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>In another posting I just made, I mentioned some of the reasons why I
>though SunDog attracted such loyal fans; I'm interested in hearing what
>people did and didn't like about it.  Anyone? ..bruce..
> 

I stopped playing the game because I couldn't get very far without being 
attacked by pirates who would blow me to bits.  I just couldn't make enough 
money to pay for the damage those guys would do.  I admit I didn't try real 
hard though.  I got caught up with Autoduel I think.  Autoduel, Wasteland, 
Alternate Reality, and King's Bounty were my favorites.

I know some of those came out a bit after SunDog, but somehow they grabbed my 
attention more solidly.  All of those games were very similar in that you 
somehow had to find a way pretty early to "stay ahead of the curve" (stay 
alive basically) or you would never get to the good stuff in the game.  For 
some reason I didn't reach that with SunDog.  Heck, it could have been that I 
was dating someone at the time - I don't remember.

I really liked the genre though.  I'm a big sci-fi fan.  The closest game that 
came to it was some Martian thing.  I got it in some "classic" a bundle on my 
386.  Tongue of the Fat Man was one of the games in the bundle.  The martian 
game was pretty good.  Some mystery on Mars colony and you had to get your 
party of guys really good to explore the caverns and sleazy towns and stuff.

I know I'm rambling, but one point I'd like to make before I fall asleep is, 
most games are missing something.  SunDog was a classic that headed towards 
the same goal that Alternate Reality and DaggerFall shot for.  They all want 
to create some big place for you to walk around in.  After playing DaggerFall 
a lot I've come to the conclusion that there needs to be something worth 
walking around for!  DaggerFall has gotten just plain boring for me.  I find 
myself just slaughtering entire towns in an attempt to have fun. Maybe that's 
it, there's no sense of people more powerful than you - the guards are a 
joke.  I guess the reason I liked Alternate Reality was because I really 
thought they were going to come out with the next 5 games in the series (where 
you could carry your guy along).  Whatever it is, I really liked Autoduel and 
King's Bounty.

SunDog was a cool game, I just didn't give it enough time.

Tim