Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:10:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
 

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:44 this Saturday (GMT):

On 3/28/2025 8:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 01:14 this Wednesday (GMT):

On 3/25/2025 3:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 14:59 this Monday (GMT):

On 3/24/2025 7:33 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

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That said, Lenslok's footprint in gaming history is exagerated. It was
only used in 12 games. This was partly because of the aforementioned
problems, but also because the cost of manufacturing the lenses added
too much to the cost of the games.
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That's about 15 games too many.

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Where did the other 3 come from?

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If you have to ask you wouldn't understand the answer.

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Well, I definitely won't if you won't tell me :D

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Its a way of saying they never should have done it in the first place.
Sort of like saying you could have prevented WW2 by killing Hitler's
parents before he was born.

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OH, right. So you're saying you'd be fine with -3 games with it?

  I'm pretty sure that if somebody could go back in time and remove
Lenlok from the original Elite there would be much rejoicing.
 It's probably the best use of time travel I've heard so far ;-)

Of the games I paid for as a youngun, I consider Elite the best, only rivaled by (you'll probably laugh at this) Zork III.  I don't see how Elite could have been improved without sacrificing something good.
After a long day at school I could sit down and play Elite with full interest.  Space combat of that caliber was unheard of at the time. When I stopped playing there were plenty of increasingly difficult challenges available (but my mind did not see them till a decade later) There was a land based tank game called Battlezone which was similar, but land vs. space?  You make the call.
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