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- From: taihou@suliman.iss.nus.sg (Tng Tai Hou)
- Subject: Genie SVGA Defined
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.135314.13114@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Originator: taihou@suliman
- Sender: usenet@nuscc.nus.sg
- Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:53:14 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- Don't jump on me yet. Wait and read.
- The latest issue of CGW (Computer Gaming World), January 1993,
- has an advert from Genie. It boasts of an Air Warrior net-game.
- Now, versions of the Genie Air-Warrior has been around for quite
- some time, including a color version. So why is this ad so special?
- First, it is about the MSDOS version. And it calls this version the
- first flight simulator to run in 640x480x256 color resolution on
- a personal computer!!! Explicit enough was the term SVGA!!!
-
- So for once, we have a real definition of SVGA. For another, it sure
- is ticklish to hear this "great" news about the first 640x480x256 color
- flight simulator. Obviously, these folks, including those at CGW,
- haven't seen a Mac, or Hellcats (which can fill your entire screen,
- whatever the resolution).
-
- But what bothers me most is the word "Mac" (or equivalents like Apple,
- Macintosh, wimp), appears in this issue and previous two issues,
- less than 10 times!!! I have read it from cover to cover, and it sure
- is frustrating to find very little news and reviews, if at all about
- Mac games. There are more Amiga games reviews and ads and mentions,
- than there is for the Mac. And the latest SPA figures shows more game
- growth and dollar sales figure for the Mac over the Amiga!!! What gives?
-
- Lastly, I recalled the outrage one reader posted to this newsgroup
- concerning the port of Spectre to the PC. Well, in this issue, there
- are two ads - Spaceword Ho for Windows 3.1, and Tinnies (Inline Design).
- In other words, nothing is sacred anymore.
-
- Tai Hou
- Singapore
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