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From: mattack@eskimo.com (Matt Ackeret)
Subject: Infocom, etc. review on local news
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	I caught most of a review of some games on the local news last night
(KPIX in SF).  They reviewed one of the sets of classic arcade games for
IBMs (Microsoft Arcade??  Whatever had Dig Dug in it)..  They gave that
a fairly good review, though complained "they hadn't updated the graphics 
to the current abilities".  Of course they don't get the point.

	Then they reviewed the Atari 2600 game pack (Activision's pack? I
presume there are a few different versions).. whichever has BarnStormer
in it (I presume that's the game where you're flying a biplane through barns
and above power poles, etc.).  Once again, they don't get the point..  they
wanted the graphics to be updated.  "Only if you like one of the games is it
worth it" is approximately what they said.  Well, I would agree with that
sentiment, but the overall review was against it totally.

	Then they reviewed the Infocom packs, I think they mentioned 5 of 
them.  They talked about the "tedious typing of commands" and wished they
had remade the game to be more like ZORK NEMESIS!  Uggh!
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These opinions are mine, not Apple's.
