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Re: Anyone want to play D1 again?

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From: Jamie Kahn Genet
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:55
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Marshall <nope@uhuh.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:54:47 +1200, jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie
> Kahn Genet) wrote:
> 
> >Marshall <nope@uhuh.com> wrote:
[snip]
> >> Hail, Wulf! Just killing some time and being sociable here while
> >> waiting for D3 to amble along. I would love to play D1 again, but for
> >> me, I just can't go back to 640x480 graphics. I tried a couple years
> >> ago to load it up and play it again, but it was pretty pixelicious on
> >> my 21" monitor of the time. Now that I'm running a 24" widescreen at
> >> 1920x1200... well, there's just no way ;-) You could rest your beer on
> >> the flat top of a D1 pixel-square. Ah well, on.... to the future--->
> >> hehe!
> >>     -Marshall
> >
> >You could play in a window. That's what I'm doing and it looks as good
> >as it ever was :-)
> 
> Hehe, nah. I'm spoiled by widescreen technicolor beauty. Never could
> stand playing games in mini windows, it's gotta be fullscreen or
> nothing for moi.
>    -Marshall

Heh, well there's always D2 - though I play that in a window too as it
looks awful on my 24" screen. Starcraft is funny - Battlecruisers are
funny - they're truly MASSIVE now :-D
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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From: jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)
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Subject: Re: Anyone want to play D1 again?
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