Re: R-comp games (Was Re: Help for a newbie!)

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          R-Comp Interactive/RCI <rci@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> We can be persuaded to give discounts if you phone (esp on the games
>>> we have loads of stock of).  Also, virtually every game is enhanced
>>> above and beyond the original.  These are generally the best versions
>>> of the titles around (arguably).  For example, Doom+ has dozens and
>>> dozens of features like on-screen mini-map, aliens-style proximity
>>> sensors, graphical filtering techniques, 24bpp colour and so on.
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>> why can't you officialy reduce the prices of the 'game you have loads
>> of stock of'? surely you'll get more sales than with the current
>> prices.
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> Not really.  We'd have to give them away.  They're half price at shows
> and there's just no interest in RISC OS gaming.
> 
I bought a game at the last show. Anybody else?

>>> Heroes2 has features like "double click a map from CD to play it" (ie.
>>> you don't need to "install" maps to try them, data caching to speed up
>>> gameplay, desktop interface, all the fixes from the expansion (even in
>>> the standard release), optimised performance, play by email (the save
>>> games are self contained, so can be sent around) and so on.
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>> You only save a minute or two with the 'double click on a map from cd
>> to play it' feature while features that are im****tant to the game such
>> as online play has been taken out.
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> Check your facts - there was no online play in the original (at least
> not in the modern "internet" sense).  I'm guessing you're a bit young
> to remember the old "IPX" networking days of DOS, but that's what it
> used, and it was awful.  You had to sit looking at an hourglass while
> the other player took their turn (remember, that can take several
> minutes).  Can you imagine how dull that is (esp when your opponent
> goes to the toilet)?
Toilets in historical fantasy games - weird!

Andrew