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From: montressor@aol.com (Montressor)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: why not quadra?
Date: 2 Sep 1994 18:36:03 -0400
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In article <CvHLv3.21L@agora.rdrop.com>, edh@agora.rdrop.com (Ed Hurtley)
writes:
>> First off, the Macintosh (with 680X0 processor series) is (yes, even
the
>> Quadras) too slow for full-screen, 3D games (as doom is)... While it
may
>> support 16.8 Million colors (The "millions" is annoying) and 16-bit
sound,
>> making Doom support it would make it even slower than it already would
be...
>> If you refuse to use DOS, use Linux, or get an SGI...
You might want to check out a new game for the Mac that should be arriving
sometime in September. It's called "Marathon", and it's from Bungie
Software. After you see it, I'd be interested in hearing your opinions on
the ability of Macs to run full-screen 3D games.
Mont