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From: robertj@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: game review: Crystal Quest
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Date: 3 Feb 88 02:28:18 GMT
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In article <3562@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes:
>Recently, fireplace@cup.portal.com wrote:
...
>|By the way... Crystal Quest can be installed on a Hard Disk.  The game will
>|ask you to insert the original key disk in your Floppy Drive before
>|starting.  It's nice being able to put a game on a Hard Disk.
>
>Well, it is kind of them to allow you to place your software on your hard
>disk :-) Seriously, though, I bought mine because I wanted the speed of a HD
>over a floopy and the convience of not having to locate and mount volumes to
>run programs.  With any key disk copy protection both advantages are
>annihilated.  Think again before praising any key disk schemes, especially
>on HD installed copies.

Well, I don't LOVE the key disk scheme, but I do think it's permissible
on a game of this nature (especially since I always run under Multifinder,
and to play the game requires restarting the computer, which takes long
enough that I have tome to find the disk).

The game is AWESOME in color.  If you have a II and like games, GET IT.

>Christopher Chow
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