Re: Aztec

[Ralph Glatt <mairsil@my-deja.com>]

In article <375A3767.72A837E5@swbell.net>,
  rubywand@swbell.net wrote:
> Ralph Glatt writes ...
> >
> > Did they ever release a fixed version of this game? Every copy I've
seen
> > had a major case of bugs in them, bad enough to make it almost
> > uplayable.
>  ....
>
>      The files on Asimov seem to be okay, at least for the limited
time I managed
> to stay alive. Glitches like not immediately turning when you press
the Turn Right
> key are annoying, but not fatal since, when you press Walk, your
action figure
> walks Right. I do not know if any version (there were at least two
releases) ever
> fixed all of Aztec's eccentricities.

Okay, good. I had a feeling they had released another version, and I
hadn't managed to get one yet. The disk I've been playing is an
original, most likely a first release. I find even difficulty one
playing almost impossible.

>
>      If you'd like to try another Aztec disk image file, one is on
Apple Cabi.net
> as AztecAdvDsk.zip at http://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/Games/8bit/ .
Once it is
> unzipped, you should have a .dsk file.

Haven't managed to work out how to convert disk images to something I
can use on my //c, but I will, eventually. Thanks, Ruby!



Ralph Glatt


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