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From: ccastcr@prism.gatech.EDU (Russo, Chris A.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.games,comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500)
Message-ID: <23550@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 5 Mar 91 23:27:35 GMT
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robbins@arcadien.rice.edu (Thomas Robbins) writes:

>First of all, this is not intended to start a flame-war, merely some
>observations I've noted with a request for informative comments.

Not intended to start a flame war, but it definitely will.  It's
been discussed before.

>I have been a die-hard Macintosh user for five years now, leading

I'm a die hard Mac user too, doesn't mean it's untouchable, tho.

>However, I'm disappointed with the entertainment/sound/video. I have
>just been shocked at seeing a friend's Amiga 500, with its mere 7MHz
>68000, for crying out loud, BLOW AWAY my 68030 Mac with the Amiga video
>clippings, sound/music emulation, and GAMES. (The color version of
>Falcon put my Mac version to shame!) And he had *hundreds* of cool
>games compared to maybe 4 comparable Mac games.

There are no comparable Mac games.  Sadly, that's the total truth.

>What's the deal? My friend says that it's because it has built-in
>graphics co-processors.

That's it exactly.  Its graphics coprocessor does all of the memory moves
required to animate.  The Mac on the other hand, uses its cpu for _EACH_
cryin' out loud memory move.

>I'm actually considering buying one of these, to supplement my mac.
>(Heaven help me--a machine with DOS!) IS IT WORTH IT? I would use it
>only for games, but I worry at buying a machine that's already four
>years old, what with computer equipment being obsolete even before the
>ink on your check is dry. And heck, it's only about the price of a good
>modem!

Nah, buy one of the newer game systems like Genesis or Turbografx.  They're
pretty awesome too.  Or better yet, wait until the Super Nintendo comes
out later this year.  I think it's called Super Famicom now.  Don't despair
too much, tho.  I bet you Apple puts a graphics coprocessor in one of their
machines before the turn of the century.


-- 
Russo, Chris A.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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