Re: Timelord Demo

[cdeschu@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Chris Deschu)]

In article <2u4uh6$hbe@paris.ics.uci.edu>, Orion Pax <jlee@ics.uci.edu> wrote:
>Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
>: In article neiderma@er4.rutgers.edu (Kid) writes...
>: >
>: >WOW!  I jus downloaded the Timelord demo from GEnie!  The game looks
>: >like Ultima 6!  Incredible!
>: >
>: >Now, why didn't the thing ever come out?  The date on the demo says
>: 	Two reasons: The chief programmer, Chris McKinsey, kind of 
>: burnt out and walked away from the project before it was completed.
>
>I've talked to Steve briefly about this.  If my memory is correct, he said
>that Chris flaked out, joined some rock band or something, and is now gone.
>
>: 	Secondly, no one at DreamWorld was willing to take over where
>: Chris left off on the game, and most of them were starting to drift away
>: from the Apple II themselves at that time. These days there's not much left 
>
>Before Steve was going to graduate and move on to his current job, he wanted
>to get the source from the source, Chris, but I got impression from Steve
>that Chris wasn't about to give it up, and I don't think Steve would've had
>the time to pick up the project.
>
>And DreamGrafix v1.1 was in the works too.  *sigh*

Hey, I saw some externals to DreamGraphix that were in beta at KFest,
I believe, does anyone know if they were ever released? The one I remember
handled larger than normal APF files, and could even scroll huge 3200
images in real time without reverting to greyscale while scrolling.
It was incredible looking, I hope it's not lost somewhere.

While I'm on the subjects, anyone know the exact dates of this year's
Kfest? I'd like to go if I knew when...

Also, is anyone aware of a FE which will display and scroll large
3200 APF images, such as are created by Prism? Right now, the only
thing I can find which will display the pictures Prism creates,
is Prism...

>Joseph
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