Re: Reach for the stars by SSG

[SINCLAIRB@grasslands.cri.nz (Bruce Sinclair)]

In article <3ginr8$lne@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
>From: Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov>
>Subject: Re: Reach for the stars by SSG
>Date: 30 Jan 1995 12:59:20 GMT

>In article <SINCLAIRB.20.0011422F@grasslands.cri.nz> Bruce
>Sinclair,
>SINCLAIRB@grasslands.cri.nz writes:
>>Hi - anyone have a non copy protected version of this (to
>go on a projected 
>>hard drive). I do own it but was told by the writers they
>don't have any 
>>copies of the IIe/+ or the gs versions. Much sadness :(
>:( Any help would be 
>>appreciated.

>All IIe/+ versions were copy protected.
>No IIgs versions were copy protected.

>If you have a IIgs version, you can put it on your HD
>without anyone's help needed.
>If you have a IIe/+ version, you can't.

Bother :(  that's what i thought :( :(

>So talk to SSG and convince them to put the gs version
>in the public domain. Point out that it will encourage
>people to by their "other platform" versions.

SSG email address is  ....
72662.3471@compuserve.com

.... so help me out here. We'ld all like to see it public wouldn't we :)
(they don't even have any versions for the II systems themselves !!)

>Of course:
>The gs version interface is much better than the Mac
>version, and _infinately_ better than the MsDos version
>(which is almost unplayable).
>The best playing _game_ version is the IIe/+ (and thus
>presumably the C64 too). The gs/Mac/MsDos versions all
>lost a lot of computer AI in the translation.

agree with you there :) the IIe/+ versions are triffic !

>/*  Bill North -- north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov  */