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- From: cstadbs@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr P M Donovan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Falcon on TV again
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 16:09:33 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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- Keywords: Falcon TV
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- Atari UK really do seem to be pushing the Falcon here in the UK.
- They have been taking it to the directors of the popular computer
- games programs with a view to getting it shown on the programs.
-
- Someone has already reported the review of the Falcon on the program
- 'Bad Influence', where they showed ray-traced animations and the
- excellent 16-bit sampling.
-
- The Falcon was on TV again last night, on the Channel 4 program 'Gamesmaster'
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- This program consists of kids and celebrities competing on different games,
- but they also have reviews and special features.
-
- Last night they had a feature on the new 32-bit machines, namely the Falcon,
- the Acorn A3010 and the Commodore A1200. They had a spokesman from each of
- the companies talking about their new machines. Atari were shown first and
- Commodore last!
-
- The demonstrations of the machines were a bit hard to see because they were
- shown behind the spokeman, but the Falcon looked very inpressive.
-
- The demo was a ray-traced animation of a colourful cartoon-style bird
- walking along a pavement(sidewalk). The bird was held in the centre of the
- screen, and the pavement and wall behind were scrolled along in an isometric
- view giving the impression that the bird was walking down the street.
-
- The guy from Atari also stressed the 16-bit recording and playback at
- 'better' than CD quality.
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- The demo of the A1200 was just an ordinary looking Amiga game.
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- It has also been reported that a new games program to be broadcast at 6:30
- in the evening every weekday on the satellite channel Sky One may use
- a Falcon to run a game that viewers can play using touch-tone phones.
- The Falcon is being considered because the DSP casnn be used to process the
- incoming calls from the contestants.
-
- So, it doesn't look at all bad here in the UK at the moment in terms of
- marketing.
-
- Paul Donovan
- cstadbs@csv.warwick.ac.uk
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