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From: perry@leopard.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz)
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Subject: Re: EA Copy protections (Non-MultiTasking)
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 09:40:17 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 09:40:17 1986
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[FoobieBlech]

There is absolutely no reason why Archon could not have been written to run
in a user sizable  window. The game could have listened to WINDOWACTIVE and
the converse IDCMP message  to  give  up the c.p.u. whenever it was not the
current process.

Archon is just another  example  of  EA  cross-developers  spending most of
their time coming up with a sexy come-on sequence and providing very little
real substance.

Quick and dirty (BTW I don't care  how long it actually took to port Archon
or how much effort was expended. If  the end product looks quick and dirty,
feels quick and dirty, sounds  quick  and dirty and plays quick and dirty -
the effort was quick and dirty) ports which do not subscribe to Amiga soft-
ware design philosophy (that  of  the Creative Advantage - multitasking) do
nothing to move the Amiga market or customer base forward.

I haven't seen any evidence to  date  which suggests that EA has used their
special relationship  with  C-A to  advance the  frontier  in home computer
entertainment.

EA - We see further - (than who?) or
EA - We see further - (yeah, so prove it)

So that this note is  not  delivered in  a vacuum, I think it would be ap-
propriate if someone passed this on to ol' Mssr. Hawkins (sp?) himself.