Re: Tyrian: What's the big deal?

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From: Nick Vargish
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 00:00

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bha...@interlog.com (Boris Harmic) writes:

>Sorta like the big stink over Abuse. Everybody's rantin 'n' ravin over 
>it. Who cares? Its just another side-scroller.

Uh, wrong! Abuse is a side-scroller, but not just "another" one. It
comes with a level editor, Lisp interpreter, and the Lisp source that
defines the game. The engine is so flexible that Crack dot Com was 
able to code an Arkanoid-style game solely in Abuse Lisp. 

Hardly "just another side-scroller," unless there were some _serious_
undocumented features in Jazz Jackrabbit or Super Mario Galaxy.

> These games are meant for Nintendo systems.

No, Abuse was meant for Linux, DOS, and other "real" computers. It
looks like Abuse _will_ come out for consoles, but it will probably
be missing the real meat of Abuse -- exapandability and flexibility.

> Yes, they're well programmed and they run great, blah, blah, blah,
> but they lose their appeal quickly.

Well, as far as Abuse goes, I guess it depends on how much you like
to hack and be creative. If you don't enjoy those things, then yes,
I can see how Abuse might lose its appeal quickly.

Nick
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