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Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...

#83324
From: a... WildKard
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:00
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In article <3291A1DA...@fhpv.umb.sk>, Kerry <ke...@fhpv.umb.sk> wrote:
>Mike Chapman wrote:
>> 
>> What I'm wondering is who is still running much text or VGA anymore.
>> I sure don't.  DOS in a window seems just fine BTW.
>> 
>> All games within the past SEVERAL years have been VESA SVGA unless
>> they totally suck.  I find old applications that are likewise VESA.
>> The VESA stuff runs great.
>> ----
>> 
>> Brought to you by the "Vote 7.62x51 for Real Change" Committee.
>> 
>> http://www.paranoia.com/~mike
>> 
>> Don't stick anything through my front door you don't plan on losing.
>
>VGA sucks? No way, man.... e.g. Albion, Arkania's, Jagged Alliance's,
>Beholder's,
>Simon The Sorcerer's, Raptor, and so, are cool in VGA and needs no SVGA,
>or Warcraft - I like Warcraft far more than Warcraft 2(svga looks really
>strange and wimpy, I mean artificial grafx, I don't know why but most of
>svga gfx looks strange, not natural).
>Hand painted graphics is far better than rendered ones, it's an art to
>paint
>cool. I do both hand-painting and rendering, so I know... there are only
>a few
>rendered gfx that could be called ART, and a lot of artificial crap.
>What counts is gameplay and atmosphere and not fucked fx(gfx, sfx, etc)
>at least for "hardcore, or grindcore" gamers, not for lamers.
>One thing I really hate are movies in games - what a
>barbedwire-to-the-eye!
>(e.g. WC3-4, Crusader: No Regret..., GKnight 2 - what a shit compared to
>the first part)
>Another hated thing: games in windows(with the frames around, titlebar,
>and
>bloody hated uniform menus, aaaaa... where's the originality?)
>I have a lot more to say (e.g. cooperative multiplay(rewlz) vs
>deathmatch)
>but is it a worth?
>Would be interesting to hear opinions about this also from the
>game-makers
>themselves.

To each his own:

I have no problem with VGA... in fact I'm suprised VGA looks as good as it 
does (still!).

**** I DO LOVE those movies though... if you want a simple shoot-em-up, there 
are plenty of not-so-good clonegames that you can buy :)

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From: a...@dlcwest.com (WildKard)
Subject: Re: VGA - SVGA: VGA sucks? No way...
Date: 1996/11/22
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