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Article #112Re: MechWarrior
From: s107... Brett Paterson
Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 00:23
Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 00:23
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In article <1992May14.1...@doc.ic.ac.uk> k...@doc.ic.ac.uk (K. Wong) writes:
>In article <1992May14....@news.cso.uiuc.edu> egp4...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M) writes:
>>I've heard of a game called Ultrabots (by Data East?) that looks like Mech
>>Warrior but with smoother 256 color graphics. Also, I've also heard that this
>>game (and Mechwarrior) would be ported to the SNES.
>>
>>I thought Ultrabots was supposed to be out months ago, but I haven't seen it
>>or heard about it for a long time (this post reminded me). Anyone know when
>>it'll be out?
>>
>>Also, I've heard stories (probably just people idly daydreaming) of a Mech
>>Warrior 2 that had 2 person modem capabilities.
>>
>>If you want a decent public domain Mechwarrior, try Mega255 at wuarchive.wustl.
>>edu (ftp site). Nice graphics, not much in control or strategy. (I'm not sure
>>if this is public domain, shareware, or what).
>>
>
> Where can I get this Mega255? I snooped around wuarchive, but I can't seem to find
>it. any details?
>
It's most likely in ftp.ulowell.edu
I used this games for about 30 seconds. It's interesting,
but everytime you move in a direction, the disk drive interupts,
making in annoyingly slow.
If you've got a good cache, then it would probably be alright.
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