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Article #1337Re: Non-DOS ports of Descent???
From: dub... Joev Dubach
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 03:41
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 03:41
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In article <3l34f2$n...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing) writes: > PLEASE!! The Linux port of DOOM was the best thing that ever happened > to it! Just about the only reason I boot my computer into DOS is to play > Descent, and it would be _GREAT_ to avoid that! > Sorry... but I think a Linux port would be for a better cause than a > Mac or Console port. :) Except, of course, that it wouldn't sell any more copies. As your example clearly indicates, anybody willing to buy Descent is going to be willing to spend a minute rebooting their Intel machine into DOS to play it. A Mac port, on the other hand, will actually reach a new audience; kudos to Parallax for doing one. Joev <URL:"http://www.math.harvard.edu/~joev/"> "Hello there, goose-stepping pig-boy! Is that a box of donuts in your pocket, or are you just thinking about beating your wife?" -- Doug Gray, Eye of Mongombo 7
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!das-news2.harvard.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!fas-news!dubach1 From: dub...@fas.harvard.edu (Joev Dubach) Newsgroups: alt.games.descent Subject: Re: Non-DOS ports of Descent??? Date: 27 Mar 1995 03:41:40 GMT Organization: Not likely. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <DUBACH1.95Mar26224140@fas.harvard.edu> References: <1995Mar22.175702.23779@unislc.slc.unisys.com> <3kqqu0$ma7@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <3l34f2$ncp@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: dub...@fas.harvard.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: fas.harvard.edu In-reply-to: bdowning@prairienet.org's message of 26 Mar 1995 07:17:54 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit