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Article #17Re: sad news on the gaming front...
From: Goin' Nova
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:00
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In article <mcox-ya02408000R0105981828590001@newsource.ihug.co.nz>, mcox@ihug.co.nz (Martin Cox) wrote: > In article <flargh-3004981535150001@p6.gw1.provi.ma.tiac.com>, > flargh@tikkabik.com (Peter Cohen) wrote: > > >No, what sucks is that Mac gamers _think_ they have to beg to get any > >quality games at all. If even one tenth of the energy that went into > >begging for PC scraps was redirected to actively supporting Mac-first or > >Mac-only shareware and hobbyist developers, some of these game makers > >would have enough revenue to keep themselves in business. > > If that's how people are thinking (ie beg to get _any_ quality games) then > I'll certainly agree it sucks. Badly. > > God knows there are a number of extremely high quality Mac games around at > the moment. (Am I the only one over 6 years old who plays Pop! > incidentally? ;) ) > > Maybe Apple could do some kind of deal with the smaller companies to push > the games a little. > Well, jacking with the developer support plans is a good start.... -- Of course, wilhelp is Bill Palamer's copyrighted property. World Famous Usenet "writer", "my name is wilhelp" wilhelp@ix.netcom.com (Bill Palmer) demonstrating proofreading is not an option in <6i3rh6$2r6@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1115e1,ed48eb5b00e8bc9c X-Google-Attributes: gid1115e1,public X-Google-Thread: 102e01,ed48eb5b00e8bc9c X-Google-Attributes: gid102e01,public X-Google-Thread: 1081ce,ed48eb5b00e8bc9c X-Google-Attributes: gid1081ce,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,ed48eb5b00e8bc9c X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public X-Google-Thread: f94cb,ed48eb5b00e8bc9c X-Google-Attributes: gidf94cb,public From: lousemonkey1@NoSpAm.wilhelp.com (Goin' Nova) Subject: Re: sad news on the gaming front... Date: 1998/05/01 Message-ID: <6icldd$p72@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> X-Deja-AN: 349321946 References: <tmatteo-2904981115530001@150.100.115.20> <nospamrabst59+-2904981125550001@pool-207-205-218-72.pbgh.grid.net> <flargh-2904981635370001@p8.gw1.provi.ma.tiac.com> <6i8t4g$kvl@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <flargh-3004980801010001@p7.gw1.mashp.ma.tiac.com> <6ia799$mvt@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <flargh-3004981535150001@p6.gw1.provi.ma.tiac.com> <mcox-ya02408000R0105981828590001@newsource.ihug.co.nz> RealLifeName: John Hausmann Organization: Flames-R-Us Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games.strategic,comp.sys.mac.games.misc,comp.sys.mac.games.action,aus.computers.mac,comp.sys.mac.games.adventure