Dreamcast will destroy the N64
Darwin
Sega will redefine and set the standard for the console gaming industry with
their new machine. Why? The answer is quite simple: A built in modem.
Without it, the Dreamcast is just another game console more powerful than
anything else before it. Games would be the same with more polygons, more
colors, and more game logic. The modem opens up the gamer to a whole new
world of realizm. Think about it; I'll be playing Virtua Fighter III with
the best players from around the world while you're playing Mario Kart of
Ditty Kong against the same two or three best friends. Finally, you'll be
able to play a shootem' up with a squadron of other fighters, or play in the
same RPG at the same time. The servers will keep records of you're
wins/losses and rank you accordingly. You'll be able to join leagues where
you can compete with people at your skill level.
Ronald Loef
The DreamCast is nothing more than a stripped PC (including Windows CE and
DirectX). This will enable Microsoft to grab a larger share of the world
market.
But who wants a console which will have to boot???
I'd rather stick with my P200, 64 MB RAM and 4MB 3D card :-)
Don't forget that the nintendo might have a modem with the 64DD. And the
hardware is almost the same. (DreamCast will have a newer videocard, but
why such a fast card for 384x288??)
Maybe DreamCast will have some impact on the console market, but it will
never be the same as the launch of the Nintendo 64, which caused a run on
the system.
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Darien Allen
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:52:17 +0200, Ronald Loef
<rl...@students.cs.uu.nl> wrote:
>
>The DreamCast is nothing more than a stripped PC (including Windows CE and
>DirectX). This will enable Microsoft to grab a larger share of the world
>market.
>But who wants a console which will have to boot???
>
>I'd rather stick with my P200, 64 MB RAM and 4MB 3D card :-)
The 64DD is dead, a non factor. CE is NOT the primary OS of the DC.
It's a layer that can be used for ports(as I understand it), and
finally don't all game systems "boot" technically? But the DC boot
time will be no longer than current systems.
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kwarlord
Darwin wrote in message <6lmgp8$f7o$1...@news.aros.net>...
>Sega will redefine and set the standard for the console gaming industry
with
>their new machine. Why? The answer is quite simple: A built in modem.
>Without it, the Dreamcast is just another game console more powerful than
>anything else before it. Games would be the same with more polygons, more
>colors, and more game logic. The modem opens up the gamer to a whole new
>world of realizm. Think about it; I'll be playing Virtua Fighter III with
>the best players from around the world while you're playing Mario Kart of
>Ditty Kong against the same two or three best friends. Finally, you'll be
>able to play a shootem' up with a squadron of other fighters, or play in
the
>same RPG at the same time. The servers will keep records of you're
>wins/losses and rank you accordingly. You'll be able to join leagues where
>you can compete with people at your skill level.
>
>
I already have something like that. It's called a COMPUTER.
as if Sega had a chance to begin with...
greg
the dreamcast will eclipse the N64. big deal. that's like saying the
console that comes after the dreamcast will be better. it's called
progress, moron.
how about, "sega saturn will destroy the NES." or how about, "intellivision
will destroy the atari 2600." oooo...sagacious words.
Darien Allen
And the holy hosts all joined in as "Amaury" <ama...@erols.com> gifted
us with these words:
>Dreamcast is the most powerful console machine ever made for its price. If
For now.
>you design a scale showing processing power for each generation of c`onsole
>machine, the leap from today's machines to the Dreamcast is the biggest
>technological leap in console history. I would bet that Unreal would run
>silky smooth (at least 60fps) at 640/480 on a $250 machine. Kind of makes
>you wonder if it's worth upgrading your expensive PC to play the latest
>games. And with a modem, multiplayer gaming will be as big as on the PC.
Keep telling yourself that....
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2 words:
Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kyle...just Kyle
Heath Estep wrote in message <6ma90u$9hn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
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>2 words:
>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 words:
Get a brain!!
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words:
>
>Heath Estep wrote in message <6ma90u$9hn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>>
>>2 words:
>>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>3 words:
>Get a brain!!
4 words:
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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 01:31:07 -0700, "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net>
posted via his Tamagotchi Net Link:
>2 words:
>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another two words...
SYSTEM ENVY.
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Heath Estep
Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message <6mabvu$3g3$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
>
>Heath Estep wrote in message <6ma90u$9hn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>>
>>2 words:
>>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>3 words:
>Get a brain!!
>
Isn't it weird how I never asked for your opinion. And another thing that
was way cool how you used the "3 words:" thing, really original!
Kyle...just Kyle
Heath Estep wrote in message <6mbtcj$ipj$1...@news2.cais.com>...
Isn't it weird how no one ever asked for your opinion? And another thing
that was way cool was how you used typical trollspeak. Really original!
Joe Ottoson
In article <6mbtcj$ipj$1...@news2.cais.com>, "Heath Estep"
<hes...@mtinter.net> wrote:
> Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message <6mabvu$3g3$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
> >
> >Heath Estep wrote in message <6ma90u$9hn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
> >>
> >>2 words:
> >>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >3 words:
> >Get a brain!!
> Isn't it weird how I never asked for your opinion. And another thing that
> was way cool how you used the "3 words:" thing, really original!
Isn't it even funnier that nobody ever asked for your opinion either?
Real faith is objective
Heath Estep
Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message <6mc1hl$rs$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
>
>Heath Estep wrote in message <6mbtcj$ipj$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>>
>>Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message
><6mabvu$3g3$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
>>>
>>>Heath Estep wrote in message <6ma90u$9hn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>>>>
>>>>2 words:
>>>>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>3 words:
>>>Get a brain!!
>>>
>>
>>Isn't it weird how I never asked for your opinion. And another thing that
>>was way cool how you used the "3 words:" thing, really original!
>
>
>Isn't it weird how no one ever asked for your opinion? And another thing
>that was way cool was how you used typical trollspeak. Really original!
>
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>
What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never done
anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Darien Allen
And the holy hosts all joined in as "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net>
gifted us with these words:
>What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never done
>anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
>Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
>fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh wow you can swear alot...that's just like SO cool...you've become
my No. 1 idol....could you please swear some more for me?
Wen Hsieh
kwarlord (kwar...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: I already have something like that. It's called a COMPUTER.
: as if Sega had a chance to begin with...
Well, the idea is that a game cosole with all the features mentioned will
be more accessable to the mass market than the COMPUTER. So yes, if it
has the power of your computer, but cost so far less, why won't it have a
chance?
Wen Hsieh
Darwin (jai...@aros.net) wrote:
: Sega will redefine and set the standard for the console gaming industry with
: their new machine. Why? The answer is quite simple: A built in modem.
: Without it, the Dreamcast is just another game console more powerful than
: anything else before it. Games would be the same with more polygons, more
: colors, and more game logic. The modem opens up the gamer to a whole new
Yes, but given a choice, which would you rather have, same exact games,
but one has more polys and smoother and the other not so many polys and
not as smooth. At first it won't matter, but as more and more 3rd party
cross-platfrom games are released, I think people will literally see the
difference.
: world of realizm. Think about it; I'll be playing Virtua Fighter III with
: the best players from around the world while you're playing Mario Kart of
: Ditty Kong against the same two or three best friends. Finally, you'll be
: able to play a shootem' up with a squadron of other fighters, or play in the
: same RPG at the same time. The servers will keep records of you're
: wins/losses and rank you accordingly. You'll be able to join leagues where
: you can compete with people at your skill level.
No one knows what the mass market will do with a modem. Especially when
they get thier first phone bill. :-) Besides, multiplayer games on a
server requires an addition expense of at least a Sega dedicated online
service and at most a ISP of some sort. Maybe a modem is a wasted expense
as it turns out nobody uses it in the long haul. Money better saved by
omitting it.
Wen Hsieh
Amaury (ama...@erols.com) wrote:
: Even a Pentium II 500mhz with a Voodoo 2 SLI config couldn't produce
: as many polygons as the Dreamcast. It's not only PVSRG vs. Voodoo 2 here.
The PVRSG will be coming to the PC in 3D only and 2D/3D chipset this Fall,
one year before US release of the DC.
: It's a custom 200mhz RISC CPU pipelined to deliver 3 or more million
: polygons to the 3D chipset that the old x86 architecture of the CISC Pentium
: couldn't deliver to a polygon hungry beast like the Voodoo 2 or the PC
: version of the upcoming PVSRG, which won't be as fast as the custom made one
: for the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast will show off how powerful a custom
: graphics machine designed only to play games really is. All the advances in
Not at 1600x1200 it won't. As you increase the resolution, you not only
increase the workload of the 3D video card, but also the quality of what
you're looking at. 1024x768 for the Voodoo2 in SLI. Which I daresay,
will look better than the DC.
: CPU, memory prices, and 3D chipsets all happened after the best console on
: the lot right now as far as processing power goes (N64) was designed. The
The Voodoo cards are 2 years old now, how old is the N64? Just because
Microsoft couldn't write a good API until threaten, doesn't mean the tech
wasn't out there. Although, the founders of 3DFX Interactive was former
SGI empolyees.
: Dreamcast is the most powerful console machine ever made for its price. If
: you design a scale showing processing power for each generation of c`onsole
: machine, the leap from today's machines to the Dreamcast is the biggest
: technological leap in console history. I would bet that Unreal would run
: silky smooth (at least 60fps) at 640/480 on a $250 machine. Kind of makes
: you wonder if it's worth upgrading your expensive PC to play the latest
: games. And with a modem, multiplayer gaming will be as big as on the PC.
Price is always a consideration for console gamers. Or else they would've
gone PC long ago. Nope, if the DC depended only on PC gamers to buy it,
its already a niche machine. It has to sell to the mass market. But in
the end, its impressive for the price, but for the very ultimate in gaming
3D graphics, its still the PC.
It remains to be seen that the DC will make such a big splash in the
online multiplayer gaming market. There is addition cost to online gaming
and I'm not sure the mass market will want to spend that kind of money.
But rest easy, knowing that the DC has four controller ports if online
gaming doesn't pan out.
kwarlord
Wen Hsieh wrote in message <6mce81$6...@panix2.panix.com>...
did they fire the president of Sega of America yet? If so, I will give it
ONE chance.
Kyle...just Kyle
Heath Estep wrote in message <6mc2kq$ksn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>
>Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message <6mc1hl$rs$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
>>
>>Heath Estep wrote in message <6mbtcj$ipj$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>>>
>>>Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message
>><6mabvu$3g3$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
>>>>
>>>>Heath Estep wrote in message <6ma90u$9hn$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>>>>>
>>>>>2 words:
>>>>>Sega Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>3 words:
>>>>Get a brain!!
>>>>
>>>
>>>Isn't it weird how I never asked for your opinion. And another thing that
>>>was way cool how you used the "3 words:" thing, really original!
>>
>>
>>Isn't it weird how no one ever asked for your opinion? And another thing
>>that was way cool was how you used typical trollspeak. Really original!
>>
>What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never done
>anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
>Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
>fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's right. You never "done anything to me". But before you slam
someone, you had better be prepared to be slammed with the same thing.
I have nothing against you. I just think you're a stupid biased idiot.
Heath Estep
Kyle...just Kyle wrote in message <6mco7o$cah$1...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>...
I wasn't slamming anything. My opinion of Sega is not very high and if you
like it so much then go to another newsboard. And the only thing here that
is stupid is your middle name "...just" and did you know that your last name
is the same as your first.
Kyle...just Kyle
Heath Estep wrote in message <6mcq1p$qn4$1...@news2.cais.com>...
>I wasn't slamming anything. My opinion of Sega is not very high and if you
>like it so much then go to another newsboard. And the only thing here that
>is stupid is your middle name "...just" and did you know that your last
name
>is the same as your first.
Your insult is so completely inane I don't even know how to begin responding
to it.
Your opinion of Sega isn't very high, and my opinion of your intelligence
isn't very high. Why is it that you can post your opinions while I can't?
Heath Estep
Darien Allen wrote in message <358996cf....@news.earthlink.net>...
>And the holy hosts all joined in as "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net>
>gifted us with these words:
>
>>What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never done
>>anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
>>Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
>>fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Oh wow you can swear alot...that's just like SO cool...you've become
>my No. 1 idol....could you please swear some more for me?
>
I'm glad you think so highly of me! But this doesn't concern you.
tor...@my-dejanews.com
> What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never done
> anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
> Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
> fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh my. we've got a smart one here folks. look out.
Matt
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Wen Hsieh
kwarlord (kwar...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: >Well, the idea is that a game cosole with all the features mentioned will
: >be more accessable to the mass market than the COMPUTER. So yes, if it
: >has the power of your computer, but cost so far less, why won't it have a
: >chance?
: >
: did they fire the president of Sega of America yet? If so, I will give it
: ONE chance.
From the Saturn days, I though they did. But just wait for the games, I'm
sure you'll be happier that way.
Darien Allen
The entire world ground to a halt on Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:36:47 -0700,
when "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net> uttered these magical words:
>
>Darien Allen wrote in message <358996cf....@news.earthlink.net>...
>>And the holy hosts all joined in as "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net>
>>gifted us with these words:
>>
>>>What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never done
>>>anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
>>>Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
>>>fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>Oh wow you can swear alot...that's just like SO cool...you've become
>>my No. 1 idol....could you please swear some more for me?
>>
>I'm glad you think so highly of me! But this doesn't concern you.
>
I'm not as smart as you...could you tell me which posts I'm allowed to
participate in?
Heath Estep
Darien Allen wrote in message <358e5518...@news.earthlink.net>...
>The entire world ground to a halt on Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:36:47 -0700,
>when "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net> uttered these magical words:
>
>>
>>Darien Allen wrote in message <358996cf....@news.earthlink.net>...
>>>And the holy hosts all joined in as "Heath Estep" <hes...@mtinter.net>
>>>gifted us with these words:
>>>
>>>>What the fuck is your problem, you started this shit and I had never
done
>>>>anything to you, now what the fuck do you have against me?
>>>>Now if you want to do something about it bring that shit on, you mother
>>>>fucking bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>>Oh wow you can swear alot...that's just like SO cool...you've become
>>>my No. 1 idol....could you please swear some more for me?
>>>
>>I'm glad you think so highly of me! But this doesn't concern you.
>>
>
>I'm not as smart as you...could you tell me which posts I'm allowed to
>participate in?
>
When I curse you then reply! Its simple.
Darien Allen
>>I'm not as smart as you...could you tell me which posts I'm allowed to
>>participate in?
>>
>When I curse you then reply! Its simple.
>
So you're admitting you only do simple things?
Heath Estep
>
>So you're admitting you only do simple things?
I'm admitting your a grouchy ass!
Darien Allen
>
>>
>>So you're admitting you only do simple things?
>
>
>I'm admitting your a grouchy ass!
>
That's not any surprise.