Re: new Brutal Deluxe game

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mitchell Spector writes ...
> 
> In article supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes...
> 
> >Olivier <vignau@easynet.fr> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi everyone,
> >>
> >>Our new software is available. You can find it on our WWW site :
> >>
> >>  http://www.cyberstation.fr/~zardini
> >>
> >>This new version of Cogito use The Second Sight card to display
> >>original 640*400 256 colors Macintosh graphic pictures.
> >
> >Excellent!  Now grumbling Mitchell Spector can't slam Second
> >Sight users because the card "can't play games" as he is so
> >found to point out.  Thank you.  ;-)
> 
>     I never said that in the strictest sense. You can certainly
> write a game for the Second Sight, but it will be limited to
> extremely small or simple animations. Cogito is a perfect example
> since it is a sliding puzzle game, where most of the time your
> staring at a static screen. Falfus (the only other game written
> for the Second Sight) is another sliding puzzle game and similar
> in concept.
> 
>     When people talk about computer games, animation is one of
> the first things that pop in to your mind. Whether you want to
> believe it or not, the Second Sight hardware is too slow to
> move graphics around quickly (this doesn't even take into
> account the GS's bus speed, I'm just talking about the card
> independently).
>

 ....

     Really, my only 'complaint' about your SS comments is that you
didn't just say it's an over-priced, under-performing, unsupported,
power-sucking piece of electronic junk.



Rubywand