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Subj: Alien Mind
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From: The Talisman [Rob]
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Club: First Class
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Date: 04/18/88 02:40:21 AM
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As several people have already said, Alien Mind is now complete. The
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documentation is fully written, although it has to be formatted and printed.
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They still have to receive disk labels and get the mass production started.
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The packaging itself is already complete. I have a box now with all
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the cover art, etc...
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The entire process should take approximately 1 to 2 weeks before
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actual shipments begin. You can order copies from PBI, and if you are going
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to buy one, that would be best for all people concerned (cheaper for you,
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more royalties for Matt and I, and faster delivery).
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If any of you have heard of Bob Lindstrom (Editor in Chief of A+'s
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Game reviews), he has already seen the product and loved it. In fact, he
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said it was the best thing he had seen by far, is going to do a free review
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which he termed as "the best review ever", and even wanted to be a beta-tester. His review will probably be seen in about 2 months (I hate bureaucracy, I want to see it now, but oh well.. )
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Will Low (the President of PBI) and Bob Lindstrom both agreed that AM
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should cause a major change in the trend of software design on the GS.
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Games like Gauntlet should not be able to be released anymore. Also, I
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already talked to Will about comparing Gauntlet to Alien Mind. He basically
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laughed and said that there is no comparison- As far as he's concerned,
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Gauntlet isn't even a product.
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If sales are high enough on this, every software company will be sure
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to jump on the bandwagon.
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Approximately 5000 copies should be shipped within a month, according
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to Will Low (this is actually very high).
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I got stereo sound in, and background music.. The disk routines,
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though they can often be overlooked, are actually some of the best things
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about Alien Mind. The load times are approximately 10 times faster than the
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prodos version that I was working with originally (no exaggeration). Even
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with this speed I made sure to have something come on that the user can be
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doing (reading a message, seeing a hi-res screen, etc) while the load
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continues. You will not notice any loading time whatsoever between levels,
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and it's loading the equivalent of about 1/6 of a normal disk each time.
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The plotline of the game turned out far better than Matt or I
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expected originally. At first we were hoping that the fast-action part of
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the game would be it's major thrust. Now we predict that the storyline will
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be the prevalent factor in the game. It can be quite involving...
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Glenn now has a demo disk, as does PBI (of course). This is a demo
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that must be run by someone though... I don't know if we'll be getting a
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store demo done in the next couple of weeks (I have 3 more weeks of school to
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complete, and I have a lot to catch up on.. I've been out).
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By the way, I have already seen Tomahawk and it's incredible. I
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can't see a better flight simulator program coming out for the GS in a LONG
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time. I will be talking with John real soon, and hopefully we can get my
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version of our disk routines into his game... In any case, Applefest should
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be great. If ANYONE is going, I can get you discount tickets, and if you
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already have discount tickets, I have some that you should use instead (I'll
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tell you the details if you ask).
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In any case, I'm still hoping that people will support Alien Mind by
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not cracking it. I think that in the end, it will help the GS market
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substantially enough to earn its support.
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By the way, some of the sound we got in is really good. I hope I
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don't sound too much like I'm bragging, but it turned out better than I even
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expected.
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Rob
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If you want to mail order the game, here are the numbers to call.
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1-800-843-5722 ext. 103
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in CA 1-800-572-2746 ext. 103
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