-=> Quoting Jonathan Fingas to Dave Morrow <=-
 JF> Well, they're awfully intriguing, and this is from a relatively
 JF> early Next  Generation article.  I know for sure that it uses a Hitachi
 JF> 200 MHz, 64-bit RISC CPU and the PowerVR SG next-generation 
 JF> 3D chip ("better than Model 3," they always say).  I've 
 JF> heard its CD drive is anywhere from 4X (still good compared 
 JF> to today) to 12X speed, its RAM is anywhere from 8-16 MB 
 JF> (probably towards the higher end of the scale), and it may 
 JF> or may not have a modem.  I hear the controllers have a 
 JF> "Tamagotchi-quality" LCD screen that lets you do various 
 JF> things - such as, possibly, choosing plays privately in a 
 JF> football game.
 JF> Basically, Sega's trying to give everyone a decent reason 
 JF> to try their system, or so it would seem.
 All that for the magic price of $200 dollars. The psx has only
 2 megs of ram. 64 only has 4. (8 with DD) That sounds pretty good. But
 I probably won't get another console 'til psx 2. They are the best, I
 admit that now. Their games rock.
 JF> By the way, according to Troy, there have been about 63 
 JF> titles for the Jaguar.
 64 should have about that much by now. There is a ton of games coming
 out soon.
 DM>  Maybe because it was realeased in the middle of the year. Most systems
 DM>  are realeased in the august to october range.
 JF> I think so.  The same thing happened with the Saturn - by 
 JF> the time it came out, it was "old hat" and not quite the 
 JF> money magnet.
 
 The only thing tht looked half good on Saturn was nights. I hated it
 though. Besides all the good ports that made it on to the Saturn
 went to playstion too.
 DM>  Well devolpers can't release anything for other OS's because it
 DM>  would be too much of a risk. It's WIN95 or NT, or nothing.
 JF> Well, technically programs ARE released for other OSes - 
 JF> you can run Quake II on Linux, GL-accelerated even, by 
 JF> downloading a few files.  Crack dot Com's Golgotha will 
 JF> even have the ability to run on Linux right out of the box!
 JF> huge Mac or Linux sections in stores.
 
 Yeah but how may people actually play Quake 2 in Linux? about
 maybe 5% of all quake 2 player maybe.
 JF> I didn't ever really see ads, but I heard a lot about
 JF> them.  For what you were getting, I hear it was good.  I 
 JF> believe Capcom's doing ports of 2D fighters on the PSX that 
 JF> probably would have run more smoothly on a Neo Geo.  Of 
 JF> course, there were no 3D features, but still...
 I remember seeing some ads for their games. Don't they have
 Samurai showdown 64?
... `NUFF SAID
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