🚀 go-pugleaf

Raymond Martineau wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:13:47 +1000, pedro <pedro@not_here.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>TCipollina wrote:
>>
>>>"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>news:40ff2bb6$1$25461$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>>
>>>
>>>>TCipollina wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>the original (DOS) games do not work with the Win95 (aka Gold version).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Fortunately that link has both zip file versions of the missions, as I
>>>>have both the DOS and Win95 games.
>>>>
>>>
>>>cool
>>>if u have 2 computers, you can play side by side
>>
>>I tried the win95 version, but the units are way too small. Big mistake 
>>of on Westwoods part to do that, since there's no way to change the 
>>screen resolution and make them bigger. Oh well, back to the DOS version 
>>even if the graphics are crappy by todays standards.
> 
> 
> Too small?  That's actually suprising.

No they are way smaller than in the DOS version. Too small for my 
liking, and smaller than the units in AOE/AOK.

> With RTS games in style of C&C, I'm finding that the camera is too close to
> the action, especially when there are only two indications about what is
> going on - the main screen and the minimap.  As a result, I almost always
> try to play with the largest view of the map.  
> 
> However, I do find that as the resolution increases, the minimap becomes
> very difficult to see.  It took the developers long enough to actually fix
> that problem.
>  


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