Re: Enigma Variations II. & Domark

1999-07-16 Thread Nick Humphries
From: Chris White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >These YS Articule's , are they online anywhere ?? Yay! Plug time! I'm the webmaster of the Your Sinclair Rock'n'Roll Years, which can be found at: http://www.the-den.clara.net/ys/cover.htm It's has all sorts of things on it, including around 600 ori

Re: Enigma Variations II. & Domark

1999-07-15 Thread Chris White
> Indeed, and usually only following the "Chris White Method", which is to >write > the conversion secretly, then get a licence to sell it. Sometimes it worked, > sometimes it didn't, in which case the gameplay was tweaked here and there, > graphics changed a little, and the end result is sold as a

Re: Enigma Variations II. & Domark

1999-07-15 Thread Nick Humphries
From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Generally, the big companies (like Domark) paid very little attention to >the Sam, and it was only when little companies (or individuals) programmed >their Sam games for them that anything actually got released. Indeed, and usually only following the "Chr

Re: Enigma Variations II. & Domark

1999-07-15 Thread Andrew Collier
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote: > > > Do you think Manic Miner has brilliant graphics? I think no. > > > And if you say "it is very old" you are right, but compared with > > > Dan Dare III or Savage it simply looks badly. > > > > What has Manic Miner got to do with anything? > > Andrew, yo

Re: Enigma Variations II. & Domark

1999-07-15 Thread Nick Humphries
From: Aley Keprt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Oh yea, Prince and Klax are from Domark. What is Domark? Or Tengen? >Is it another Enigma-like company which did a few great games in 1990? Domark have been in the Speccy business since about 1984/5, probably most famous for geting the James Bond licence and

Re: Enigma Variations II. & Domark

1999-07-15 Thread Aley Keprt
> From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I just think Defenders is about nothing. > > Maybe it is old, and it was hadr work to do, but this cannot > > change the situation. > > Do you think Manic Miner has brilliant graphics? I think no. > > And if you say "it is very old" you are right, bu

Re: Enigma Variations II.

1999-07-15 Thread Andrew Collier
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote: > > and don't forget when we did defenders there was not one single game out ! > > Yes, Defenders is very old. Maybe the first one. "Defenders Of The Earth" was indeed the first commercial Sam game, no question about it... > The graphics doesn't look absol

Re: Enigma Variations II.

1999-07-15 Thread Aley Keprt
> Look at details: > - > Defenders - graphics reasonable, > > ..actually, i thought the graphics in defenders were some of the best ever > seen on the sam, > and don't forget when we did defenders there was not one single game out ! Yes, Defenders is very old. Maybe the first one. The gr

RE: Enigma Variations II.

1999-06-28 Thread Rob Holman
Look at details: - Defenders - graphics reasonable, ..actually, i thought the graphics in defenders were some of the best ever seen on the sam, and don't forget when we did defenders there was not one single game out ! music only 3 channel mono (why?), ..you've had the sam now for 8 yea

Enigma Variations II.

1999-06-28 Thread Aley Keprt
Big thanks to Rob Holman and Chris White (The President) for info on Enigma. I must say that all games by Enigma have got nice graphics and good music. But I can't find any playability there. Maybe that's the reason why people didn't bought new games from Enigma (probably not the main reason, but