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From: jsp@key.COM (James Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My SE/30 and the games it wont run :-(
Message-ID: <851@key.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 89 20:36:22 GMT
References: <1789@taux01.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsp@penguin.key.COM (James Preston)
Organization: Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont
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In article <1789@taux01.UUCP> cyosta%taux01@nsc.COM ( Yossie Silverman ) writes:
> [games that don't work on an SE/30]
>4) Crystal Quest (2.2c) complains that there are problems and asks
>   if I want to take a chance and continue.  I answer that I do and
>   the game works except that (1) no sound is generated and (2) the
>   mouse movement seems a little sluggish.

Hmmm, my SE/30 runs Crystal Quest just fine; no complaints or messages,
complete with sound.  I'll see if I can remember to check my version and
see if it's 2.2c or not.  About the sluggish mouse movement:  Do you realize 
that the mouse does not directly control your player?  It's more of a
velocity controller.  I suspect that what you call "sluggish" is actually
the correct behavior.

A few games to add to the "not on an SE/30" list:

1) Dark castle.  Strange complaints about memory.

2) GATO.  Totally dead.

3) Falcon 2.0.  The heads up display has the most annoying flicker.  I
   actually called Spectrum Holobyte about this, and they said they were
   working on the problem, and put my name on a list of people to receive
   the upgrade when they'd fixed it.  That was over a month ago.

4) MacinTalk.  MacNoTalk.  (Orbiter without the voice of Mission Control is 
   surprisingly less interesting to play.)
   The Mac "gurus" that I've talked to say that Macintalk is an unsupported
   product.  Am I totally SOL here, or is there some kind soul out there
   in MacLand who can offer me some hope?

--James Preston