Amiga Online: VOTE: Jaguar XJ220 and Lotus Trilogy?

Hungry Horace · December 30, 2007, 04:36:13 AM

Fairly simple question, i would just like to know some other people's views.

Obviously the games are very similar, and pairing the likes of Indy Heat and Super-Off Road (despite having no actual connection) [WRONG!! - ed.] seems to have been popular, so perhaps rather than Jaguar XJ220 being all alone, should it sit alongside the excellent Lotus games?

HOL page for jaguar : http://hol.abime.net/776
ADF download for Jaguar :
http://luigi.eliott-ness.com/amiga/jaguar_xj220_1of2.adf
http://luigi.eliott-ness.com/amiga/jaguar_xj220_2of2.adf

HOL for Lotus Trilogy : http://hol.abime.net/929
BETA pack already avaiaible.

Skateblind · December 30, 2007, 03:57:32 PM

I would say so, they are almost identical in every way.

Hungry Horace · December 30, 2007, 04:05:57 PM

Quote from: Skateblind on December 30, 2007, 03:57:32 PM
I would say so, they are almost identical in every way.

then vote!

Hungry Horace · December 31, 2007, 02:33:45 AM

i've moved this poll to "news" becuase i really need some answers on this please, and even the active chat-room regulars seem not to be posting or even voting

Linesmachine · January 02, 2008, 05:05:50 PM

I voted for NO WAY! Now, tbh I don`t feel as strongly as that implies, if there had been a "I ain't fussed, but I would suggest XJ220 deserves it's own pack" voting option, I would have chosen it.

As for the argument that indy heat and Super Off Road have nothing in common, well thats simply not true. The original coin-ops were both written/designed by Leland corporation coin ops. The first, Super Off Road, was so succesful with its "spinner" (although I would call it a dial) control system that they rehashed the formula for Indy Heat and made twice the monkey off the same horse, er...if you see what I mean... :sly:

LIK · January 02, 2008, 05:40:45 PM

I really dont care.
Do whatever you want, lotus rocks with or without it

Anemos · January 05, 2008, 09:36:21 PM

Yes, why not?
tell me! Yes, why not?? :joker:

FOL · January 06, 2008, 10:44:00 AM

I concure, I did play Jaguar alot more after lotus2 until i got lotus3. So i say bundle them together.

Hungry Horace · January 24, 2008, 02:03:36 AM

right, if the poll is to be taken as is, then for the Big Pack 4 release these will be bundled together.

>however< it has come to my attention that Jaguar uses saves, which has been requested made usable by one of our site users.

I am pleased to report, that thanks to a 1999 whdload slave residing on my brother's A4000 HD (honestly, you cant make this up!) - this is now possible! This slave allows you to save to DF0: rather than the HD disk image, making online saving functional. ( it may be possible to do it with the newer slave - but i am unfamiliar with it, and was only seeing what appeared to be a disk image marked as DF0: on the save function)

I would like this to be tested as a single game-pack before i merge the two. Anybody playing both jaguar and Lotus online, and who does use the save function, must be aware of the concequences of not keeping an identical save-disk as their opponent.