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From: rsilvers@hawk.ulowell.edu (Robert Silvers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The scoop on Falcon, and a review
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Date: 5 Jan 89 07:43:40 GMT
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In article <878@io.UUCP> carlos (Carlos Smith x4433) writes:
 
>There have been some harsh and unfair words said here about Falcon, all of
 
>Did anyone bother to call Spectrum Holobyte and ask them about the bugs? I
>expect the update to be ready in about two weeks, and yes, it will fix the 

     It always takes 2 weeks.  New programs allways ship in "two weeks", and
bugs are always fixed in "two weeks"

>I want to add that in spite of the bugs Falcon has NEVER ONCE CRASHED on me,
>nor have I ever been robbed of a successfully completed mission, the way
>Interceptor has so often done to so many people... 

     Interceptor does not rob people of successfull missions, those people 
(especially those that have not read the manual for some reason) just
don't know that they must hit the trip wire with their arrestor hook.

     I can't wait to see this game myself, I just don't believe in releasing
buggy software, even before Christmas.  I had enough problems with TDI.

.RS

Robert Silvers.                               rsilvers@hawk.ulowell.edu
Box #1003 University of Lowell.                                   
Lowell Ma, 01854                                                    
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