Re: Newton, James Cook and the Archi.

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          "Alex' A. Interrants" <ausserstorfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In message <4b5a50384f.Andrew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>           newpostcentral@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In message <b682ef2d4f.noreply@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>           "Alex' A. Interrants" <ausserstorfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> The idea sounds like Elite but in ****ps. It would be open to
>> >> algortihm-based map genreation I suppose as well.
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>> > Right, though I think Elite is much more complex because it's 3 d.
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>> > What I miss on Elite is a story with a deep plot.
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>> Did you ever try UIM? It was Elite but under water and with more of a
>> plot.
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> I've never heard anything of it. Is it the game called U.I.M. on the
> Racing Games Collection, on stock by APDL:
> http://www.apdl.co.uk/games.htm
? I cannot find a review or - much
> better - a demo version from it in the www. Anything available? I don't
> like to buy a pig in a poke!
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You could try the BBC Micro version although the APDL CD is hardly 
expensive and you get several other games on it (in addition to the 
manual as it is a quite complex game).

> Thanks for the tip,
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> Alex'
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> PS: By the way - how good are Iyonix / A9home for gaming?
> 
Good.

Andrew