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From: paul@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Paul Schinder)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Comments on Midway
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Date: Sun, 27-Jan-85 23:40:25 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 27 23:40:25 1985
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Just a few comments on the game "Midway" which was distributed in
net.sources last week.  On the whole, it is enjoyable, but there are a few
changes I wouldn't mind seeing.  First, islands don't sink, and I wish there
were another way to indicate whether Midway was captured.  It should be
possible to recapture it if the Japanese force holding it is weak enough, or
at least to bomb the island if the Japanese hold it.  Second, when I die, I
always wonder what happened.  Isn't it possible to have the game finish?
(Was all that sacrifice in vain or not?)  On those rare occasions when I'm
playing the American side, and plaster the Japanese, I always wonder whether
there are any more out there.  Isn't it possible to have the game tell you
in some way if there are any more enemy left?
-- 


				Paul Schinder
				Astronomy and Astrophysics Center
				University of Chicago
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