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From: pjd@cwruecmp.UUCP (dr. funk)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Lucasfilm games.
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Date: Wed, 16-May-84 15:51:32 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 16 15:51:32 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 17-May-84 04:24:12 EDT
Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio
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The Spring '84 issue of Atari Connection has an article on 
the new games from Lucasfilm. As mentioned in an earlier
message, there are two games: a rescue game and a surreal
ballgame. The rescue game is a flight simulation over a
changing landscape. The quasi 3-D images are produced on 
the fly using fractals. The ballgame has a split screen --
one for each player. Again, it is a "point of view" game
and the windows show the view from your "Rotofoil" cycle
and your opponent's machine. The object is to send a ball
through moving goal posts while trying to juke your opponent.
It features a progressive jazz score.

The game was tested and previewed on an Evans & Sutherland
Picture System (which is a pretty "real" animation tool.)
Once the concept was frozen, much of the development time
was spent cramming the games into 32K ROM's. (Baskin Robbins,
anyone?)

I've been relatively disinterested in video games during the
last 2-3 years, but I'm really looking forward to these games
just out of "technological" curiosity. Remember, Atari sold
a lot of 400/800's solely on the strength of "Star Raiders"
which now looks a little passe.

paul drongowski				decvax!cwruecmp!pjd
case western reserve university		pjd.Case@Rand-Relay