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From: Angus
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:44

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In article <beu296pct75v4im0fkvohpkbd71nec343h@4ax.com>, 
OldSalt@noway.com says...
> 
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:57:10 +0100, Angus
> <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> >Tell me there's some gems I don't know about.  :)
> 
> 	There is one which is old but don't remember the name, it was
> a joystick type of space game where the enemy was cat like people.

Wing Commander? I played the CD32 version (which was more colourful) on 
my souped up Amiga using a patch that increased the framerate, making 
the game really playable. I think it was scaled sprites rather than 
polygons, but I had a lot of fun with it, but ultimately I preferred 
Star Crusader.

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