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From: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Disappointed in the IIgs (was: GS/OS and programming standards)
Message-ID: <12034@reed.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 89 19:20:53 GMT
References: <2668@uokmax.UUCP> <9010@claris.com> <21249@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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In article <21249@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> labc-3dc@e260-3a.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) writes:
>Some programs, notably arcade games, *cannot* be written for the //gs
>because the speed makes it impossible for them to run.  Such programs will
>*never* be written when the only way to have a faster machine is to buy
>a $400 board.  Therefore part of the software market doesn't exist.
>
>fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)

I guess you've never played Rescue Raiders. . . :-) :-)

Actually (I know you said not to comment on this) I don't much care
for the current crop of arcade games, what with the blitted image
systems used.  You get some hoky looking image of a fighter, and with
wobbles around on the screen.  I feel like I'm watching *really* bad
animation, or cardboard cutouts.  Sure, they scream along, but I still
think Asteroids was one of the *best* arcade games to date (though
perhaps a little mononotous) and Missle Command one of the more
challenging.  Oh, I guess I'm gettin' on. . .

Sean Kamath

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