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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Beyond Dark Castle
Message-ID: <76000183@uiucdcsp>
Date: 3 Apr 88 21:24:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Apr  3 15:24:00 1988


Well.. I'm sorry people dislike BDC.  As a first time macintosh (II)
owner, I can only play BDC, and it's impressive.  The animation is
beautiful, and the puzzles are hard (I've solved only the computer room
after a few hours of play).

Maybe some veterans tire of BDC because of their familiarity with Dark
Castle.  Perhaps the disappointment is the same kind that everyone
goes through after reading many sci-fi books by one author, or after
reading 500 Calvin & Hobbes or FAR SIDE comic strips.  The new work is
still interesting, but the initial thrill is gone forever.

I am terribly impressed by the animation, which easily overwhelms the
best donkey-kong type game I ever played previously (a classic
ATARI-400 game with 12 wildly different screens, in color).  I can't
help cracking up whenever I hit a wall (whoaaa.. whoaaa!!
brbrbrrbrbrbrb!!!), or marvelling at the beautiful animation when you
turn the heli-pack around, in practice mode.

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}