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In article <1s121nINNghc@news.u.washington.edu>, robs@u.washington.edu
(Robert Suh) wrote:
 
> >[Invitation:  anyone want to fire off a prediction or two on what new
> >developments / trends we're likely to see in computer gaming over the next
> >year or two?  Mine:
> >

Ok here are mine:

Intel keeps its lock on the home computer market with the Pentium because
of backwards compatability.

Origin releases some killer games for 486's only and begin to release games
that use the power of new machines.  As a result 486's rule the gaming
world until mid '94 (and net traffic sky rockets with Origin flames about
not running on a 386 :).  By the start of '94 486's are beginning to become
obsolete for high end games as many gamers upgrade to more powerful
machines.

> >--Science-fiction adventure and role-playing games become much more frequent.
> 
> Why's that?  I certainly haven't seen increased intrest in those type of games,
> in fact, I would say it's been decreasing.  That's only my opinion.  Though,
> I did like Serpent Isle. 

I think we will see a big decrease in fantasy games.  Buyers will become
tired of all the hack'n slash and gravitate to more adventure like games or
the role-playing games that don't emphasize combat.  I also think we will
see the death of the CRPG in the format of Might & Magic and Wizadry 7.
 
> >--3DO, meanwhile, flops due to insufficient software.  (It would be neat
> >  to be wrong about this one, though.
> 

Many companies try to push clones of Ultima Underworld's 3-d style dungeon.
 They are failures.
 
> -- Sid Miers, Westwood Associates, Origin, and LucasArts rule the industry. :)
>

My prediction is that Sid Miers has his first unsuccessful game with his
civil war game (that is if it ends up being along the lines of a
traditional war game), but bounces back with Civilization II.  I base this
on the fact that there has never been a really blockbuster war game. 
Though if anyone could do it Sid could (and I would love to be wrong :).
 
> -- Unless Sierra gets its act together, it'll fall into the same pit as 
> Infocom.

Either Sierra or Origin will release a new game that has full speech.

Sierra goes hog wild with graphics and sound and releases CD-ROM only
titles.  The graphics are great but gameplay isn't, as a result they lose
more and more market share.

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* David Ingham  *  "D'oh!" -- H. Simpson        *
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