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Walter DAO (wd...@netcom.com) wrote:

: I downloaded the shareware/demo version of ABUSE. I wasnt expecting much. But
: I must say that the GFX are very well done, the action is excellent and the 
: overall result is top notch.
: It reminded me of the Turrican series and Obliterator from that company that
: was supposedly going to be one of the partners in the Triad (no, not the 
: chinese gangster group.) (you, know, the one that made excellent intros but
: lousy gameplay wares ?!?!) (ohhh yeah ... psygnosis or something )
: But why was the game coded in LISP ?  because for a game like that, even 
: on a 486, there are screens where more than 4 moving objects will slow that 
: action down. On an old 8 bitter like the c-64 or the game gear, or even 
: the old oink-tendo NES, games like that didnt need VLB,PCI, turbo processor
: and had more than adrenaline pumping factor.

: It is said that the LISP interpreter is included in the prg. 
: In what language was it coded ? C? C++ ? pascal ? Basic ? 
: Preciously hand coded in machine language ? 

: In any case, why was the game called abuse ? the main character looks like
: a Predator (look at the helmet) and the enemy looks like an "Alien" entity.
: (If you have ever seen any ANTs that look like those creatures, tell me 
:  where and I'll pay big bucks to look at them and collect a few of them
:   to create my own ant oops .... alien farm).
: It should have been Aliens vs. Predator. 

: Abuse .... what a cheezy name ...
: But the game is great !!! .. I am thinking about registering ...
: The thing that bothers me the most is that "die and continue from the 
: last saved game ...." Hey !!! this is a PC, not a nin-inuendo.
: (infinite continues    sucks !!!!)

: 				Walt

Abuse is made up of about 90% C, 7% Lisp, and 3% Assembly(Or something 
like that). And the name IS cheezy, but what's *YOUR* name? Kill the Aliens?