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Article #47Re: Origin - CD-only forever!
From: th... Tom Hong
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 23:59
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 23:59
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In article <38jpqe$8...@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>, J MacNish <jmac...@CS.Arizona.EDU> wrote: >> Nintendo-esque? Not. Trying to compare something like Strike >>Commander or Privateer to a Nintendo game is like trying to compare a >>Formula-1 to a Ford Pinto. > >So...Which one is the Pinto? Unless you have seen a flight simulator that works on the Nintendo with gouraud shading, texture mapping, detailed terrain, plus a whole load of other features such as cockpit panning and others too numerous to mention here, I think it's obvious which one is the Pinto. I could be wrong, but I don't think I have ever seen a flight-sim for the SuperNES, let alone one of Strike Commander's caliber. TRH Sends
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