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Re: Origin - CD-only forever!

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From: to... Bob Tausworthe
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 22:41

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Jonathan Badger (bad...@phylo.life.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: What I'm wondering is if this means Origin will stop making programs that
: really aren't suitable for CD's like strategy games (anyone remember Origin's
: version of the Steve Jackson wargame OGRE?). Yes, you certainly COULD put
: a strategy game on a CD, but I don't think video clips and so forth would
: really improve the experience.

Every game is suitable for CD. Remember, even if you are just going to install
a program onto your harddrive, it is easier to do it from a fast CD than 8
slow floppies.

                                tozz

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