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From: fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Programs Plus games etc.
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Date: 24 May 91 03:21:46 GMT
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I noticed the following in the Programs Plus ad in the June '91 inCider
(it's actually the best part of the magazine):

Broderbund
    Wings of Fury (AP & GS)......22

Origin Systems
    Space Rogue (AP or GS).......30

Questions:
- Has anybody seen a //gs version of Wings of Fury?  The // version was
  amazing.  I didn't think they were going to do a //gs version though.

- How about Space Rogue GS?  I've seen the Mac version, but didn't even know
  there was one for the //, much less //gs-specific.

I'm afraid to call PP in case they don't know the difference between a
"// or //gs" version and a "//gs only" version.  Hard to tell from the
catalog itself.

Other points of interest:
- Mac games are starting to creep into the catalog.  My impression was that
  they had a whole different catalog of Mac stuff that they published
  elsewhere.  Weird.

- The elusive Dragon Wars GS is under Interplay, not EA (for $29).

- There's a letter on page 17 from a guy who trimmed his Platinum Paint
  disk down to create a bootable disk.  He removed the Finder from the
  PP system disk, and moved the PP program onto it (presumably on a copy...).
  However, he has a small problem:

  "Now the program runs fine and loads faster than the Finder, but when I
   click on 'Quit', it apparently tried to quit to the Finder.  When the
   program can't find the Finder, it returns to the beginning (first, or
   palette) screen.  I have to use another disk to turn off my system or
   reset the computer."

  It's what we've always feared.

  Macintosh users on an Apple II.

  Aiiiiiiiiieeeee!!  :-)

  (the part that was MOST interesting to me was that the guy answering the
  question neglected to mention that Open Apple-Control-Reset would "reset
  the computer"... instead he recommended using ProSel.)

Hey guys, what's a decent //gs magazine that Programs Plus advertises in?

My inCider subscription runs out in October...

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