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From: lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Laurana Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Masterpieces?
Message-ID: <6590@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 26 May 91 19:44:31 GMT
References: <1991May26.120758.1@max.u.washington.edu>
Organization: Lemming-Aid 1992 - Benefit Concert To Save The Lemmings
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In article <1991May26.120758.1@max.u.washington.edu> rhett@max.u.washington.edu writes:
> 
>I wish there was something like Street Fighter II on the Amiga. Have you
>guys seen this game? (It's a console/arcade game...the kind you have to
>put quarters/tokens in and you stand up to play it.) Everytime I play this
>thing I think to myself that the Amiga could do graphics like that, but
>frankly I am doubtful that the Amiga has the speed to pull off the dynamics.

The Amiga could handle the graphics, sound, and even speed of Street
Fighter II no problem. The snag would be character control. The arcade
game uses 6 different buttons plus a joystick to do it's thing. Most
Amiga games are written for one button joysticks. It would tend to
lose something in the translation.

Very few people are putting out good arcade style games for the Amiga.
Robocop 2 was one of the better ones I've purchased as of late. Seems
there's a stigma against arcade style games. Almost like Nintendo or
Sega have the only claim to that sort of thing. 

Then, those few companies that are doing ports, are doing them badly.
Quite often the port is from the arcade  to the IBM and THEN to the
Amiga with no care being taken in the Amiga code. 

Special F/X, the folks who did Robocop 2, did an amazing job. I would
love to see more ports by them especially anything Arcade wise.

Another problem that needs to be addressed is the lack of support for
multi-button joysticks. Currentlt EVERY routine I have seen for
reading the joystick ports only read one button. To have a two button
joystick all you need to is slap a second button on there that works
like the right mouse button. Then just check for the right mouse
button press along with the left when reading the port for a joystick.
With the advent of CDTV and it's two button controller I am hoping we
will begin to see more two button support in games. 

Three buttons would be rather easy as well. Consider the following:
Sega does a lot of their development for the Sega Genesis on networked
A2000s and as a result, their three button joypads workd GREAT on the
Amiga. A few Amiga games (R-Type among them) even support two out of
the three buttons on the joypad. (Made playing R-Type MUCH better)
Supporting that third button shouldn't be too hard. With the easy
availability of the Sega Gensis joypads all over the place it wouldn't
be a problem for folks to pick one up if a game required it. The thing
is, SOMEONE has to start supporting it. If programmers do support it
then others will join in and then joystick makers will start making
sticks for the Amiga that support three buttons.



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