Re: Demos on DVDs

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From: Scott
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:19

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In article <RDso8.293$Wb.3...@monger.newsread.com>, I've Got a
Loverly Bunch of Coconuts <Slartib...@hugh.jass.org> wrote:

> I don't think it's technically feasible to make a dual-format disc that
> would play in more than one console, but I wouldn't be surprised if some
> multi-platform publisher like Acclaim, Midway, or EA put a game movie on a
> DVD with a tag saying that it's available for more than one console.
> 
You know that reminded of a few games for the Amiga and ST that were on
the same disk. The game would boot on whichever machine it was put in.
I always thought that was rather neat.

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