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Re: Battletech/Genie

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From: wy... Mark S. Wyman
Date: Sun, 17 May 1992 16:18
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dsr...@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Gibson) writes:

>CGW has an article about a multi-player Battletech game available for play
>via Genie.  Has anyone tried this?   What costs are involved?
Well, it is in beta at the moment.  Cost is $6.00 an hour.  Essentially it
is Activisions MechWarrior with multiplayer capability.  The game is only
for the IBM :) and the graphics are EGA (yuck).  Its pretty fun though 
playing with other people.  If you have MechWarrior then you will get the
hang of this one real easily.  

Me?  I'm waiting for the SVGA Air Warrior to get past beta testing.  Now
that is a sweet multiplayer game.

>There was a coin-op game called B.O.T.T.S. developed by Microprose in the
>arcades a few months ago.  It was in the same vein as the more elaborate
>Battletech Center in Chicago.  I thought that it could mean there might
>be a version developed for the PC but have not heard anything.
>-- 
Does anyone know if B.O.T.T.S is in the Chicago area?  This sounds interesting.

Mark Wyman
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