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To: Bleeker who wrote (1188)	8/6/1998 6:04:00 PM
From: Brendon Woirhaye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1773

Heh, I came to SI from the Getty when I was there too. Having an obvious compatibility bug like the Riva thing is inexcusable, and I'd think few customers would give the game a second chance. Although FF VII is well done (I never did post my review), there are a couple issues which really make it look rushed. Video & sound compatibility issues, installation issues, inability to run under NT (for a DirectX game), all of these are hallmarks of software which was rushed to make a date.

To: Bleeker who wrote (1188)	8/6/1998 9:02:00 PM
From: Jeff Lins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1773

I don't really know. My "best" sources couldn't give me specifics other than "lots." This is typical of my "sources." Often useless, except for big picture info. Though I don't know who was at "fault" for the lack of Riva compatibility, many put the blame on EIDSY. So I think it is good that a patch is out there as it makes it look like EIDSY will work to keep people happy. (my guess, however, is that nVidia did the work to get the patch done; their hardware doesn't natively support 8 bit paletized images) For the record I made phenomenal gains today on RDRT, PMTC and TDFX. A dozen more days like today and I will be back even :) Another dozen, and I can make up for CD and CREAF, both of which managed to close the day down...