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Re: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect *gaming*

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From: ma... Matt McLeod
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00
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khc...@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Oliver Chung) writes:

>bad...@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) wrote:
>>the gaming front, there exists precisely one native OS/2 commercial game, with
>>only two more planned. Clearly without Win'95 support, OS/2 is doomed as
>>a gaming platform. 
>
>If you know nothing about commercial games for OS/2, say so.  The
>"one native, 2 planned" are from a _single_ game company (SDS)
>only.  Can you name some game companies which has 1 Win95 game
>available with 2 planned to release within 6 months?

There is also SimCity Classic from DUX, and currently in development are 
SimCity 2000 (Maxis) and Tensor (AIMs).

Matt
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From: ma...@toaster.hna.com.au (Matt McLeod)
Subject: Re: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect *gaming*
Date: 1995/07/02
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