Re: DHR graphics can be good (was Re: Bill Budge & pinball)

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <C67oy0.EyL@utstat.toronto.edu> philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough) writes:

>Someone else wrote me about Airheart, which I have never seen. Ok, I admit to
>having been too harse regarding the DHR quality. I have seen both Dragon Wars
>however, and there's no comparison with the GS version, if only for the
>sound (by the way, Bards' Tales I and II have been updated to use tool 35 and
>they are really nice- available from BRCC). In any case, I still think that
>most DHR programs are terrible.

I'll generally agree, although I have played Airheart and found it to be
pretty visually stunning, although not in the league of GS stuff.  I've heard
the new Bard's Tale I with the midiSynth music and it is sweet!

>IIe programs keep coming out. It's just very disappointing. Sound is very
>important and the IIe doesn't have any.

The IIe has the same sound as a stock PC (actually that's vice-versa :) and
nice things can be done with it at the expense of CPU time...someone on 
comp.sys.amiga.audio brought up the spectre of a IIe-based MOD player
(It could most likely be done with a RamWorks or similar card if someone was
really masochistic...Scott Alfer has left the building so it doesn't look like
it's gonna happen though ;)
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