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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: Sierra is gone
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.144712.12987@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <1992Nov16.014626.6126@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <TIMO.JANTUNEN.92Nov16104435@lesti.hut.fi>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:47:12 GMT
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- Timo.Jantunen@hut.fi (Timo Jantunen) writes:
-
- >>>and moan if the Amiga version is one color or one pixel short of the PC
- >>And why should it be one pixel short, when it could be worlds smoother
- >>and better?
-
- >Again, Sierra thinks it's not worth it. To get better graphics is difficult,
- >because most of them is digitized. VGA uses 256/256K, Amiga 32-64/4K(?) colors.
- >(HAM is probably too difficult). Using blitter would speed up graphics,
- >but again, it would take coding and...
-
- AGA can use 256 colors ... so that's no excuse, because the 1200 is out in
- G Br and in the US soon.
-
- >>>version. You can't blame them for not wanting to bother with a small group
- >>A small group bought more than 3 million Amigas?
- >And how many of them _buys_ games regulary?
- >Compared to them who use pirated versions?
-
- How many IBM users you know *buy* all there games? More than 10%? (My point
- is that piracy is perhaps *more* rampant in the PC world.)
-
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