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Re: Mac games [Was: Crystal Quest]

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From: Mike Engber
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1988 21:35
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In article <5557@ihlpf.ATT.COM> rtb@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Todd) writes:
>...
>we have a chicken and egg situation. Nobody has developed any joystick
>games because there is no joystick, and nobody has developed any joystick
>because of a lack of software that would use it. 
>...

I would like to point out that there is a product call the Arcade Adapter
by Nuvo Labs (805-544-5766) that allows you to use any Atari type joystic
on the Mac. It connect to the mouse port (does not require ADB) It comes
with an arcade quality Pac-Man like game. (I think I paid around $30 for
the whole package - directly from Nuvo)

It's been out a while, but it never seems to have caught on.

-ME
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From: engber@speedy.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Engber)
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Subject: Re: Mac games [Was: Crystal Quest]
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Date: 5 Aug 88 21:35:10 GMT
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