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From: alan@alanyuen.demon.co.uk (Alan Yuen)
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Subject: Re: PC vs PSX (Was: Re: Sony probably doesn't like this)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 21:31:48 GMT
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On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:28:37 +1100, Toby Hutton <thutton@cybec.com.au>
wrote:

You the way it is, like it or lump it, stop moaning about it man. I
bet your playstation cant surf the internet. :)
PC's where never intended to be games machines. It was bored
programmers that started it all off.

>
>I haven't bought a single PC game since I bought my grey PSX, because
>they were giving the the sh*ts.
>
>Half the time they didn't run out-of-the-box because a) they needed
>DirectX drivers that I didn't have yet, b) I really need more CPU power
>or memory or something to get it to perform decently or c) I needed a 3D
>card.
>
>If I buy a PSX game I *know* it'll work, first time, no worries.  At the
>time of buying my grey PSX I was tossing up the idea of getting either a
>3DFX or a PSX.  They were about the same price.  A whole game system, or
>a peripheral to my eternally-becoming-out-of-date PC.  So I spent $A300
>on a PSX and haven't spent any money on hardware since.  Oh, except for
>a PSX mouse.  If I was using my PC like my friends for games I would've
>probably spent another $A800 since then upgrading the bugger.
>
>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.
>
>Toby.

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Yep Luen (Alan) Yuen
alan@alanyuen.demon.co.uk
http://www.playstation.co.uk/~alanyuen/