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Article #161160Re: Happy Birthday Wing Commander 3
From: Death
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:46
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:46
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:37:44 +0100, Markus Barth <mar.5d@new-wen.net> wrote: > Beowulf wrote: > > Ack. You think you're old. I'm 45 and still gaming. I will be firing > > up wc1,2,3,4 as soon as I finish setting up a PII with DOS 6.22, > > win98se. I even have a functional voodoo2 with drivers! > > Dont forget a program to slow down the PC or WC 1 and 2 will be > unplayable. I remember the first time i tried WC 2 on a Celeron 400, > damn that was fast, hehe. > > And the only Wing Commander which need the voodoo 2 is Wing Commander > Prophecy or not? Prophecy and Secret Ops (WCP follow-up), and even then there was only 2 and 1 (respectively) graphics feature that non-Voodoo machines couldn't do, so it wasn't all that terrible a loss, at least IMO. SubCrid Death -- Official Net.Nazi, LOAF's Merry Guild http://www.wcnews.com/loaf/ ICQ UIN 3908950 <http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3908950> A Meeting of Minds <http://nohbody.com/schtuff/meeting.html> - a (mostly) cliche-free first contact story (updated periodically)
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