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Re: Duke Nukem is a WIMP

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From: r... Mr.BoB
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00
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In article <4g9gnq$j...@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>,
Branden Robinson <bra...@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
>an52...@anon.penet.fi wrote:
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>: Someone said:
>: My Opinion:DN3D is cool,but I think he looks stupid.His voice
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>: And I AGREE ! I think Duke must be homosexual. He sure looks like a
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>Why don't you bitch about something substantive, like:
>  1) The music/sound setup can't autodetect DMA channels for shit
>  2) The saved game thumbnails are corrupted 1/3 to 1/2 the time
>  3) Game restores occasionally bomb right out of the program
>  4) It likes to wegde machines HARD.  As in locking up the keyboard beyond
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Obviously you guys are Hard Core Doomers!  It beats ALL of Id's games put 
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together! 
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If I remember correctly, the first release of Doom had all sorts of bugs!
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A bug fix is reported to be already out, so why don't you give it a try 
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before you start wining.
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If you're trying to run the thing in 640 x 480 (SVGA) mode on a DX2-66 
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you MUST be dreaming!  Like many of todays advanced games, Duke 3D 
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requires LOCAL bus video, LOTS of RAM, and a FAST processor!
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I'm runing it on on of those steroid pumped AMD chips and can't use SVGA!
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my 2 cents worth!
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From: r...@ssnet.com (Mr.BoB)
Subject: Re: Duke Nukem is a WIMP
Date: 1996/02/20
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