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From: yaroze@theburrow.co.uk (Barry & Robert Swan)
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Subject: Re: Gay porn
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:28:56 GMT
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I work for Sony - I was hired ostensibly (good word) to do the pda
part of the game Im now helping out on in a minor role.

What was funny was OPM (off. playstation magazine) saying they had to
pay 120 pounds for the Pocket Station! Im one of the few people to own
one (meaning the company own it and can take it off me when the hell
they like) and a dev kit too.

Amusing thing about the dev kit; its a fairly large box, but they
didnt decide to 'helpfully' make the screen any bigger, or put it at a
slant so that you can see what the hell is going on on the screen will
developing for the miniature funbox. Shame as there were some really
sweet ideas out there and I quickly tested doing a feasibilty of an
even more miniature legend of zelda style thing for it, and it was
_just_ about possibly.

My only gripe about the pda was the size of the screen, if only it
could have been twice the resolution (and it could). Oh hang, myt main
gripe is will it/ wont it get released here.

On the plus side though, I can now change channels of any sony tv I
see in a shop window, and can now trade RR4 car parts with absolutely
noone in the world. (sigh)

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 19:25:49 +0100, "Ed Fear"
<ed@directxbeginners.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>No, the PocketStation definately isn't coming out over here.  What a f***ing
>shame, IMO.  The Final Fantasy 8 pocket station games were supposed to be
>good... it would have sold REALLY well, i think.  Aaaah well, Sony shooting
>themselves in the foot (probably got advice from Nintendo, they've done it
>enough times).
>
>So, where do you work Barry & Robert :) ?
>
>Cya everyone,
>
>Ed :)
>
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