From:	the holy Entombed <rasputin@***.UMD.EDU>
Subject:	Re: SR Computer Games...
Date:	Wed, 13 Apr 1994 20:59:55 -0400

On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> Wasteland was the first of EAs games to user the multiparty overview
> format. I think Origin beat them to it, though, with Ultima III.
>
> Ahh . . . the memories.

Ultima III? Anyone remember Ultima II? You were just one guy, cruising
this 'gigantic' world. It was fantastic. I don't even remember the
goal, but you could travel in a hot air balloon, prop plane, or even a
friggin' rocketship!

One of the townes had a McDonald's, and if you attacked the jester
running around (Ronald...?), every guard in the town (and they were some
mean dudes) would gang up on you. You could even rob from the place (I
believe they had a 'steal' command)!

That and Archon were my two of my favorites, on my Atari 800XE. Of
course, that was after the 400 (touch-keypad) and 800... The days when
you would go to the drugstore to pick up a 45 minute cassette to copy
your buddy's ascii games...

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