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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (301)	3/6/1998 4:04:00 AM
From: Sleeperz	Read Replies (1) of 633

More on Consoles "Why the shift? Sony (and to a lesser degree arch-rival Nintendo) realized that the out-of-this-world graphics and sound of their latest machines have great appeal to adults -- but only if the game itself is equally sophisticated or innovative. Final Fantasy VII, Bushido Blade, GoldenEye 007 and PaRapper the Rapper deliver, offering all-new gaming experiences -- plus a world blissfully free of minimum requirements, compatibility tests and DirectX drivers." zdnet.com >>>BTW - I agree about playstation potential - I'm doing one of those titles now - but not with my money, I couldn't have afforded the tools.>>> Well for $19 you get the Command Line Compiler that you don't want. Today you have to pay more for an IDE that comes with lots of bells and whistles. >>> BTW, lots of kids got started with games using the $19 Borland compiler or Apple basic with a $25 assembler for subroutines. You could save to floppy. Literally hundreds of small software companies were started that way. Nearly all of the brilliant new categories of software (like the spreadsheet) that came out of 1975-1985 were developed on a shoestring with cheap tools by independents working in their garages and bedrooms and student dorms back then.<<< Lots of Talented kids are already working as programmers making the big bucks. If not the kid can always start with the beginners version without all the C/S stuff in it. >>>You compare the price of these tools to MSVC? What kid can buy this? Sure, I buy it - I have lots of customers willing to pay me well to rewrite yesterdays (corporate ideas of what makes an entertaining game) news with that compiler. They end up paying for it.<<<

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