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Re: Origin - CD-only forever!

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From: con... Lord Soth
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 22:24
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In article <38ho4p$j...@ren.cs.ucsb.edu>, pr...@ren.cs.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao) wrote:
> They could put the game on milk boxes for all I care, as long as it plays
> well.  Unfortunately Origin has been so caught up in the Nintendo-esque
> uninteractive gaming that their recent games, well, suck... 
> 
> Doom isn't popular cuz it comes on CD, I don't STILL have Monkey Island
> and Tie Fighter on my drives cuz they require Pentium-90's.  They are
> fun.  Origin needs some honest people to continously test their new
> games instead of brown-nosing insiders.  Ultima 8 was a fiasco, and
> Wing Commander Armada isn't all that great (plays sad as a standalone,
> only 2 player network?!?). 

Really now?  Doom I and II are on disk.  There is a CD version of Doom 2,
but that really doesn't get you anything extra.  Monkey Island played great
on my old 386.  TIE Fighter runs well on my 486DX2/66.  I understand your
point, but most games do NOT require you to have a Pentium/90.  Most games
(except for Origin's latest games) run well on my system.

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Subject: Re: Origin - CD-only forever!
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