You're right - the SAM version of Escape... was not all that good. Problem was, I had the Amiga version which was a near-perfect 2-player arcade game at that time, so it made it look worse than it really was!
Tuesday, April 25, 2006, 1:50:13 PM, you wrote: Aley> If this came 15 years ago, it would be excellent. Now, it's void. :-( Aley> And, Escape... game is really bad on Sam - it's slow, has so many bugs, and Aley> the controls are stupid. I liked ZXS128 version of that game, not this one. Aley> /--- Aley> Aley Aley> ----- Original Message ----- Aley> From: "Colin Piggot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aley> To: <[email protected]> Aley> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:09 AM Aley> Subject: Latest Quazar News (April 2006) >> Mayhem Accelerator >> ---------------------- >> As the Mayhem Accelerator is now approaching production, with launch >> hopefully within the next couple of months, I've captured some videos of >> it >> in action and uploaded them onto the website. >> >> Videos are of: >> Lemmings (at 10MHz) >> Manic Miner (at 20MHz) >> Stratosphere (at 20MHz) >> Escape From .. Robot Monsters (at 20MHz) >> Total Eclipse (at 20MHz, spectrum emulated) >> Rover demo (at 20MHz) >> >> You can find them, and a bit more info, as the first news item at >> www.samcoupe.com >> Any feedback is appreciated. >> >> (Videos are 4-6MB in size, 25 frames / sec, divx compressed) >> >> Sam Revival >> ------------- >> Thanks for all the feedback you've sent directly on the latest issue of >> Sam >> Revival (issue 14), it seems the colour pages have gone down well, and >> work >> is now well underway on issue 15 which is due out in late May. >> >> If you've not tried Sam Revival yet, why not give it a try? £3.99 for the >> latest issue with UK postage, or £4.79 with EU postage. More details and >> ordering information is up on the website. >> >> Retro Fusion >> ------------- >> A new 'retro' magazine has now hit the shops. Issue one of 'Retro Fusion' >> can be found at GameStation stores in the UK (with online ordering at >> www.retrofusion.co.uk). Covering retro computers, consoles and nostalgia, >> you'll also find in this first issue a 4 page Sam Coupe article which i've >> written - covering the history of the Sam as well as the history of Quazar >> and what i've been doing for the Sam for the last eleven years. >> >> All the best, >> >> Colin >> ===== >> Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam Coupe >> April 1995-2006 - Celebrating 11 Years of developing for the Sam Coupe >> Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >>
