I had no idea that Rogue allowed the player to save and restore. Or did you
pull the classic trick, copying the savegames to another dir, etc?
Oh, and I'm so glad to see that everyone with good taste (ie, Game
collectors) dislikes Bill Gates. ;)
Pedro R. Quaresma
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Hmm, is that the CD classics version (in retail box, but without the heavy manual)
or the real deal?
C.E. Forman wrote:
I bought up about 20 of them last year, still got a couple left. Been
selling them on eBay for $15 + shipping.
- Original Message -
From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL
Yes, I am familiar with that saving system (played Angband and ADOM one too
many times). That's what I referred as the classical trick. Used and
abused of it myself! ;)
Pedro R. Quaresma
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So long, and thanks for all the fish
C.E. Forman boldly stated:
Oh boy, brag time! B-)
I have a photo of Adams and Meretzky from their days working on HHGG
together at Infocom in Steve's office, signed by both men.
Okay, you win. 8)
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Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/
Chris Newman wrote:
What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you hear the
rumors?
Yes, I'm very interested in that. Gates is part snake oil salesman, part gangster,
and all
opportunist.
Rumor has it that Microsoft offered to 1. ignore existing NBC Microsoft
Have you ever seen the great PBS documentary Triumph of the Nerds? Part two of the
three part series deals with the evolution of DOS and the Microsoft/IBM split. It's
probably not news to the participants of this mailing list, but it was neat to see all
the faces of the famous years. Tim
Here's something that ties two of our recent threads together: A
definition of Killer App in a critique of the X-Box:
...Bungie Software's Halo and Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee from Oddworld
Inhabitants -- both titles produced by studios within Microsoft's games
division -- are the only plausible
From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
a game so good as to justify the
purchase of the hardware it runs on.
This is a very interesting definition... but in that case I can't think of a
single game that would actually constitute a killer app in all the history
of gaming. I mean, no game has
Karl Kuras wrote:
From: Jim Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
a game so good as to justify the
purchase of the hardware it runs on.
This is a very interesting definition... but in that case I can't think of a
single game that would actually constitute a killer app in all the history
of
Valid point. I think what he meant to say was a game so good that it makes
your purchase of the system worth whileit justifies your choice in
platforms. That's subtly different...he was just being terse. The point
being, you're going to buy a system anyway, you've got several choices, the
I was never aware of a heavy manual version, unless you mean the strategy
guide that came in some packages. Some had the guide, others had an
audiocassette sampler of the Terry Jones novelization. The spares I have
are the latter, but the box is identical to the release with the guide. You
can
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