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From: buffa@yeu.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
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Subject: Re: The Real Reason Why... (Was: Re: Psygnosis Missed the Point! Re: Psygnosis Missing The Boat?
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Date: 14 Jun 91 10:02:12 GMT
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In article <12980@uwm.edu>, gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
> Rumor has it that they bought the rights to Sonic the Hedgehog
> (Genesis).  And if they do a bang up job on that, they can rot in hell
> for the rest of their frail and miserable lives.  I can't believe that
> they make money off of the crap they put out.  But Sonic is one of the
> best games I've seen out in a long time, and if someone like Psygnosis
> were to do it, it would look great. 

Maybe I'm wrong, but I read that people from PROBE SOFTWARE (very bad company
that works for US GOLD) are doing the port. This would mean another bad US
GOLD game. I'm dreaming about a port od Sonic... by Psygnosis, with the
original playability please !

 But knowing that US gold can't
> program worth their weight in rubber chickens and dildoes, I think
> that they'll do a bang up job, and applaud themselves for their
> insight.

I'm not expecting anything good from them. They made so many bad games.

> Does anyone know of a game that is actually GOOD that is done by US
> Gold?  Strider I sucked big time, way too slow.  But it's about the
> only one I've really played...

I loved Strider in the arcades, and was really disappoionted when I tried
their Amiga port (by Tiertex, another bad company that works for Us Gold). The
only game I found playable is Shadow Dancers. But its graphics, sound effects,
presentation, everything is ugly. The best game from Us Gold is not a good
game, just an average game !!!!!!!!!

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