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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

866.0. "Amoeba" by LEDS::ACCIARDI () Sun Nov 01 1987 22:51

    Look in LEDS3::USER6:[ACCIARDI.AMIGA] for the best rendition of
    Space Invaders ever seen.  It uses digitized sounds (of course)
    and runs on even lowly 512k machines.
    
    Ed.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
866.1	I love it!	MAADIS::WICKERT	MAA DIS Consultant	`Mon Nov 02 1987 19:03`	7
	I love it! Nicely done to say the least! Thanks Ed! -Ray
866.2		PLDVAX::SMCAFEE	Steve McAfee	`Mon Nov 02 1987 21:28`	6
	I have to agree. Who says nothing worthwhile is free? Thanks, steve mcafee
866.3	a classic	TRUMAN::LEIMBERGER		`Thu Nov 05 1987 04:24`	8
	I was also pleased with the quality of this game.I loaded it with the thought I'll check it out and file it and ended up playing for quite awhile.It brings a true classic piece into your home with all the look and sounds of the arcade. Thanks, bill
866.4	Sources?	MAADIS::WICKERT	MAA DIS Consultant	`Thu Nov 05 1987 14:21`	6
	Did the author make any of the sources available as well? I'd love to take a look... -Ray
866.5	Amusing...	LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Thu Nov 05 1987 15:36`	8
	Sorry, no sources. You got the same ARChive that I got off of Plink. Whats amusing about this game is that it seems to use absolutely no CPU time. I've run it with Sculpt-3d chugging away, and it never misses a beat. I've also monitored the CPU with ASDG's SysMon, and it shows no CPU usage. Ed.
866.6	Good Job!	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Thu Nov 05 1987 19:04`	11
	Re: .5 I also noticed that the game takes very little CPU time and uses only a small amount of memory. In a way, I guess it makes since since Space Invaders is a very old game, and so was originally implemented on hardware we would probably laugh at today. The same is solid, works perfectly, cleans up after itself, multitasks well, and is fun. Most commercial games cannot claim all of that. Those guys should go into business rewriting old classics for the Amiga. (But then, they would probably start using copy protection, sigh!)
866.7	games and multitasking	VIDEO::LEIBOW		`Fri Nov 06 1987 05:50`	22
	As long as we are talking about good games... I make an effort to put small games on my hard drive so that during a compile or other large effort, I can play a game. I have tried lots of games, but most of them won't work on a hard disk because of software protection or stubborness. stuff: Amoeba Low MEM Low CPU Great Missile Comm Low MEM Medium CPU Great Othello Low Mem Almost NO CPU Ok MindWalker Lots Mem Lots CPU Best I love Mind Walker. Even though it takes more memory than others, it works perfectly in a multitasking evironment. I was even able to play it while raytracing with Sculpt-3D. I have 1 1/2 Meg of ram. The only part that doesn't do well is the song at the end of Mind Walker. Although, I have to play for at least 4 hours to win. --MIke
866.8	...	LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Fri Nov 06 1987 09:10`	8
	After seeing Amoeba and Missile Command work well with other processes, I no longer buy the argument that most games are too CPU bound to allow multitasking. I think it's just programmer laziness, or port-itis. Ed.
866.9		PLDVAX::SMCAFEE	Steve McAfee	`Mon Nov 09 1987 12:03`	4
	I've been playing this in the background the last few days while working at home. I've managed to get as high as 6400 pts (don't laugh). How many screens are there before the aliens can't come down any further? Anyone have a really high score?