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- Andy H wrote:
-
- > I need some help. I got an email from a publisher about my game. But I
- > don`t know what he`s talking about. Heres the snippet. Can anyone
- > explain?
- >
- > > ...can these games be played in any screenmode (Like Nemac IV or
- > > Myst?). This is about the most important thing to Amiga game-buyers
- > > right now. If people can't run it on their 31-khz-only monitor, then
- > > they won't buy it. Does the sound use AHI?
-
- Well, Mush has already dealt with the screenmode thing, although
- I`ll just add my 0.02p and say I think this publisher is
- perhaps taking things a little far when they suggest people
- won`t buy games if they don`t promote. How many Amiga users
- who buy games don`t have either a 15KHz capable display OR
- a 31+KHz monitor and a scandoubler?
-
- As to the AHI thing, that`s a newish retargettable audio
- system, which means you can write your audio routines without
- needing to know what sort of audio hardware the Amiga has
- got. Don`t forget, Paula is no longer the only option...
- It probably won`t surprise you to learn that the AMOS audio
- routines have as much awareness of AHI as the graphics
- routines do of CyberGfx.
-
- In either case, you could write your own routines to
- support both 31+KHz screenmodes and AHI, but it won`t be
- a walk in the park.
-
-
- In my case, the most important things to me when looking
- at a new game are:
-
- Is it HD installable, will it work on my setup without me
- having to degrade, degrade, degrade. And most importantly.
- is it the sort of game I would want to buy.
-
- I don`t really care if a game doesn`t make full use of my
- Amiga, the CV64, 060 and all that memory was added to
- make my serious Amiga life more enjoyable. If a game makes
- use of the extras, then that`s a bonus, but that`s all.
-
- The last game I bought was Worms DC. No gfx card support,
- no 31KHz screenmode support, no AHI support. But it
- installs, it runs without any hassle from my patched and
- hacked Workbench setup and when I quit, I get the system
- back in exactly the same state that I left it. Plus, it`s
- damn good fun. What more do I want from a game?
-
-
- Chris
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