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From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Games That Multitask (Was piracy for some reason)
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Date: 16 Dec 88 21:57:55 GMT
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I just got a copy of Universal Military Simulator from Rainbird
software yesterday (free!).  I haven't had time to play it, but
I briefly ran through the manual.

The game is ported from the Atari.  So instantly, I assume that it
will be somewhat braindamaged, take over the machine, etc. (since
I have been reading this thread).

HOWEVER !!!,

at the end of the Amiga addendum, there is a blurb that goes something
like this:

  Q: Can I do other things while playing UMS?

  A: Sure!  There are two ways to do this.  First is to use the 
     gadgets on the upper right of the screen (screen depth gads)
     to access the workbench.  Second, use can use the key sequences
     Amiga-N and Amiga-M to move back and forth from the workbench
     screen.

This totally surprised me.  Glad to see there are people who follow the
rules.  (Actually, most of the offenders, are games that try to squeeze
out the last nano-second for faster frame rates - wargames don't usually
fall into this category, although I have seen some that don't use
AmigaDos)

Therefore, since I got the game free and should make a token effort
to push it; all you people who haven't found any decent games to
play while doing real work (ie multitasking), check the game out.
(the back cover shows Atari screens [at least I hope they are, since
I haven't played it yet], so you may want to see it in action at
a store)

Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com)
	"If Intelligence were outlawed, only outlaws would have Amigas"