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| 425.1 | | LEDS::ACCIARDI | | Wed Mar 15 1989 01:26 | 8 |
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Last I knew, 68000 based micros were considered 'advanced technology'
and as such were subject to export restraint.
However, this may have changed, since I read of an artist who toured
China (the big one) with a show of Amiga-generated art. The locals
practically kidnapped him until he 'donated' his machine to a
consortium of artists.
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| 425.2 | ST's are "COMMON" in USSR! | UKCSSE::KEANE | | Wed Mar 15 1989 11:34 | 20 |
| Re .0
I saw an article in ST World a few months ago featuring the Russian
Chess grand master K*whats is name*. As one of the priveleged few he
actually owns an Atari ST MEGA !!!. The article was about the use of
"HOME" micros in the USSR. He said there were only half a dozen ST
users in Moscow, apparently the availability of software was very poor.
Mirrorsoft the Software publishing house in the UK actually market a
Russian game for the ST.. No its not a shoot-em-up, with the usual roles
reversed, but a very unusual logic game. The game is called TETRIS. The
object is to control falling irregularly shaped tiles, which have to
pack into a vertical column. If a complete flat surface is produced per
layer, then the layer moves down, if only a partial layer is produced, the
column starts to fill, you lose when the column fills to the top. How
about that, not a wicked Yankee or a H-bomb anywhere!!
Cheers for now.
Pat.
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| 425.3 | more | NORGE::CHAD | | Wed Mar 15 1989 11:54 | 8 |
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When I spent my two years in Germany (86-87), I picked up a few copies of an
Atari publication/newsletter. In it they talked about the Eastern European
market (mostly POland and E. Germany) and they showed a chart of their
income from that market. They generated a lot of income from that market.
They had some sort of govermental "monopoly" too. It was interesting.
Chad
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| 425.4 | Moscow's not so dumb. | NORGE::CHAD | | Wed Mar 15 1989 11:57 | 11 |
| Oh yeah, something else I heard. This is more anecdotal (spelling) though :-)
When the USSR boycotted the 84 LA games, Epyx software tried a bit of good
will and sent a few copies of their wonderful game SUMMER GAMES in C64 format
to the Soviet embassy in Washington. They were refused as they wouldn't
be able to be used. Epyx then sent a few copies in Atari 8bit format and the
embassy said it would promptly ship it off to Moscow!
:-)
Chad
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| 425.5 | Tetris is Newsworthy | PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ | Jeff Lomicka | Wed Mar 15 1989 15:29 | 3 |
| "Tetris" was a feature topic of the Newsweek article, they had two
screen shots of it. It's published by Spectrum Holobyte.
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| 425.6 | IT'LL DRIVE YOU CrAzY | WFOOFF::LAFLEUR | | Wed Mar 15 1989 23:33 | 5 |
| I played TETRIS on a Mac. The game is addictive and not something
that one would want to play to unwind and relax. It is also
available on IBM. The new version of PC DITTO (out in april*RUMOR*)
should be fast enough to do the game justice on an ST. I was unable
to find the game in the U.S. for an ST.
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| 425.7 | Hack with a bank account! | SEDOAS::TAYLOR | | Fri Mar 17 1989 08:25 | 11 |
| RE:2
I read the same article as Pat, the interesting thing was the prices
these buffs had to pay for their 'hobby'!
Like a year's salary for an ST!
Now that's what I call keen! Can you imagine, if you had to turf
out a years worth of your bread for a 520?
Ken.
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| 425.8 | | LEVERS::LANDRY | | Mon Aug 14 1989 01:57 | 10 |
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> I played TETRIS on a Mac. The game is addictive and not something
> that one would want to play to unwind and relax. It is also
> available on IBM. The new version of PC DITTO (out in april*RUMOR*)
> should be fast enough to do the game justice on an ST. I was unable
> to find the game in the U.S. for an ST.
>
I just bought TETRIS at White Mountain Computer in Nashua
for $18.95.
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