That leads to an interesting, but infrequent, phenomenon. Why ARE some games
renamed when ported to another platform? My guess is they were unpopular on the
initial platform; a rename might give the game a fresh start.
This would make a good list -- game renames. I have an addition: Dragon Lord for
the PC (dist by CinemaWare in 1990) was released under the name Dragon's Breath on
the Amiga.
Hugh Falk wrote:
> Another bit of trivia related to this....
>
> Airheart was renamed "Typhoon Thompson: Search for the Sea Child" for other
> platforms. I'm not sure why they renamed it. I'm most familiar with the ST
> version, which is an EXCELLENT game.
>
> Hugh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 2:12 AM
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> Jim Leonard boldly stated:
> >
> >Dan Chisarick wrote:
> >> Apple ][
> >> - Speaker only (hardly anyone had a Mockingboard or Echo card)
> >> - 48-64K of memory (128K later on)
> >> - 5 colors (7 really, but there were 2 blacks and 2 whites)
> >
> >Did double-hi-res ever catch on? I saw some pretty impressive
> >double-high-res stuff back in 1986, but never followed its use to
> >completion.
>
> The only double hi-res game I'm aware of is Airheart by Dan
> (Choplifter) Gorlin. I'm sure there must be others. Airheart both
> looks great and plays well (although I think it sometimes suffers from
> slowdown when there are too many enemies and shots on the screen.) I
> think double hi-res really came along too late for the Apple IIe/c.
> Companies had moved on to the IIgs/ST/Amiga/PC/Mac. Or maybe I just
> didn't become aware of it soon enough.
>
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