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Re: Apple II vs Atari 800
- Subject: Re: Apple II vs Atari 800
- From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:33:57 -0700
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Jack Tseng wrote:
In 1980, Apple II graphics/sound looks limited.. Graphics on the games look
very terrible... Sound is not good. Atari graphics/sound are better than
Apple II.. Why did many companies make the games for Apple more than Atari?
I suspect it has a lot to do with the larger size of the Apple II
market. And the broader range of hardware and software available
for the Apple II, which put it into a lot more applications.
I attended to the computer class in the elementary school. There were many
Apple computers in the most school. Can anyone tell me a reason why the
school chooses Apple even thought the graphics and music were terrible?
Education is not about pretty graphics and sound. Educational software
is about *good authoring* and *entertaining* graphics and sound, which
has almost no relation to their objective quality.
-michael
NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
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