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From: farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Inevitable 1.4 Rom Problem
Message-ID: <15431@well.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 90 11:32:55 GMT
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sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:

>If I follow the rules, and find out what the "tricks and traps" of
>using the faster processors, is it feasable to write portable games on
>my old trusty A1000?

Yes.

>If you answered yes, would you bet your paycheck on it?

Well, since you asked...  Yes, I would.  In fact, I have, for the last
year or so, derived my sole income (little as it was :-) from porting
games to the Amiga, and ALL of my games run on ALL configurations.  At
least, every configuration I can try.  There might be some weird hardware
hack out there that I don't run on, but I don't really care - I run on
all standard configurations, and that's good enough for me.

It's easy enough to check, if you've got a full-line Amiga dealer handy.
There, I'm fortunate -- there are two very good dealers within a short
drive, and they're more than willing to let me check things out on their
equipment.  That, plus my own hardware, pretty much covers the field.

The games I've ported, by the way (and in response to several email
enquiries) are Quink, for the now-defunct CBS software, Crystal Quest
(now available!  Buy!  Buy! :-), for Casady and Greene Inc., and
Storm Across Europe, for SSI, plus two others which, for contractual
reasons, I can't disclose.

-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.usa