Jim Leonard boldly stated:
>
>"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
>>
>> Centauri Alliance, a sci-fi RPG for the Apple II (and maybe others)
>> came in a hexagonal box.
>> I
>> bought it way back when in part because you could import characters
>> from Might & Magic. Their magical items would become hi-tech items.
>> I was disappointed with it and never got very far.
>
>Why disappointed? It sounds fascinating, especially the party
>import/conversion.
I don't remember exactly why I was disappointed with it any more.
It's been too long since I played it. I do seem to recall that some
of the inventory conversions from M&M to CA didn't seem to make much
sense. I still have it, uh, somewhere. (Did I see it last night in
my computer desk? I don't remember.) I found a page for it at
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/2762/centauri/main.htm. And,
FYI, it turns out it was released on the C64, too.
Overall, however, I just don't seem to be cut out for computer RPG's.
I never finished Might & Magic, either. Members of my party seemed to
get continually killed. I did manage to map out a pretty sizable
portion of the game before I bought the hint book, though. I think it
was shortly after I got the hint book that I quit playing. I don't
remember why. M&M was the last RPG I played, too. No time to play
them these days.
You know, for that matter, I don't seem to manage to finish many
RPG/adventure/IF games. I finished HHGTTG (after I finally got the
!@#$ babel fish) and Bureacracy, but not Maniac Mansion or Nord &
Bert. For that matter, I bought the collector's edition of X-Wing and
never started the supplemental missions (after destroying the Death
Star). (I bet that game would scream on my P700. Especially compared
to the 286-20 I first played it on.) Maybe I've got ADD. And maybe
now I understand better why I'm a classic video game collector and not
so much a computer game collector.
I may not be able to finish a game, but I sure can blather on, can't
I?
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