Re: Bill Budge & pinball

[philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <C63tBM.Gsz@wave.scar.utoronto.ca> taob@r-node.hub.org writes:

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>> I just picked up 8 Ball Deluxe and Tristan for the Mac. Now this is what
>> the GS needs...We need a great pinball game, preferably with some
>> construction set. I'd view this as a priority item.
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>    Well, I wouldn't call it a "priority item", but I definitely would
>like to see a good PCS with 256-colour graphics, great sound effects, a
>selection of background music (or provide you own), lots of neat little
>gizmos to place on the pinball board, etc.  I played with Tristan for a
>little while.  Pretty graphics, but it didn't seem all that special.  A
>game like this won't be too CPU-intensive, so the GS should be capable
>of some really cool stuff (especially wrt music and sound).

Well, I view it as a priority item. By the way, the graphics need only be in
16 colours. It looks just as good that way. Tristan is a lot of fun, but
8 Ball Deluxe is far better. Amtex (Belleville, Ontario) is in the process of
redoing many of the Classic pinball machines. 8 Ball Deluxe (Bally) is the
first in a series.
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>    You might be able to get a fairly decent version out in DHR, but I
>think the sound and music are equally (if not more) important than
>snazzy 256-colour graphics.  Where's Amtex located?

Hmm...I've yet to see anything nice in DHR. I don't mean this as a putdown
of the AppleII, but it is very annoying that the IIe is now getting a LOT
of support to the detriment of the GS. I'll be very frank. The IIe may
very well be a good controller device, but as anything else it is a shame
that Apple is pushing it over the GS. The only reason must be that things
look so awful, except text, on a IIe that Apple feels this will convince
people to move to the Mac.

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Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
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