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Amiga Owners And Developers Be Positive
I`ve seen people moan and say on the newsgroups that their machine is
dead, but their wrong.
Why look at the new sofware developers and publishers who have been
bringing us games now. Look at Andy Davidson who brought us Worms,
his game is know by game users all over the world for being the most
original. He`s now bringing us Worms: The Directors Cut and Worms 2.
Then take a look at Breathless which brought us a new look at games
with 1*1 pixel. This game could be said to have started a revolution
to the Amiga games industry, it showed us that their was a lot more
yet to be discovered about are Amiga. This revolution has continued
on with AB3D 2 and will soon be continued by Burnout form Vulcan
Sofware.
Last year their was no CD-Rom games for the Amiga but look now and you
find their on there way to us with Demistar, Kang Fu and we could even
have Myst. Some of us have seen the demo. From what I have learned
that a man from Poland made it even though he hadn`t permission. But
he proved to us that it could be done that a game which got so many
awards and attention from the press that it could be made for our
AMIGA. That guy deserves a pat on the back it`s just a pity that
companies wouldn`t look at his discovery instead of pulling legal
action. Companies have not looked at the Amiga in the right way.
When they look at the Amiga all they see is a old computer that has
had it`s hay day and nothing more can be made on it. But they are far
from wrong many games can be converted for the Amiga all they need is
for people like that Polish guy to prove it. If he had of not made
that demo of Myst and we asked them to make it. They would of simply
said it can`t be done on your machine as it hasn`t got the power to
run it. He had the right idea even though it`s illegal it could help
save us.
I do hope like many others that Myst comes to us think of the
repercussions, other companies would see a well known company bringing
a game of such high quality to a machine they had written off. The
amount of things we could say to other sofware companies such as if
Cyan can make Myst then they should be able to make such and such.
This is a opportunity we should not miss. E-mail them and tell them
you`ll buy their game.
Looking through my present issues of AF and CU Amiga, you can see a
new generation of games developers. Some might say their games aren`t
all that good but just imagine what they`ll be able to do in time to
come. Vulcan Sofware have proved this to us, their first ever game
was Vallhalla which many magazines didn`t like. But look at what
they`re going to bring us now six new titles of a brilliant standard.
These are the type of people and companies which we should cherish and
not just discount them at their first shot at making a game. They are
what is keeping the Amiga alive and they our the future. If we brush
them aside then we have no chance.
Due to the lack of games people have been expanding their Amiga to
it`s full. People like you and me have been buying Accelerators with
extra memory, CD-Rom drives and modems. No wonder sales of games have
been low we have spent a lot of money upgrading the spec of our
machines leading to the spec of games going up. We be proud of what
we have achieved as now accelerators are cheaper meaning more people
are expanding.
I`ve had enough of people saying my machine is dead. Dead means
without life but I can tell you without hestition that there is life
in are Amiga`s. If you you want to be negative about the Amiga then
do it somewhere else but not in the newsgroups and not in the
magazines.
We have a future with so many companies wanting to make Amiga`s it can
only be a good thing. With Escom dead and the shops up for sale I
have heard that the Anglican Corporation which helps to distribute
Amiga`s in the UK could buy their shops. This is a good sign.
I`ve also heard a rumour that other retail shops had bought the Amiga
stock and that they were now selling thousands in the UK. I can`t
confirm this but I hope it`s true.
But we must not sit back, we should be telling software and hardware
companies what we want. We should not be saying I`ll let everyone
else do it and I`ve got no time. Make time. I personally E-mailed a
games developer and gave him my support and he e-mailed me back
thanking me. You can make a difference so don`t become apart of the
problem by moaning my machine is dead, look at all the positive things
that have happened and are still to come.
I hope people will agree with me.
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