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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: microwave
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:35:08 -0600
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:15:12 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:47:08 -0600, Jhulian Waldby
><wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Funny how nobody here remembers the Apple ][ game, called, you guessed 
>>it, "Microwave." Damn that game was fun and an improvement on Pac_Man, 
>>which it had clear roots in.  I call Pac_Man one-dimensional when the 
>>two are side by side.  And the music was gorgeous.
>
>I mean, it did come out 41 years ago, and you're on an ibm.pc gaming
>newsgroup... it really shouldn't surprise you that it gets little
>notice here. ;-)
>
>According to Mobygames, "Microwave is generally credited as being the
>first game to incorporate music *during* the action of the game,
>rather than just in cut-scenes."
>
And I thought you'd congratulate them for getting this back on topic!

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Zag

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