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9 total messages Started by a... Aki Kemppainen Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1495
Author: a... Aki Kemppainen
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
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In message <4c52vp$d...@sun.sirius.com> - cyb...@cyberman.com (Terminator) 
writes:
:>
:>Check this game out.
:>It has Quake's engine + lightsourcing ,and its the fastest engine of
:>that kind I ever seen, considering great object detail etc.
:>The game is VERY playable and has truly 3d objects and environment .
:>And sound.
:>It performs OK on DX2's w/8 and up.

I downloaded it and it looked nice, but on my 486DX2/80/8Mb Cirrus 5429 it 
didn'd run smoothly... Escpecially the 2nd level was really painful to play. 
I think the reason was Cirrus.. It's incredibly slow... 

:>Weapons are awesome, as well as enemies.

Yes! I love shooting terminators with that rocket launcher :)

:>This game takes 3d gaming to the next level. This is not an ad. This
:>is true.

I agree.

a...@solutions.fi 
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1496
Author: Maerd
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
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Aki Kemppainen wrote:
> 
> In message <4c52vp$d...@sun.sirius.com> - cyb...@cyberman.com (Terminator)
> writes:
> :>
> :>Check this game out.
> :>It has Quake's engine + lightsourcing ,and its the fastest engine of
> :>that kind I ever seen, considering great object detail etc.
> :>The game is VERY playable and has truly 3d objects and environment .
> :>And sound.
> :>It performs OK on DX2's w/8 and up.
> 
> I downloaded it and it looked nice, but on my 486DX2/80/8Mb Cirrus 5429 it
> didn'd run smoothly... Escpecially the 2nd level was really painful to play.
> I think the reason was Cirrus.. It's incredibly slow...
> 
> :>Weapons are awesome, as well as enemies.
> 
> Yes! I love shooting terminators with that rocket launcher :)
> 
> :>This game takes 3d gaming to the next level. This is not an ad. This
> :>is true.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> a...@solutions.fi

Where do you get the demo?

Lee
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1497
Author: cyb... Terminator
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 00:00
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Maerd <ma...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Aki Kemppainen wrote:
>> 
>> In message <4c52vp$d...@sun.sirius.com> - cyb...@cyberman.com (Terminator)
>> writes:
>> :>
>> :>Check this game out.
>> :>It has Quake's engine + lightsourcing ,and its the fastest engine of
>> :>that kind I ever seen, considering great object detail etc.
>> :>The game is VERY playable and has truly 3d objects and environment .
>> :>And sound.
>> :>It performs OK on DX2's w/8 and up.
>> 
>> I downloaded it and it looked nice, but on my 486DX2/80/8Mb Cirrus 5429 it
>> didn'd run smoothly... Escpecially the 2nd level was really painful to play.
>> I think the reason was Cirrus.. It's incredibly slow...
>> 
>> :>Weapons are awesome, as well as enemies.
>> 
>> Yes! I love shooting terminators with that rocket launcher :)
>> 
>> :>This game takes 3d gaming to the next level. This is not an ad. This
>> :>is true.
>> 
>> I agree.
>> 
>> a...@solutions.fi

>Where do you get the demo?

>Lee

www.bethsoft.com and browse around... its there 100%
     
--== If a game does not run decently on a DX2, its not a game ==--
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1501
Author: I... Khorne the blood god
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 00:00
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terminator sucks shit, what is there 16 colors?
and all greys too...

- Khorne (you find me in your shit)
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1498
Author: Oki Doki
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
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ftp.bethsoft.com /pub/demos  ( i think thats the dir )

Oki 
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1500
Author: Ste... steve
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00
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On Fri, 05 Jan 1996 19:50:42 GMT, I...@home.now (Khorne (the blood god)) wrote:

>terminator sucks shit, what is there 16 colors?
>and all greys too...

No, there's 256 colors. Just thatythey're all grey. Oh and I think there's a
blue in there somewhere.


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Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1499
Author: toad... T 0 4 D 3 A T 3 R
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00
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Ste...@Thurgood.demon.co.uk (steve) wrote:

>On Fri, 05 Jan 1996 19:50:42 GMT, I...@home.now (Khorne (the blood god)) wrote:
>
>>terminator sucks shit, what is there 16 colors?
>>and all greys too...
>
>No, there's 256 colors. Just thatythey're all grey. Oh and I think there's a
>blue in there somewhere.

Most of the Terminator movies were tinted like this too, I guess they
did a good translation of them.
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Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1502
Author: dav... Dave Glue
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 00:00
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On Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:32:16 +0100, Not Important
<an49...@anon.penet.fi> wrote:


>> I downloaded it and it looked nice, but on my 486DX2/80/8Mb Cirrus 5429 it
>> didn'd run smoothly... Escpecially the 2nd level was really painful to play.
>> I think the reason was Cirrus.. It's incredibly slow...
>
>FS on a P133 / 32 runs p*e*r*f*e*c*t*l*y -> Quake had better be 
>spectacular to outdo this game!

And it runs very smoothly on my DX4-120.  Certainly no need for a
P-133, and being in VGA only, you shouldn't have to.
Re: check out Terminator : The Future Shock
#1503
Author: bh... Mike Sewell
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 00:00
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Dave Glue (dav...@interlog.com) writes:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:32:16 +0100, Not Important
> <an49...@anon.penet.fi> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> I downloaded it and it looked nice, but on my 486DX2/80/8Mb Cirrus 5429 it
>>> didn'd run smoothly... Escpecially the 2nd level was really painful to play.
>>> I think the reason was Cirrus.. It's incredibly slow...
>>
>>FS on a P133 / 32 runs p*e*r*f*e*c*t*l*y -> Quake had better be 
>>spectacular to outdo this game!
> 
> And it runs very smoothly on my DX4-120.  Certainly no need for a
> P-133, and being in VGA only, you shouldn't have to.
> 
I thought it was okay, too, but it showed too much influence from
Terminator Rampage, a truely horrible game from the same company. When
will the good people at Bathesda find out what explosions look like?


--
Mike Sewell: bh...@freenet.carleton.ca       
             mike....@funky.jammys.net        
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