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Article #720150Re: Might & Magic X
From: Faint Glow
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 03:59
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 03:59
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On 8/21/2013 12:06 PM, Ross Ridge wrote: > Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> "Real" Might & Magic 1 was on the Apple II, with 16-colors. You got >> the badly made port ;-) > > The PC port supported 16-colour EGA graphics, and made it technically > better than the Apple II's 6-colour version. Somewhere in between > would be the C64 port with 8 colours but it had better sound. Mind you > I don't think the graphics were improved much in the PC or C64 ports. > Might and Magic II looks noticibly much nicer in the PC port. > > I think a better comparison for Might and Magic X would be Might and > Magic III, IV and V. SoundBlaster support and 256-colour graphics, > what more could you want? > >> On a vaguely related note, I can still sing the song from the original >> Bard's Tale. I still know the words and tune. How weird is that? > > Pretty weird. > > Ross Ridge > IV and V combined to two sides of the world. That's some kind of magic to combine two versions. -- --o------------------------- -----o-------------------o-- --------o-------------o----- -----------o----------------
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