real-time?
>Does every body have to be in front of their computers at the same time,
>and that for the whole length of the game?

No.  Since it's a strategy game, it's only semi-real time.  Basically,
you can set a turn limit after which point the turn will automatically
update.  For more information, see the TidBITS review on it.

Ken


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