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From: disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dungeon Master WARNING
Message-ID: <3804@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 88 21:41:32 GMT
References: <9389@gryphon.COM>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <9389@gryphon.COM>, by hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser):
> Sullivan@cup.portal.com (kevin lee smathers) writes:
>>
>>CPU intensive task.  Your program won't speed won't be degraded by much.
>  
> Dungeon Master isn't the KIND of game you'd want to play while dialing a busy
> bulletin board.  This isn't Shanghai or Battlechess or some other kind of
> diversion that requires only occasional attention.  Dungeon Master runs
> in _real time_. If you JUST SIT THERE stuff happens.  The only way not
But, but, but.....  If I'm downloading a 500K file from said BBS and I
get the itch to play DM, I'm out of luck.  There are cases where I can
give my undivided attention to the "foreground" task while my "background"
DL is chunking away.   And besides if I want to die at the hands of an
orc while I check on my download it should be my decision, not yours or
anyone elses.  Is a pause gadget beyond the realm of possibility for DM?
God knows, every arcade game worth its salt has a pause button.  No
reason why DM shouldn't.  

I get tired of people "telling" me how I should use my system, by
turning off multitasking.  If I can stand having DM slow down,        
because I've got something else simmering on a back burner, then
that's my business.  Give me the flexibility.                    

> to let stuff happen is to pause the game or quit the game.  This game 
 
Of course, having said all of the above, I may still buy DM, simply
because the demo blew me away.           

Oh, and CP doesn't have to preempt multitasking, witness "Mean 18".  It
is one of my favorites to play while I download.  (Though, I *would*
like to put it on my hard disk.  But that's another story.....)

> 
> By the way, if you've seen or played the demo version of Dungeon Master
> you only have a very small taste of what playing the full game is like. 
Great!



Gary










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