PE> I'll pay you $150 for a copy of Wizard of Wor that works on the
PE> Amiga, and is EXACTLY the same as the Commodore 64 version except
PE> that the Amiga's capabilities are exploited more so that the
PE> grooblies look nicer.

BV> Why the fuck would I want to write games for a dead machine Paul ?

Can't you write it in a portable manner so that on the Amiga it
uses the sprites etc, but on the PC it uses routines to emulate
sprites?

BV> I can't say that I've ever seen Wizard of War. Is there a C=64
BV> emulator that will run on a PC ? If you there is, can you attach it

There is, but I don't have it.  I have one on my BBS, but I didn't
manage to get it to work.  Anyone else?

BV> Just out of curiosity, is WoW a flat 2-D game like PacMan, Space

Yep, just like PacMan except you get to shoot the grooblies as
well.  Not only that, but you can play a two-player game, and
although you get a lot of points for killing the other player,
you can instead form a gentleman's agreement ("death pact") to
not kill each other, and just kill grooblies instead.  It's the
only two-player game I actually like.  In some situations, you
can stand back to back and just keep pressing fire, and there's
no way the grooblies can get you.

BV> a lot to setup and learn from the users perspective as well. The
BV> older games whilst being simpler were more enjoyable to play in many
BV> ways. You didn't need to spend hours learning to master them and
BV> they provided good entertainment. You could play one for a few
BV> minutes and then turn if off without feeling that you didn't achieve
BV> anything. What are your thoughts on that side of things ?

I prefer the simple shoot-the-grooblies type games.  After WOW,
my next favourite game is Space Invaders, then PacMan.  I also
like playing a real pinball machine at the parlour, but I'm not
very good at that.  However, it is not a good idea to extrapolate
the world's views from ANY opinion of mine, in case you haven't
worked that out yet!  Someone else also told me that WOW was their
favourite game.  I have about 4 copies of it on cartridge, which
I got from Computer Bazaar in Chatswood.  They sell C64's for
about $50!!!  The cartridges only cost $1 each or something.  I
wonder if I'm the only person who would buy 4 cartridges of the
same thing?!  Anyway, if I ever manage to get a C64 emulator, I'll
attach it to you with WOW.  BFN.

Paul
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