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From: daryl@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Daryl Monge)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Was Re: New Atari Home Video Game
Message-ID: <3902@ihlpe.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 88 02:14:02 GMT
References: <4934@bsu-cs.UUCP> <1253@atari.UUCP> <401926c9.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> <8060@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: daryl@ihlpe.UUCP (Daryl Monge)
Organization: Engineering Design Process Department, AT&T Bell Labs
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In article <8060@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> soohoo@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Ken Soohoo) writes:
>In article <401926c9.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger) writes:
>>No video game that only supports one-button joysticks is worth $100.
>>You need at least two to play reasonably complex games.
>The XE system has one button, which
>seems to work just fine, and has never bothered me -- does anyone else
>care to comment on the merits of more buttons? How about the merits of
>different control mechanisms...

One button joy sticks work just fine for any joystick controlled game.
In reference to "reasonably complex", I contend that a keyboard is
necessary for truly complex games, hence the XE is the clear winner.
In addition, you can put a disk on an XE, giving more storage (I am
playing Alternate Reality right now - six SSSD disks) and the ability
to do game SAVE, an important option for long, complex games.

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