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Sebatianos · 29-08-2005, 04:11 PM

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

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MrBackAlleySka · 29-08-2005, 04:16 PM

Hehe, excellent game Blood-Pigggy! Beautiful review as well. The part about an orchestra made me laugh hehe. *goes to download*

Sebatianos · 29-08-2005, 04:39 PM

The game is also WinXP compatible.

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Originally posted by HOTU

Aside from great gameplay, Orion games are also notable for being coded with a built-in timer - which means they work at the right speed even on modern computers. Kudos to the designer Greg Kuperberg for having such foresight.

Still you will need quick reflexes if you don't wanna loose your first life - the game starts right off and you only have a split second to turn - or you'll be eaten!

efthimios · 29-08-2005, 04:42 PM

Interesting game. I have yet to find a proper DOS/Windows pacman game though, meaning same graphics and sound as the original. Not that it matters since I suck at it but hey!

I hate to admit it but nice review indeed.

Exore · 29-08-2005, 08:23 PM

I suck as well but a true classic. I found an inresting thing on my computer as the colors where not the same as on the pictures in the review. :blink:

Sebatianos · 29-08-2005, 08:31 PM

Yes. I noticed that too. If you play in DOSBox the colors are blue, grey, green and black... but if you run under windows they are red, yellow, green and black.
That's the case with many CGA games (but I don't know why).

Blood-Pigggy · 29-08-2005, 10:10 PM

Thanks for the comments on the review.
I thought I'd actually try this time.

xoopx · 30-08-2005, 03:04 AM

how is it better than the original arcade version? you dont explain why.

30-08-2005, 06:09 AM

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Originally posted by Sebatianos@Aug 29 2005, 08:31 PM
Yes. I noticed that too. If you play in DOSBox the colors are blue, grey, green and black... but if you run under windows they are red, yellow, green and black.
That's the case with many CGA games (but I don't know why).

This happens with DOSBox 0.63. Should be fixed in more recent CVS versions. You can make it behave properly by setting "machine=cga" in dosbox.conf.

Blood-Pigggy · 30-08-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally posted by xoopx@Aug 29 2005, 10:04 PM
how is it better than the original arcade version? you dont explain why.

Well, the entire rest of the review and the good score was my reasoning.