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- From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
- Subject: Re: Which game
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.023321.29286@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 02:33:21 GMT
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- js43+@andrew.cmu.edu (James William Stepanek) writes:
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-
- >Well down here ( directions are sorta iffy in netland) in Pittsburgh
- >there is a chain of stores called video game exchange in which you can
- >buy new or used games and the systems they play one. Granted this sound
- >irrelevent to you but the pont is , I have talked a fair amount ot
- >people who work at these places and I would assume that they would be
- >the most familliar with the varieties. The two best are the (surprise)
- >Sega and the Super Nintendo. The Super Nintendos have better technology
- >though while the game selection may be a touch smaller, but not that big
- >a difference. The guy working in the place explained that the Sega
- >claims to be a 16-bit machine , but is really two 8-bits in parrallel,
- >while the Super Nintendo is real 16-bit. I personally have a
- >Turbo-graphix16. The machine have a few good games, some neat hardware
- >expansion capabilities, but really isn't in the same league as the rest.
- >Well have fun deciding. Anyway, if price is not object , just buy a 386
- >machine, they've got some great games.
- >James Stepanek
- >esp
-
- I am not sure if this discussion belongs to this newsgroup...
-
- but I will chip in my $.02 worth anyways :)
-
- Sega 16bit is a real 16bit machine. In fact, it uses Motorola 68000 as
- its CPU. Super Nintendo, however, uses a 65816--the same CPU Apple IIGS
- is using.
-
- Yours Sincerely,
- Kelvin
- e-mail: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu
-