Re: Games: Apple IIgs vs. Atari ST vs. Amiga

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Don" <coach41@pacbell.net> wrote:

>I have a question for IIGS users.....what kind of games were YOU
>expecting for the IIGS when it was introduced?

    I always felt Zany Golf was THE shining example of what all Apple IIGS
games could have, and should have been like. Needless to say I was
fairly disappointed by all the effortless ports of games that simply ripped
Commodore 64 or IBM EGA graphics (usually with lackluster sound and 
sluggish speed to accompany them).

    Developers like Will Harvey, Brian Greenstone, John Brooks, Steve 
Chiang, Scott Patterson, John Lund, Ryan Ridges, Bill Heineman, FTA,
Ninaforce, Brutal Deluxe were all too rare, unfortunately.

>I guess I have a couple of other questions:
>
>Which IIGS games were the best ones that pushed the IIGS to it's
>limits?

-Out of This World 
-Wolfenstein 3-D 
-Rastan 
-Task Force 
-Zany Golf 
-The Immortal 
-DuelTris
-TimeLord
-Space Harrier
-Sword of Sodan 
-KABOOM! 
-Super Mario Bros 
-Defender of the World
-Space Ace
-LemminGS

>Which IIGS games (besides the ones mentioned Paperboy/Gauntlet) were
>did not even take advantage of anything the IIGS had to offer?

-John Elway's Quarterback (IIe/IIc speaker toggling for sound)
-Reader Rabbit GS (Double-Hi-Res graphics)

Mitchell Spector