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  2. From: larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (UNREGISTERED VERSION)
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  4. Subject: Re: PowerPC !
  5. Date: 21 Mar 1996 23:42:58 GMT
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  13.  
  14. >> Yes, for 2d games.  But today, 3d games rule, where sprites and copper
  15. >> lists are meaningless.
  16.  
  17. >Try saying that to anyone who has played worms.
  18.  Exactly, just because Doom went crazy doesn't mean that 2D games are gone.
  19. It's foolish to abandon fancy 2D stuff in any hardware design. Plus in the
  20. Staurn they found that they could use someof the 2D parts to relieve pressure
  21. on their 3D chips so they can match PSX performance in some cases.
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