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

I guess so. But, I'm not going to. The only portable part would be
the logic engine. The rest of it would have to be machine specific
and as that is where mot of the code is, I can't see why you would
bother nowadays. The PC market is large enough that you really
wouldn't need to bother with anything else. The only exception to
that would be the Nintendo or Sega platforms, but even that would be
questionable as they have quite high setup costs and getting the
info on them is difficult. Not to mention the marketing costs.

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

Fair'nuff. If you do find one that works, send it to me.

BV> Just out of curiosity, is WoW a flat 2-D game like PacMan, Space
PE> Yep, just like PacMan except you get to shoot the grooblies as
PE> well.

I thought it may have been. Most if not all of the really good games
have been flat 2D maze games. Sure there are some exceptions, but
the old style still has a lot of life left in it.

PE> I prefer the simple shoot-the-grooblies type games.  After WOW,
PE> my next favourite game is Space Invaders, then PacMan.  I also
PE> like playing a real pinball machine at the parlour, but I'm not
PE> very good at that.  However, it is not a good idea to extrapolate
PE> the world's views from ANY opinion of mine, in case you haven't
PE> worked that out yet!

:) 'salright Paul. Believe it or not, I think you are amongst the
majority on that one.

PE> Someone else also told me that WOW was their favourite game.
PE> I have about 4 copies of it on cartridge, which I got from
PE> Computer Bazaar in Chatswood.  They sell C64's for about $50!!!
PE> The cartridges only cost $1 each or something.  I wonder if I'm
PE> the only person who would buy 4 cartridges of the same thing?!

Probably :)

PE> Anyway, if I ever manage to get a C64 emulator, I'll
PE> attach it to you with WOW.  BFN.

Tanks, I hope to see it one day.

Regards, Brenton
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