Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Shaughnessy Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Consoles are dead! Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 21:06:05 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 36 Message-ID: <35F6DFAD.5F6C@manc.u-net.com> References: Reply-To: james@manc.u-net.com NNTP-Posting-Host: manc.u-net.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Jeff Hannan wrote: > 'Missing DLL, would you like us to overwrite your system files - > Quit Y/Y?' Haha too right, love that quit y/y part! The main thing is that writing really sloppy unoptimised code pays the people who make new 3D fx cards, and those same 3D fx cards are what make people choose the PC over consoles (obviously those who also have money to burn). Look at Quake and Tomb Raider -- both run really well on my (now) humble unaccelerated P133, but if some monkeys were paid to write the SAME games now, you'd all of a sudden need a MONSTER BASTARD FX card. I'm doing my best not to conform by only buying PSX and N64 games, although PC TOCA2 and Formula 1 just looked too good in super slick hires at ECTS.. I mean I went out to buy BustAMove3 as a gift for someone who has a DX2/66 thinking "Jesus surely THAT game will run on it." Guess what, (the nearest I could find was Puzzle Bobble) and you wouldn't BELIEVE what the minimum and recommended system is. OK DX2s are dead but I mean those who produce these feeble PC efforts COME ON HAVE SOME PRIDE! And if that MEDIA JACKARSE (lots of nice opinions here) buys Man U I vow never to watch another game. GOD I only have Sky for the daily fix of The Simpsons (who did an excellent urine-take of BILL GATES) These monopoly/world domination seekers Murdoch and Gates -- I mean just HOW bullied were these guys at school??! Textbook psychology isn't it?! Nothing wrong with ambition but these guys take the Jammy Dodger. Yes, I feel better now. Jim, getting a couple of things off his chestal area, -- ----------------------------------------- James Shaughnessy james@manc.u-net.com http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~shaughnj -----------------------------------------