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From: syap@ur-tut.UUCP (James Fitzwilliam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: (Was Re: Crystal Quest) Now: "Q" re Mac II, & "A" re Dark Castle...
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Date: 13 Jan 88 06:28:20 GMT
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Reply-To: syap@tut.cc.rochester.edu (James Fitzwilliam)
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Keywords: Mac II Mac Plus Dark Castle Crystal Quest compatibility color
Summary: DC is available, and Mac II --> Plus compatibility questions.
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In article <630@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell) writes:
 >I just got a copy of Crystal Quest from Programs-Plus for $28. It's a pretty
 >neat game, runs on a Mac2 in color (or gray scale). It's basically an
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 >enhanced version of Crystal Raider. New features are: good on-line help, you
 >can quit from it, colors, lots of bizarre (and some obnoxious) digitized
 >sounds ...


Since more and more things will be coming out for the Mac II, this seems to
be a good time to ask this question:

How successfully can programs that operate in full color/sound kit'n'
caboodle on the Mac II be made Plus/512 compatible?  Will there have to
be separate II and Plus versions for this reason?

Also, how much memory would the color/sound resources occupy in such a
program?  Would you save significant space by deleting resources that
your Plus can't use, like CDEV (I think) and the ones for color?  Could
you do this at all? -- [Does a program check for machine type before
ever calling those resources, so you could nix them, or does it find
out that there's no color etc. BY ATTEMPTING to call the resource?]


 >Anyone know when Beyond Dark Castle will be out, and if it will run on a
 >Mac2?

Haven't got it myself, but MacConnection's (1-800-MAC-LISA) ad in the most
recent MacWorld has it listed for $27, and they aren't in the habit of
marketing vaporware.

(No connection to the Connection, blah blah blah, just a satisfied
customer. :-)

						James
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