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Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts

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On Sunday, December 9, 2012 8:01:55 AM UTC-5, Angus wrote:
> In article <a761452c-a861-4780-b1cc-ad2e9e624668@googlegroups.com>, 
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> natebrazil@comcast.net says...
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> > The Vikings are pretty good in this game.  
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> I should have tried them.  :)
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> Okay so, two places I have actually been to, San Francisco and Los 
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> Initially, in the game I was foxed by the option selection method, but 
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> after I worked out it was: hold button, move joystick, release button, 
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> Now being an advocate of the Liddell-Hart strategy of the indirect 
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> Blitzkrieg) I was selecting options that reflected that tendency, 
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> attemtping to sweep round to one side and bypass the enemies strong 
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>  b) I never really understood how to throw the ball.
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> And really, most of the available tactics that you can select, I was 
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> almost choosing at random after a while, despite the nice diagrams that 
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> But all that is down to me not really grasping the game yet. It 
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> certainly seems to be very well designed, with plenty of depth - and 
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> even if you are clueless like me, its pretty enjoyable.  
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> I definitely want to get a better grasp of how to play.
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> 24 - 7 if anybody cares, you'll never guess who won.  ;)

Who won Angus?  :-)

This is definitely a game that takes some getting used to.  Ok I have another weekend coming up - another chance to try to get down into my basement and give this game a go.  I keep asking my wife if I can just bring my Miggy upstairs and put it in the living room, but so far the answer has been a resounding NO.  I could play this using an emulator, but it would not be the same.

Look for a post Monday or Tuesday from me and I'll post some notes from my gaming replay.  There - now I'm committed!  :-)

Nate

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Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-13 20:20 +0000
  Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-11-14 09:50 -0800
    Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-11-21 07:30 -0800
      Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-23 20:57 +0000
        Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-11-27 07:05 -0800
          Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-09 13:01 +0000
            Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-12-13 05:39 -0800
              Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-24 23:21 +0000
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2013-01-20 10:23 -0800
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Hidehiko Ogata <wile_e_hide_no@spam_ybb.ne.jp> - 2013-02-03 18:40 +0900
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2013-02-04 06:20 -0800
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Hidehiko Ogata <wile_e_hide_no@spam_ybb.ne.jp> - 2013-02-09 16:35 +0900
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2013-02-16 11:42 +0000
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2013-02-18 05:59 -0800

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