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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (280)	3/1/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: Sleeperz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 633

CodeWarior seems pretty inexpensive @ US$899.00 It is an IDE. All you need is a well equipped PC or MAC. Nintendo must have gone from a CLI to an IDE also. metrowerks.com Hopefully MPRS people see this ...!!!! And since they have an IDE for Windows CE your all set for the SEGA Katana.!! Bring on the Console games. cl >>Tools will remain a problem. The command line compiler and emulation board environment is at least twice as hard to develop for, and ten times the tool cost at least. They have to solve this. (Think about it - you can develop a PC game at home or at the beach weekends, on a laptop. With console gear you are married to the bulky emulation environments.)(And the client can play the game on the airplane, in the hotel, at practically any friend's home.)<<<<

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (280)	3/2/1998 11:12:00 AM
From: Bonzo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 633

Chaz, excellent post spoken like a true programmer :-). Thanks for the info and insight into console programming vs. PC platform. I'll keep it for future reference.

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (280)	3/2/1998 10:44:00 PM
From: Sleeperz	Respond to of 633

Which means there is less competition in the console market and a greater opportunity to make more money in the console game market than for a saturated PC market where any Tom, Dick or Harry can slap together a PC game. AKLM will be getting their KATANA development system within the next few weeks is MPRS getting theirs? cl >>>Programmers will remain a problem. There are several million competent PC programmers worldwide, only a few thousand for each console specialty, and those are moving on. They (console mfrs) can't solve this, they can only pay more for dwindling resources, unless they solve the tools problem with more standard languages, libraries, and IDEs.<<<< Most console makers have their own in house development studios too. cl

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (280)	3/3/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: Sleeperz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 633

GOD could solve this problem. MIKE WILSON SAYS computer game developers should be treated like rock stars. godgames.com >>>Programmers will remain a problem. There are several million competent PC programmers worldwide, only a few thousand for each console specialty, and those are moving on. They (console mfrs) can't solve this, they can only pay more for dwindling resources, unless they solve the tools problem with more standard languages, libraries, and IDEs.<<<