Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:08:04 08/17/02
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On August 16, 2002 at 23:24:18, Kerry McDermott wrote: >On August 16, 2002 at 15:49:34, John Merlino wrote: > >>On August 16, 2002 at 15:34:05, Stuzzi Kadent wrote: >> >>>On August 16, 2002 at 14:18:56, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>> >>>>At its highest setting (which could take forever to make a move), I would say >>>>that the original Gameboy version played no better than 1750. At a more >>>>reasonable time control, it was probably less than 1600. >>>> >>>>The Gameboy Advance version was done by Ubi Soft programmers in Romania. I >>>>honestly do not know if they used the same engine that was in the Gameboy >>>>version, or if they used something else. We did send them our PC code and >>>>artwork for them to use (as a guide, if nothing else), but I don't know how >>>>much, if any, was applicable to their program. >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>I am puzzled by what could be a callous attitude to the franchise. Programming a >>>specific machine's hardware is one thing, but I wonder why they do not ask the >>>original Chessmaster programmers to do their best to scale down their chess >>>engine size to ensure the basis remains as good as possible. Such as pruning it >>>to 32K or whatever, and then let conversion programmers implement that. Rather >>>than employ hardware specific programmers with no particular record in Chess >>>programs to make all the decisions. Why Romania for instance? Because it is >>>cheap? What is wrong with America? >>>I don't know, I just wish I got the feelings companies cared. >> >>The companies cared enough to make a new Gameboy version, which is more than the >>last three owners of Chessmaster bothered to do. And the programmers in Romania >>have done several Gameboy products, so they know what they're doing. Sure, they >>are probably cheaper than having it done in America (as is every other country, >>I expect), but they are also good. >> >>Ubi Soft is a French company, not an American one. They are based in Paris and >>they have development houses around the world. They assign products based on the >>appropriate available development team. Cost is, of course, an issue, but I'm >>glad that THEY did it rather than the Windows team, who collectively have zero >>experience with anything other than Windows (well, a little bit of Mac, but >>that's going back several years). >> >>jm > >I recently purchased TouchChess by Excalibur. I was looking for info on it and >came across this web site that gives some details re: Chessmaster Gameboy. Hope >it is helpful. > >http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/exclvgmby.htm > >Regards, >Kerry That website refers to the original Gameboy version of Chessmaster, not the new Gameboy Advance version. jm
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