Re: Wolf. 3D IIGS - NEWS Update!

[mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt Portune)]

William Sheldon Simms (gt8624a@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:
> Not only is any new game or other software great news, but we've
> been waiting for this particular one a long time. And Wolfenstein
> 3-D may not be a big deal for a 100Mhz Pentium or PowerPC, but to
> accomplish it on an Apple IIgs is quite impressive.

I agree with William on this one.  Just yesterday, I gave a copy of the 
Zoop demo to a friend of mine.  He tried to run it on his 386/40.  (Zoop 
is no more complex than tetris, in terms of graphics and sound.)  A 
message popped up saying the game required a minimum 486 with math 
co-processor.  Uhhhh, you call that efficiant programming?  That makes me 
laugh hard, especially after seeing Dueltris run so awesome on a GS 
running at 7MHz.  It's just plain sad.  Sure, I use a PC for recording, 
but that sure doesn't mean I like them.  They're garbage.  I can't 
believe a system design this primitive has become the industry standard.  
The world could have done SO much better.

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