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Article #740Re: VGA, Retraces, and DMA
From: Jeremy Corley
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:33
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:33
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ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) writes: >From: exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague) >> >>[I'm glad somebody agrees with me about Wolfenstein 3-D. I >>have come to the conclusion that it's a computer junkie's game: if >>you aren't knowledgable enough to realize that the graphics are >>impressive then you probably won't enjoy playing.] >> >>-- >>James Hague >>exuhag@exu.ericsson.se >Wolfenstein 3D is one of the best examples of the fact that while some people >have remarkable skill at writing code and doing graphics, the skill of writing >a game is something else that they don't always have. >A wonderful bit of programming, wrapped around a very simple game--lifted from >the original. > - Ron Sharp. I hole-heartedly agree. I have an internship at a place that writes video games and we review _lots_ of games to keep up to date. We coders we quite impressed with this game. -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Senator Kennedy, What are you going to do about the abortion bill?" "Pay it, I guess." J. Corley n9046319@henson.cc.wwu.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!uwm.edu!ogicse!henson!rowlf!n9046319 From: n9046319@rowlf.cc.wwu.edu (Jeremy Corley) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: VGA, Retraces, and DMA Message-ID: <n9046319.713910817@rowlf> Date: 15 Aug 92 20:33:37 GMT Article-I.D.: rowlf.n9046319.713910817 References: <713793979.21713@zooid.guild.org> Sender: news@henson.cc.wwu.edu (USENET-WWU) Organization: Western Washington University Lines: 32