Apple and New Amiga OS4 Compatibility?

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...be nice Kay.

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Yes, we will have a CD-bootable MorphOS for Apple owners (2004).  But, we will not be selling the OS.  We will selling the online game and it will run from the CD without reconfiguring the hard drive of the host computer.  Do you know the story of the Trojan Horse?

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Hey, we thought we should post here...we were mentioned!  :-D

R&B

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OK Kay, so be *fair* about reviewing this idea...

The Trojan Horse: a new game for Apple Computer Owners

The Trojan Horse was an instrument of war used by the Greeks to gain access to the city of Troy. Greek myth states that the conflict which started the war took place at the wedding feast of King Peleus (king of Pthia), and Thetis (the goddess of the sea).  All gods and goddesses were invited except for one.  Eris, the goddess of Discord was outraged because she was the only divine being not invited.  Eris threw a golden *apple* into the midst of the party.  The words "To the most beautiful" were inscribed on the apple.  Naturally, more than one goddess claimed the apple.  Hera, Athena and Aphrodite each wanted the apple.  Then the problems started.  A man named named Paris was to be the judge of who was the most beautiful.

Editors Note:  we stop the story here to explain what until today was an unknown element of the myth. :-o   There was a fourth goddess...Morphina!

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Back to the story...

Paris was the son of Priam, who was the king of Troy.  The goddesses tempted him with many gifts such as power and love, but he picked Aphrodite as the most beautiful (His gift from Aphrodite was the most beautiful, mortal woman in the world).  At this time Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world, but she was married to King Menelaus of Sparta.  Aphrodite put a spell on Helen so that she would go with Paris.  Paris would have the Queen of Troy to himself, and Aphrodite's obligation to give the most beautiful woman would be fulfilled.

Editors Note #2:  Actually, in our version of the game the question is not whether or not she goes with Paris.  The question becomes whether or not the winner COMES to Paris...you know, where we have an office!  :-D

OK, back to the story again...

When Paris came to visit, Helen left with him to return to Troy.

Enraged, the Greek king launched a fleet of one thousand ships to go to Troy and retrieve Helen. Helen's was "the face that launched a thousand ships."

(I personally would have picked Raquel, but that is another story. :-) )

Many main characters of the Greek epics and myths were involved in the siege of Troy.  Achilles and Odysseus were only a couple (there was also Ralph, Gerald, Thomas, Frank, Thierry, Nicolas, Bertrand, Sebastien, Nicholas and even Rakesh and Sharwin just to name a few!).

For ten years, the Greeks had lain siege to  the city of Troy without success of getting into the city, or with getting Helen back.  The layout and build of the city walls made the ancient metropolis impenetrable.  After Achilles left the war, the Greeks' progress slowed to almost a dead stop.  Troy was not going to be taken by sheer numbers.

The Trojans, led by Hector, began to repel the Greeks.

Eventually the Greeks were driven back to their own ships.  Achilles rejoined the battle, and killed Hector to avenge a good friend's death.  Greek morale shot through the roof!

The Greeks needed a war machine (sort of like a new platform so to speak).  The siege machines of the time weren't getting the Greeks anywhere.  They needed something new.  So the Greeks devised a plan and put it to work.

The Greeks built a giant, wooden horse with a hollow belly.  A handful of armed Greeks climbed into the hollow opening, and sealed it up.  Meanwhile, the rest of the Greek army piled into their ships and sailed away.  Due to a convincing Greek spy (we are thinking of hiring Jobs after Gates fires him  ;-)  ), the Trojans came out of Troy to receive the huge horse as an offering of peace (for the game you understand this is a CD, right?  :-) ).  The Trojans rejoiced at the thought of the Greek army running away like dogs.

The Trojans then decided to celebrate.  By nightfall the whole city was in a drunken uproar (sounds like Comdex 2004!).  They celebrated far into the night.  In the small hours of the morning, while everyone was drunk or asleep, the Greeks unsealed the belly of the horse, and climbed down from it.  Silently, they killed the Trojan sentries at all the city gates.  The GATES were then opened to the bulk of the Greek army.  In their drunkenness, the Trojans did not see the Greek fleet return to their shores.  (Thanks Mr. Gates!)

Morals from the Story:

The bigger they are the harder they fall!

Things to do:

We need to hire Alkis Tsapanidis to build up our Greek influence.  We already have Takis Tsiricos on the team.

Best Game Play Result:

The beautiful Morphina becomes an "amiga" to all and is ultimately awarded the Apple!

Final Note:  OK, enough goofing off!!! :lol: Back to work!

Have a happy Sunday!

Just Bill  ;-)

Sources:
Quoted liberally from the Joshua D. webpage  

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:-o

Kay=Mr. Grumpy

 Oh no, Mr. Bill!

 8-)

(That is a Saturday Night Live reference for you youngsters.  :-D  )

Raquel and Bill

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[Pssst Kay... er, its a joke!  :-D ]

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Flamewars are over!

We have to prepare the Trojan Horse!!!

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R&B

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OK Andrew...:-o

You force us to reveal a few more of the astonding details of our secret plan...!

Terms of Disclosure:

1.  You must assist us at GameTeam@phinixi.com and help us bring Sensible Soccer to MorphOS (and the STB).

2.  We need some marketing and communication help...  :-D  Can we talk about?

If you agree, please post here and we will release more "exciting" information...  ;-)

...and thanks anyway!

Raquel and Bill   :-)

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OK Andrew, the Community has you to thank alone for bringing these new details to light because even if Sensible Soccer is not available you are helping us communicate (we hope this will continue!)  :-D  ....please note these hints are for Game Play Level ONE!  

First, as Andrew quite ingeniously pointed out Achilles had an ankle problem, but did you know that the tutor of Achilles was?

Phoenix!!!  

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That is right, join the GameTeam@Phinixi.com through the Phoenix Developer Consortium if you are a Game Developer and you will be privy to the latest details there!  (BTW, Achilles was prone to cross-dressing, but this is claimed to have been a technique of disguise -- anyway file that away for Level THREE).  

Sooooo, Achilles was actually a third-party developer (so to speak)!!!  :-o   Achilles was heavily recruited by the Greeks (whoops, Change #1 in recognition of earlier post by kostas: Greeks = Genesis from now on, OK?  :-)  The Genesis had sent Achilles friend into battle (development) and he had been killed by Hector (mentioned earlier), which is why Achilles killed Hector and why Paris came after Achilles later.  Voila!

As the Illiad is normally listed before the Odyssey, so too the hints about the characters in question? :-)

Odysseus was one of the main suitors of Helen (maybe we will change her name to Raquel  ;-) )  Anyway, he lost out, but he did get to spend seven years on an island with the nymph Calypso, who made him her lover. Hey!   :-P  Anyway, finally Zeus intervened and Odysseus sailed away on a small boat, only to be shipwrecked by another storm (follow that game play ;-) ).  He swam ashore on the island of the Phaeacians, where he was magnificently entertained and then, at long last, escorted home to Ithaca.  But, that is later in the story.  Back to the battle...

Odysseus was the guy who thought of the Trojan horse in the first place!  This was the key to the means by which the Genesis were finally able to take the city of Troy itself. After the death of Achilles, Odysseus and Ajax competed for rights to Achilles' magnificent software, err, that is armor.  Odysseus gave a better speech and got it.  Then it was time to go home...

Odysseus' return from Troy was chronicled in the Odyssey.  It took ten years and was beset by perils and misfortune. He freed his men from the pleasure-giving drugs of the Lotus-Eaters (cool, here we will have a cameo appearance by Cheech and Chong :-)  ), rescued them from the cannibalism of the Cyclopes and the enchantments of Circe. He braved the terrors of the underworld with them, and while in the land of the dead Pluto allowed Thiresias, Odysseus' mother, Ajax and others to give him advice on his next journey. They gave him important advice about the cattle of the sun (which Apollo herded), Scylla and Charybdis and the Sirens. From there on the travels were harder for Odysseus, but they would have been much worse of it wasn't for the help of the dead (errr, developers who we thought were dead).  

OK, we just skimmed over A LOT of material, but as you can see it is a VERY complicated story!!!

Anyway, with this newly acquired knowledge, he steered them past the perils of the Sirens and of Scylla and Charybdis. Unfortunately, he could not save them from their final folly, however, when they violated divine commandments by slaughtering and eating the cattle of the sun-god (oh no, bad hair day coming!). As a result of this rash act, Odysseus' ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, and only Odysseus himself survived (whew, I was thinking of playing this role!).  Of course, in our story the good ship Lollypop does not get destroyed if the right choices are made!

....have to stop for now, but will be back later to have a discussion about Darwin...:-)

Best regards,

Raquel and Bill   :-)

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Hummm, perhaps Andrew you are right.  And, what you said about Penelope was true.  The difference of course was that Odysseus had a twenty-year absence from his wife, Penelope (and I am ALWAYS with Raquel  :-D  ).  Penelope had remained faithful to him, but she was under enormous pressure to re-marry.  A whole host of suitors were occupying her palace, drinking and eating and behaving insolently to Penelope and her son, Telemachus.  Odysseus arrived at the palace, disguised as a ragged beggar, and observed their behavior and his wife's fidelity (like Raquel's by the way ;-)  ).  With the help of Telemachus and Laertes, he slaughtered the suitors and cleansed the palace (hurrah!!!).  He then had to fight one final battle, against the outraged relatives of the men he had slain; Athena intervened to settle this battle, however, and peace was restored.  (whoopie!)

Anyway, we have not figured this part of the game out...want to help us? Andrew, you know the story... :-)

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Now a short word about the real Darwin...

Evolution occurs in three ways:

1. The strong get stronger!
2. The weak die.
3. Mutation occurs! (Hallelujah!)

It is therein in the third possibility that the most dramatic changes occur.  MorphOS, with all due respect to Ralph, is more than a metaMORPHOSis it is in the spirit of Darwinian mutation!  Don't worry we are not changing the name!  :-D  (and in the meanwhile we will see what OpenDarwin might have for the Morph-on-Apple development  :-D )

Back to the Game Development!!!

Thanks Andrew!

Sincerely,

Raquel and Bill   :-)

(who hope they never get a "Darwin Award")

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P.S. Andrew, we almost forgot!!!  We have a handle on Poseidon already -- don't worry!.  Please see this :-D

Raquel and Bill   :-)

Added Note:  IN FACT: the Pegasos with the assistance of Poseidon works NOW with the W@LK KEY...:-D  Ahhh, the gods are smiling on the Pegasos and the Genesis!!!