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- From: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
- Subject: MINI-REVIEW: D/Generation CD32
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- Date: 26 Apr 1994 15:23:54 GMT
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
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- Keywords: game, adventure, puzzle solving, CD-ROM, commercial
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- D/Generation
- Software Company: Mindscape
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- Address: Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9BR, United Kingdom
- Phone: (0444) 246 333
- Fax: (0444) 248 996
- E-Mail: ?
- List Price: 29.99
-
- Review by Jukka O. Kauppinen (Finland) and Alan Buxey (England)
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- Jukka
- ----- (rev.3)
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- You probably know what this is about: a Guy running around a
- building where strange things happen. D/Generation has got loose! You have
- to deliver a package to a scientist, but to do it, you must overcome all the
- unknown dangers that this building now has developed.
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- Overall, the game is very much like the floppy (AGA or not) version.
- In fact, it's identical, though the introduction is a bit longer, and
- controls have been remapped for CD32's joypad. The joypad isn't the best
- possible controller for this game, as controlling the guy is sometimes too
- inaccurate and you try to walk on walls, etc.
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- But anyway the game is great adventuring and puzzle solving, if you
- can get over the funny graphics that almost don't have colours at all.
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- Alan
- ----(rev. 2)
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- When I first slipped this disc in i thought "what the...!" The
- graphics really are minimalistic - harking back to the old isometric days
- (though not as monochromed as "head over heels" on the Spectrum). But after
- spending a few hours playing, I realized how in-depth the game really is.
- It's certainly a puzzler to contend with. Control with the standard joypad
- is a real pain - but the game is mapped for it, so no joystick option. By
- the way, I remember the floppy version wasn't a success. This game is a
- matter of taste, so try before you buy.
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- Saving: saves games into CD32's flash RAM.
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- RATINGS
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- Jukka Alan
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- Graphics: *** ***(very bare)
- Sound: *** ***
- Playability: *** ***
- Lastability: **** ***
- Overall: **** *** - an average game.
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- About the reviewers....
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