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From: colas@celeste.inria.fr (Colas Nahaboo)
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Subject: Re: New PC emulator on amiga: Chuck Yeager's AFT
Keywords: bitch, moan, whine, complain
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Date: 10 Jun 91 11:32:19 GMT
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In article <91156.011802MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu>, MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (Norman St.
John Polevaulter) writes:
> >        The best PC-based flight sims are found on the IBM/compat. machines

No! We had a real test: 386 16Mhz VGA+ soundblaster and normal amiga 2000 side
by side... Amiga falcon was MUCH better than the IBM one, same with F19!!! (in
term of refresh rate, and apparent definition due to better palette choice). I
too thought "PCs have all the sims" before this test.

You get more flight sim on the PC, and sooner than on the amiga, but they are
NOT better! Be wary of "the grass is greener in the neighbour's field"
syndrome... Of course we don't have Flight sim4, but the amiga scene is not
grim!

I was especially disapointed by Red Baron. The PC Owners were so enthusiatic
about it, but it is well two times slower than wings!!!

> Unfortunately, hardly any Amiga games even ACKNOWLEDGE the existence of
> a 68020/30. 

No! F19, Bob, wings, falcon, do this! + all the dynamic/360 PC-ports (A10, blue
max, etc...). I agree a lot of arcarde games do not, but I think for flight
sims, only F18 does not work well with accelerated amiga (but then it just
accelerates, like wing commander on the PC)

PS: a program which is better on the PC than amiga is Indy 500, but even then,
with the dropping price of 68030 cards, you will be able to add a 68030 for the
price of a soundblaster card :-)