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   Janne Johansson to Your Name   
   I'm porting classic AMIGA and MS DOS gam   
   15 Sep 16 09:00:04   
   
   On 15/09/16 12:53, Your Name : Harry Potter wrote:   
   > In article <9bc0870b-cb1e-4cc9-90ee-811515cbc287@googlegroups.com>,   
   > Harry Potter  wrote:   
   >> On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 3:35:22 PM UTC-4, Harald Hirnlos   
   >> wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > I'm currently porting "Eye of the Beholder 1-3" to the C64. The   
   >> games will   
   >> > be released just before XMAS.   
   >>   
   >> I'd like to see some C64 games ported to the Amiga, e.g. Mayhem in   
   >> Monsterland, Speed Rumbler, Magic madness, etc.  :)   
   >   
   > Ported games are usually hopeless and not worth the effort - you may as   
   > well just use one of the C64 emulators for the Amiga and run the   
   > original game. They don't use the target computer properly. What you   
   > really want is those games *re-written* (and done properly) to the   
   > Amiga, utilising the better graphics, sound, etc. that are available.   
   >   
      
   Agreed, thought this is probably just a troll tread anyhow.   
      
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