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From: [email protected] (Lazlo Nibble)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Arcade classics
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Date: 7 Feb 90 06:28:08 GMT
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While I can't say for sure that any of their more recent machines is
destined to become an arcade classic in the sense that Donkey Kong,
Pac-Man, and Asteroids did, I *will* say that the one company that's
managed to stand for exceptional creativity and high quality games
in the past four or five years has definitely been Atari.  They've
been on a stone-cold roll since Marble Madness and haven't let up
since.

I could wheel out titles in my sleep: Indiana Jones, 720, Road Runner,
Toobin', APB, Xybots, Vindicators, Paperboy, Cyberball, S.T.U.N.
Runner, Hard Drivin', Super Sprint, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot
Monsters, Gauntlet, Tetris . . . there must be a dozen more . . .

They're all wonderfully *different* games, lots of neat ideas, and not
a SINGLE GODDAMN CHOP-SOCKEY/HAND-TO-HAND-STREET-COMBAT GAME IN THE
BUNCH!  A plague upon the houses of the manufacturers that are cranking
out that sort of garbage month after month after month.  Good lord,
even Williams . . .

                                                   Lazlo ([email protected])
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