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Date: 21 Apr 91 00:37:00 GMT
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     Tim Meekens in an earlier article writes:

> Hmmm. Sort of like how the IIgs version of King's Quest IV gives the
> ALT key commands. Gee, and Sierra says the IIgs is too slow to run their
> games. This ALT screw-up makes it almost obvious that they had some
> IBM hacker write the GS version. No wonder it didn't run very fast.
> But, that's getting off the subject...

        Ever since Sierra started on its 3-D character animation deveolped in
the Kings Quest series, I have totally lost all respect for that company. For
starters, everything they made was in that format {ok, here's a guy, lets have
him walk around and do stuff} Hey, thats a nice idea, but it grows thin after a
while. {Kinda like the mac...} Then they develop this system where they can
port it to different platforms real fast to get the product out. Well you know
what happens when they standerize a port platform for fast software development
- means serious loss of quality for a specific machine. Plus, Sierra has become
so obsessed with the IBM that their ports to the other computers pale in
comparison. {They love the IBM for its Super-vga and Roland 32 voice sound
capabilities}

        So they have some IBM dweebs slap over to the GS, and because their
code isn't efficent and the fact that the code they are porting over is in C or
Pascal - or something like that - its end result is a really slow game. So
Sierra just throws in the towel because they would rather spend their time
making programs for the machine that has over 70% of the market. So while
Sierra not making products for the GS came as a disapointment, I really don't
care because they were not making anything really to be missed.

						- Hal

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