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Re: My Pitfall II Review

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From: men... Kevin Dorff
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 00:00
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Yeah, but for $35 it is not a BIG deal. I think if I spent $60 and got 
only a week I would be miffed, but...

I haven't had a chance to really play things since I got the release 
Win95, but it looked pretty good with 490.


How do I get the stick to work? (joystick)

Kevin

Thomas Boyingon (tmb...@rs5.tcs.tulane.edu) wrote:
: Hi,

: Well I got Pitfall II along with my copy of Win95 (it was $35 when
: you bought win95).  Overall, the game is very good.  If you spent
: hours playing Pitfall on the Atari then I think you will like this
: game.  You can play it in a window or in full screen mode.  Windowed
: its slower (but this is almost better in some places).  The graphics
: are good and the music/sound effects are very nice.  

: There are only two things I don't like so far:  1)  If you want to
: play full screen you have to manually set that using the file menu
: everytime you start up the game.  2)  I don't know how long it will
: last.  By this I mean I don't know how long it will be until I
: finish the game.  Last night I did 3 levels (out of 15 or so) in
: a hour or so.  Once I finish the game I don't know if I will
: want to keep playing it over and over again (like I would on
: the Atari).

: I think the game is worth the bucks but it might be a bit short.

: Matt
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Subject: Re: My Pitfall II Review
Date: 1995/08/25
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