Path: news.uh.edu!barrett From: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews Subject: MINI-REVIEW: D/Generation CD32 Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games Date: 26 Apr 1994 15:23:54 GMT Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett Lines: 82 Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2pjbma$gqp@masala.cc.uh.edu> Reply-To: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey) NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Keywords: game, adventure, puzzle solving, CD-ROM, commercial Originator: barrett@karazm.math.uh.edu D/Generation Software Company: Mindscape 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) All prices are quoted in English Pounds. All phone/fax numbers are in each country's native format. To call from abroad remember to add the country code and delete the first figure of the dialing code. For example '+ BRITAIN - 444 - XXX XXXX' Jukka ----- (rev.3) 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. 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. 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. Alan ----(rev. 2) 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. Saving: saves games into CD32's flash RAM. RATINGS ------- Jukka Alan Graphics: *** ***(very bare) Sound: *** *** Playability: *** *** Lastability: **** *** Overall: **** *** - an average game. About the reviewers.... Freelance journalism by Mail: E-Mail: Jukka O. Kauppinen Sankarinkatu 9A3 Grendel@Freenet.hut.fi MikroBITTI 74100 IISALMI tel/fax +358-77-13192 FINLAND Amiga 500/1200(030),PC386,CD32,C64 Freelance journalism by Mail: E-Mail: Alan L.M. Buxey 32 Tangier Road, Baffins kcci1@solx1.susx.ac.uk P.A.U.G. Portsmouth, Hants tel/fax PO3 6JN England Amiga 500/1200, CD32, Spectrum+3 ;) --- Daniel Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews