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Re: QUAKE!

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From: psh... Peter Shackleton
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 00:00
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Alexei Vyacheslavovich Novikov (ano...@emory.edu) wrote:



: > Marco Yu Chai Lee (re...@isr1067.urh.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: > 
: > : we don't know if iD is going to BLOW it up again or SUCK IT and Crash...
: > 
: > Never underestimate ID software. They created wolfenstien, they created 
: > Doom, and rest assured Quake will kick the ass of all the shit crap 
: > half-ass games coming out now. It will be what Doom was to Wolfenstien 
: > but even better.

: 	Don't overestimate iD software either. Wait until Quake is out. 
: Judging by Quake specs and screenshots it has to be slow on average PC (I
: mean something about 486DX2/66). So don't speak too soon.

There's another way you shouldn't overestimate iD - don't credit them for 
something they didn't do.  They didn't create Wolfenstein, that was Apogee.
Doom is a quantum leap over Wolf3D.

***
 Peter Shackleton (psh...@sans.vuw.ac.nz) - Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
"What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? Who knows? Who cares?"
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From: psh...@sans.vuw.ac.nz (Peter Shackleton)
Subject: Re: QUAKE!
Date: 1995/10/03
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