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From: robertj@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac II games update
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Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 14:24:34 EDT
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Summary: Ain't much out there....

Well, I know there are many of you who are just as desperate
for Mac II games as I am, so I thought I would share with you
my results from about a half-hour of calling various game com-
panies and asking them about their products.

1) SSI has converted North Atlantic '86, Computer Baseball,
and one other which I don't remember to the Mac.  They are
planning to get Computer Ambush out by December.  As far as
the lady in Cust. Serv. knew, none of these are currently
Mac II compatible.  She asked someone in the background, and
he said that Comp. Ambush should run on the II.  They haven't
playtested it, though :-)

2) Electronic Arts intends to do Deluxe Music Construction Set
for the II.  No timetable, no news on whether it'll support
color or anything else.  The guy in Cust. Serv. said they get
no coversion info from the companies they distribute for (i.e.
Datasoft, etc.), so he couldn't tell me any more.  I asked about
Starflight, and he said that he knows the writers are planning
to do some conversions, but he has no idea what machines they're
gonna be doing first.

3) DataSoft said that Alternate Reality: The City is currently
available for the Mac, but it's not Mac II compatible and they
have no plans to make it so.

4) Origin Systems said that none of their currently available
stuff is Mac II compatible.  They may patch Ogre and Ultima III
to be Mac II compatible, but there's no real timetable.  (Color
support?  Dream on, I said to myself.)  Moebius is due out around
Christmas, Ultima IV is coming next spring, and Ultima V and Auto-
duel coming next fall (!!).  The lady in Cust. Serv. said that all
the new releases will probably be Mac II compatible.  Let's hope
she had a clue.

5) Mindscape said that ALL their current Mac software is Mac II
compatible!!  The rep said that Shadowgate can even be installed
on a Mac II's hard disk.  He said that no color support is planned,
though :-(  Can anyone who has tested Mindscape's software verify
his claim to 100% compatibility???  I find it a bit hard to be-
lieve...

6) Omnitrend Software's rep couldn't tell me much.  She did tell
me that their newest release, Breach, is not II compatible and
there are no plans to make it so.  She didn't know why there were
no compatibility plans.

So all in all, the picture looks pretty bleak.  If any of you get
any new news about Mac II games, or if you're interested in knowing
anything I learn about, please send me Email.

Dosveedanya!  (Is that right?)
Rob Jellinghaus                | "Lemme graze in your veldt,
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