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Re: Assault Rigs

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From: M.B.
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:00
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Dave Glue wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:04:49 GMT, t...@skyenet.net (Mark Smith) wrote:
> 
> >My advice to you is to return Rigs and STAY WAY from direct ports of
> >home video games.  Of course if you do not have a PlayStation THEN GO
> >BUY ONE because the games cannot be beat or duplicated.  In fact some
> >PC games are being ported to PSX that are EVEN better than their PC
> >counterparts - namely DESCENT - CREATURE SHOCK - JOURNEYMAN PROJECT
> >and many more.  I now wait to find out if a title is scheduled for
> >release on PSX before I purchase the PC version because it will always
> >be worth the wait for the PSX version.
> 
> The PC port of Destruction Derby is quite good, Wipeout and Assault
> Rigs are not.  But the games "cannot be beat"?  Wipeout is good, DD
> and Assault Rigs are yawn-a-thons.  Staying away from console ports
> should be a rule, why get one of those when you can get a game made
> specifically for the PC's abilities?  Duke Nukem, Wing Commander IV,
> etc.
> 
> And Creature Shock and Journeyman Project?!? ROTFL!  Creature Shock is
> a streamed-video off of CD game, worthless.  JourneyMan project is
> years old, it's a slow moving point and lick adventure you twit.  And
> who cares about Descent when PC users are playing Descent _2_ right
> now in 640*480? How that modem play coming on the PSX?  How about
> editing levels? How's the control with that gamepad?  Yep, always wait
> for the PSX version eh?  Idiot.


	WOO HOOO strike one up for the PC! You said it dude, these 
console players always doggin the PC. When a console system comes out 
with some type of storage and expandability then it would be worth 
playing some games.
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Subject: Re: Assault Rigs
Date: 1996/04/25
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