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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
-