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- From: nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu (Nathanael J Henderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: 18 Mar 1996 06:25:53 GMT
- Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network (NDHECN)
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- Matt Harrell (mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com) wrote:
- : Karl Thomas (kathomas@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
-
- : : You don't have anything to compare high-end Mac and PC's to. There aren't
- : : any Amiga games with the resolution and fps of Descent on a P-Mac. There
- : : aren't any games that have 640x480 non-interlaced 8-bit and 16-bit color
- : : graphics with 16-bit stereo active panning sound on the Amiga.
-
- : Very skeptical about this point. I don't doubt the resolution issue,
- : however, I'm *very* doubtful of the fps claim. Let's see some numbers
- : to back it up.
-
- Hmm. I can't speak for Descent, or even provide concrete numbers,
- but on Marathon with my PowerMac 7500 running in 24-bit color, 640x480
- the display and movement in the game is perfectly fluid. Not 'almost'
- smooth, or 'smooth enough' animation--PERFECTLY FLUID. The graphics are
- vastly superior to DOOM, and the sound output is user selectable to up to
- 4 channels of 16-bit actively panning stereo sound. It's a pity it takes
- such an expensive machine (around $2,500 US) to run it flat out with all
- the bells and whistles, but it's an awesome game. :-)
-
- ----
- "I was practically naked, dressed as a dominatrix and was slapping the
- audience with this huge rubber dick I was carrying. (Bill Gates)
- wandered by, so I started screaming 'Serve Me! Serve Me!' and put the
- dick on his shoulder--at which point, he emitted a mouse-like squeal and
- ran away. It was quite a scene." Slymenstra (GWAR)
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