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echo: video_games
to: NICK ANDRE
from: DAVE MORROW
date: 1998-04-11 13:17:00
subject: Re: State Of The N64

 -=> Quoting Nick Andre to Dave Morrow <=-
 NA> I guess theres nothing to stop you from just connecting a phone line
 NA> direct  from your console right to your friends, not using a phone line
 NA> or anything,  just use the WIRE itself. I agree, that WOULD SUCK if it
 NA> demands the Internet for multi-player. (It would save them zillions of
 NA> lines of code if they just  made games that were direct-play since the
 NA> company must emulate Unix PPP for  Internet). If any old-timer hackers
 NA> are still out there, it won't be long  before they'll hack the code to
 NA> a game to allow direct-play. 
 NA> Nick.
 But why play through the net? Just go head to head! The only thing the
 net would be good for is lots of multi players. Like ten guys in
 wcw vs nwo battle royale! (but I doubt the 64 can handle that!)
... S*CK IT!     -Degeneration X
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