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jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes:

>In article <CFC5GMB@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de> remke@cs.tu-berlin.de (Jan K. Remke) writes:
>>
>>NOT only in Germany (I'm not German, I only live there, I'm DUTCH.),
>>but all over Europe... PCs are the game machines of the kids here,
>>that's about it. If the people in the U.S. of A. are not that far,
>>(I mean using more sophisticated machines) then it's not my problem :-) ...
>>
>And, in the US, pc are used mostly for serious work.  If people want to 
>play games, they buy Amiga's, Nintendo's, and Mac's as well as low-end
>(i.e. 386sx/286 ) pcs.  The pc's are used some for games, but the pc's
>really aren't at heart game machines.  Most have only an internal speaker,
>no game port as standard equipment.  Compared to the Amiga's that have 
>pretty good sound, decent graphics/animation it is no wonder that pc's
>aren't used for games here.

I wouldn't consider anything less than a 386/33 for playing Wing Commander
or Ultima Underworld,  and Origin does not write for Macs.
Many of the new games require a 386 and lots of disk space.
Wing Commander II takes up 20 megs.  Sound boards like the Sounblaster
are quite cheap and common.  However, I tend to use my PC for serious
work most of the time (dialing into work, word processing, and programming).

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