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From: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (Matthew Montano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Software rehash was: (Re: Egghead Drops Apple II)
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Date: 26 May 91 14:45:03 GMT
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jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
>chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU writes:
>>
>>>
>>>90% of the "latest and greatest" IBM software is just rehash of Apple II and
>>>Mac stuff years old. There are some very notable exceptions, but the majority
>>>is crap that would not sell on any other system.
>>>
>>True... I recall something I seen several years back that bears striking 
>>resemblance with the original Leasure Suit Larry... And that thing was
>>entirely text based and was written in BASIC in DOS 3.3!
>>
>
>This is incredible bull.  It's like saying that Ultima VI is just a rehash
>of Ultima I, and therefore totally useless.  Or that the Apple IIgs is just
>a rehash of the original Apple II, and is therefore worthless.  I suppose
>you think that PageMaker 4.0 is just a rehash of the Print Shop?
>--

Sierra recently released several "new" games. They were advertised as such
too. "Exciting new concept in games" or something similar. Sierra's division
called Dynamix seems to be handling them all.

One game is a blatant (licensed?) rip off of an old Apple II game, O'Rielys
Mine.

Another is another blatant rip off of Stellar 7.

Both Stellar 7 and O'Rielys Mine(s?) were fantastic games in their time. The
graphics and sound now look pale in comparisson, but the game play was great.
The games were really playable and simply fun.

Sierra/Dynamix are taking these old great games, beefing them up with modern
320*200*16 graphics, and Ad-Lib graphics and releasing them as "new" games.

Soft-Porn Adventure beared a little more than a striking resemblance to
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards.

See where the future of IIgs entertainment software should be? It's in our
shoeboxes!

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