OMEGA a tank battle game by ORigin

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4 total messages Started by t0s... Dizzy Mon, 10 May 1993 03:24

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Author: t0s... Dizzy
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 03:24

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To all,

I recently found a game called OMEGA, by ORIGIN. It is a tank battle game where 
you have to write code to
program the tanks actions. Much like crobots, probots, and xtank (i think).
Well my probelm is that it came with no example source, etc. Is the game still i
n publication?
I have been looking for it in Australia, but I haven't been able to fiund anythi
ng.
Does any1 have and docs for it, even 1 example tank would be great for starters.
Umm, if any1 wants to sell it, please reply also.

Well Anuff for now
Ciao

Thomas R Schar
t0s...@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au

Re: OMEGA a tank battle game by ORigin

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Author: jv... Jim Veneskey
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 11:56

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Thomas,
Hi from a long ways away!
I recently bought Omega at a closeout table for $10 and it is the best
$10 I have ever spent on a computer game!
The game comes with  a large programming manual which is makes any form
of copy protection really unnecessary, since you'll never figure the game
out with out it.  The game does come with a few tanks that are not compiled
and you should be able to look at there source code in the editor.
I trust you have the PC version since I found your message in the ibm.games
area...  It is a great game, I made Omega Clearance in about 6 hours.
I have built many tanks and if you'd like to exchange some (compiled form
only) let me know!  I also have some I downloaded from GEnie which can
consistently beat my best!

Jim Veneskey

Re: OMEGA a tank battle game by ORigin

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Author: Richard M. Hartman
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 17:12

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I picked up Omega when it was in the 4-pack of other nearly-defunct
Origin games at Egghead.  It's a GREAT game, but I haven't had as much
time to spend building tanks as I would wish.

What I would like to see is a re-coded Omega that a) has better
grapics, and b) gives you the option of a "pilot's eye" view of
the action.

I'd be interested in any tanks anyone has designed, but I don't
really have any to offer in exchange right now....  I haven't
even spent enough time in it seriously desiging things to make
Omega clearance yet....

	-Richard Hartman
	har...@ulogic.COM

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Re: OMEGA a tank battle game by ORigin

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Author: bog... Ken Geis
Date: Tue, 11 May 1993 05:32

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	I agree.  I had the program several years ago for my Atari ST.
Since then, I got a PC and wanted more.  I wrote some really good tanks, but
it was sometimes hard to overcome the one little weakness in each tank.

>  What I would like to see is a re-coded Omega that a) has better
>  grapics, and b) gives you the option of a "pilot's eye" view of
>  the action.

	I was mainly disappointed that the battlefield was divided into a
grid.  Many games are going away from that concept nowadays.  I would like
to see a smoother simulation and improved graphics.  I don't care that
much about top view, though.

Just my $.03 (inflation)	=)

Ken Geis (bog...@ucsee.berkeley.edu)

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