Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Toby Hutton Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: S*ga Dreamc*st Date: 26 May 1998 14:48:53 +1000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 40 Sender: thutton@TECH10 Message-ID: References: <3569980E.51FC@saqnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.103.154.235 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Nick Ferguson writes: > > Hiya all, > > Yeah, so we're all Sony cadets but this IS freetalk, y'know :-) > > Anyway, I have to say I'm fairly impressed with the "Dreamcast" specs, > from what I understand of them, and I don't think the name is *that* > bad... The logo is quite funky, too. What do you guys/gals reckon? I can't believe how long it's taking them to get the thing on the market. We've been hearing about Blackbelt and Katana for years, and now they tell us that Japan will get it just before Christmas, the US get it next year, and I assume we'll get it after that. > If you haven't really been fussed to look it up, try going to > www.seganet.com or www.fgnonline.com for some info. The highlights seem > to be a proprietary 1 Gig CD format, a 33.6 modem as standard and 16 MB > of system RAM, along with a v. natty-looking "PDA" which slots into the > machine's pads (a cross between the Saturn analogue pad and the N64's) > but also works "on the hoof". It also has 4 pad slots a la N64. Launch > titles include VF3tb, Daytona 2 and probably Sega Rally 2 as well as I like the look of it spec-wise though, except those controllers look really big and clumsy. Off the top of my head I think it can do 3 million polys/sec which doesn't sound too hot compared to your Voodoo 2 and its contemporaries. They don't seem to say anything about the PDA thing. What's with it, exactly? Is it supposed to be like the rumoured PSX PDA? Did they throw it in at the last minute when they heard of Sony's plan? Man, if I could play Sega Rally 2 on my couch against a mate who lives an hours drive away down the modem, ooh, gives me goosepimples. Oh, and it runs Windows CE. And I swore I'd never purchase a MS product ever. What to do, what to do? -- Toby.