Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "JohnT" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: PC vs PSX (Was: Re: Sony probably doesn't like this) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:54:19 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 48 Message-ID: <6cjn3g$ao2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <34295D09.8C4591C@ukonline.co.uk> <342A1541.4D88@interactive.sony.com> <6chk0p$b31@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <34ECCE35.D1DE1778@cybec.com.au> <6ciqjv$7692@scea> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.75.167.131 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Jeff Lawton wrote in message <6ciqjv$7692@scea>... > >Toby Hutton wrote in message <34ECCE35.D1DE1778@cybec.com.au>... > >>The PSX games don't look quite as nice these days. But they play fine, >>and work first time. >>And Windows *sucks*. I don't have to boot to it anymore. > > >You also forgot one big thing... The joysticks on the playstation are WAY >better.. Driving games play way better on the PS with a neGcon as well.. > >Although a PC is great for strategy games... Anything else is not so >great.. Tomb Raider II is a lot more playable on the PS or atleast I think >so. > Actually, Tomb Raider II is better on the PC even without a 3D accelerator! The polygons do not get gaps in the scenery for one thing! (Though I have only played with the demo version on the PSX) I have a 3DFX accelerator card and Tomb Raider II looks 100% better using it. The 3DFX does not produce better performance with Tomb Raider II on my system (a P200MMX in case you are wondering) but it makes the game look better :) Without the 3DFX the game looks identical (barring the gaps) to the PSX version. As for joysticks, anything the PSX has the PC has an equivalent. Usually better! I now have a SideWinder Force Feedback Pro for my PC. Are there any controllers for the PSX that provide tactile feedback? No. Maybe in Japan they have a vibrating controller but still nothing that fights against your movement etc. E.G. The game TigerShark (Not chosen for it's gameplay etc. ;) When the craft is under water the Feedback Pro feels more 'sticky' because of the water. Driving games on the PC are just as good and with Feedback support are better (if you drive slightly off the track, the feedback tries to pull the car over so you have to work harder to keep the car on the track). Now we just need a Feedback steering wheel for driving games on the PC! Well, enough of this PSX vs PC. Everyone knows that a PC with the right backing can beat any console. It's just that the PSX is cheaper and more accessible to the home games player. I myself own two PSX's (including the NY) and a Nintendo 64 as well as my two PC's just so my family can have a greater choice of games. (Yep, call us gaming addicts!! ;) JohnT