RF>  JR> So tell me, what's wrong with >that< ? :P
RF> 
RF>         I would stick with a NES if I wanted Mario.
 JR> Well, it's just a difference of opinion; I think 
 JR> there's more to gaming than  3d first person 
 JR> perspective.
        That goes without saying, but the game industry has been 
manufacturing Mario-clones for so *years* - ever since the early 80's!
        I think side-scrolling action games have no future.  They're too 
simplisitic, and too non-immersive.  As I see it the only solid uses for 2D 
in games these days is in isometric action (in the style of Syndicate and 
Crusader: No Remorse), strategy, and adventure.
   
--- Maximus 3.01
---------------