Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > By the late 80's hard drives were common on STs and Amigas (I had two). The > problem with games is that the copy protection often kept you from > installing them on a hard drive (on all platforms). That's why code wheels, > page numbers, etc. became so popular. I hated th

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Karl Kuras
From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > By the late 80's hard drives were common on STs and Amigas (I had two). They may have been common here in the states, but over in Europe (where the bulk of Amiga users and games were) barely anyone had them. Most of the kids I went to high school with had

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > I'm not thrilled with everything about Windows; however, as a gamer...I > don't see how you can't think Windows 95 and later made life MUCH better. > Once Win 95 was adopted by game developers, and games were written (well) > under it, gaming became so much easier. I still r

RE: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Hugh Falk
1 5:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock Jim Leonard wrote: >Chris Newman wrote: > > What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you hear the > rumors? > Yes, I'

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-15 Thread Chris Newman
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 Patters

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-15 Thread Jim Leonard
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

Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-15 Thread Pedro Quaresma
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Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-15 Thread Chris Newman
A/C: > Ref: > cc: > Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer >Games (was Soccer Games (was > shock))) > > > You're dead on. I had a magica

RE: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-15 Thread Hugh Falk
A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))) You're dead

Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-15 Thread Pedro Quaresma
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Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: > >My early batch file experience was making batch files to save, load, and >restore my Hack save games. Trust me, I am intimately familiar with >this. Of course, it's cheating -- you weren't a real man unless you >beat it without backups ;-) Yeah, well, I did the sam

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-14 Thread Chris Newman
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. Jim Leonard wrote: > Chris Newman wrote: > > > > Voice on TV: [Person on talk show in sitcom] "Sure, Win

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-14 Thread Jim Leonard
Chris Newman wrote: > > Voice on TV: [Person on talk show in sitcom] "Sure, Windows XP will make your > computing experience easier" > Me "Jesus Christ, Bill Gates [Lucifer himself] is on a TV sitcom. And of course > he's plugging Microsoft." While nobody wants to talk about it, this was the

Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-14 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > I don't know about any of you, but I've always thought Rogue > (at least ST version) is impossible to win without making backups. Just too > many random bad things can and do happen. My early batch file experience was making batch files to save, load, and restore my Hack sa

Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-14 Thread Chris Newman
You're dead on. I had a magical two-handed sword, potions, plate mail, good hit points and strength. Everything was going fine, so much so that I decided not to save along the way with my excellent character. What happens? Troll, 12th level. Whap, whap, whapwhapwhap. Five rounds, I'm dead. Game o

RE: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-14 Thread Hugh Falk
Well I couldn't find one for the Pocket PC, but I did find one that works right with my ST emulator. I beat it for old times sake...of course I had to "cheat" for old times sake as well. By cheat, I mean make back-ups. For those that don't know or remember, Rogue exits the game every time you s