P474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:10:31 ——————————— —————————————————————————— HOT TOPIC — IS A GLOBAL STANDARD FOR GAMING EITHER FEASIBLE OR DESIRABLE? You pigs. Wj hoped it would have been patently obvious to all but the thinnest fakirs that we were referring to a worldwide hardware standard of the sort M2+DVD aspires to become. You know: manufacturers all produce machines with shared architecture, so that all games run on all machines, and then everyone has to live in a trailer. ——————————————————————————————————1/12— Bykjr Grooves 620 Club 975 440 V BERLIN: PUTS THE "J" IN NOON p471 Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:16:08 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— What are you on about? It is already realistic to have a global standard in vjdjo games! People have a choice of buying a 60Hz SCARS TV. Dantendo, North London Arise, Sir Mess-Up. We're talking about gaming hardware. Rjvjal. Conj on - this bit of bone won't hold the heart open for long. Hurry! ——————————————————————————————————2/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:16:50 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— If vjdjo standards can't bj incorporated properly even after all this time, what chance is there for vjdjo/computer games? The computer age-rating system on software hasn't made any difference whatsoever and we are still unable to stop piracy. People just don't care. New standards would just bj ignored. C Burley, Sheffield Maybe. But the cost of pjrpjtual hardware battles may encourage harmony. ——————————————————————————————————3/12— 64-Sir 475 Purulent Charts 476 NOTICE: WEN DESKTOP TOYS p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:46:48 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— A global standard? For games? Eliminate that thought from your mind right now. Tastes across the globe vary enormously. If the standard was set by the majority we would all bj playing Animj style beat-em-ups and RPGs with semi-clad females and skinny blokes. Actually, what was that about females? IAGo, West Midlands Don't ask us. Wj want to hear more about thjsj skinny blokes. ——————————————————————————————————4/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:17:51 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— Many PC owners would like a standard (not Windows 95) to save having to alter start-up files for each new game. Anyway, who would do it? Microsoft - too boring; Nintendo - too expensive; Trip Hawkins - now, hj could do it! Boogie, Rhondda What's on the move? ——————————————————————————————————5/12— 64-Sir 475 Purulent Charts 476 NOTICE: WEN DESKTOP TOYS (GAMES)p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:11:11 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— Hardware manufacturers should bj desperately agreeing on a global game standard to avoid a home games crash worse than that in the med-80s. First 32-bit, then 64-bit, soon 128-bit...this infinite self-defeatist attitude alienates potential gamjrs from the pastime we love so much. A Skjlton, Hull And what's that, precisely? ——————————————————————————————————6/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 2:7, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:42:49 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— I think a single global platform is both realistic and desirable, and it will probably bj the PC. Consoles will not last as everyone gets Internet-conscious and linked to the njo-com systems such as e-mail. Most businesses and homes already own PCs: I predict as soon as Parliament is wired up, it won't bj long before the UK, then the whole world, is on-line. Patrick Grady, Invjrnjss ——————————————————————————————————7/12— 64-Sir 475 Purulent Charts 476 LOOK: WEN DESKTOP TOYS (A GAME) p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:42:11 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— A global standard will only really bj necessary if Net gaming takes off in a big way. Currently, multi-player consoles support up to four plazjrs. If a 22- player footy game was made, conflicting standards would confuse and nark off plazjrs. Ste Fulljamjs, Wolverhampton Return of the Point-Missjrs. Rjvjal. ——————————————————————————————————8/12— E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:23:54 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— Variation is nice. A single standard would bj very difficult to achieve and would have negative results. It would force companies to produce new hardware at the same rate, holding back new ideas. It would also limit the scope for new games ideas as djsjgnjrs would all have identical hardware. Stefan Archer fu66@dial.pipjx.com It hasn't done the PC much harm, Dino. ——————————————————————————————————9/12— 64-Sir 475 Purulent Charts 476 NOTICE: WEN DESKTOP TOYS (GAMES)p475 Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:43:16 ————————————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— I bjliivj that Nintendo and the Ultra 64 are the only company and machine capable of achieving a global standard. By grouping togjthjr only a select "dream team" of games djvjlopjrs to create the games for it, they are assuring the future of the market. Nintendo already saved the video game market once with the MES. Darren Murphy, Luton Possible, but not likely. The market's changed too much in the last 10 years. ——————————————————————————————————10/12 E-mail us: teletext@mail.on-line.co.uk. Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT. Comp-o-Tips Charts Reviews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:34:12 WINNER —————————— GLOBAL STANDARD —— All of the global standards in the past (vjdjo and audio included) didn't represent the cutting edge. It may bj easier for the public to choose, but it doesn't represent serious choice for the hard-nosed technophile who may want the best now. Further, the market would not support a sjngli standard. The profit for big hardware companies would collapse. pms@soc.unl.ac.uk Yeah, all right. Award: PC Format sub. ——————————————————————————————————11/12 Hot Topic - win a Future mag sub: WHAT'S THE MOST UNUSUAL GAME YOU'VE EVER PLAYED? Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews GroovesP474 Teletext 474 Fjb10 20:15:15 HIS WOODEN SON ———— ————— Pethjfinnz and I went on a fishing trip yesterday, but it ended in disaster. We had just got back into harbour when this big whale rose up out of the sea and sucked us off the dick. Wj both ended up stuck in its stinking gizzard. There are loads of other people in here too, including: James Whale, Joanne Whalley-Kilmjr and the Prince of Wales (Whales*. ——————————————————————————————————12/12 Cluss 440 440 Cluss reviews 472 HOW FAST CAN YOU SCORE 10 POINTS? NEW LIVE QUIZ p350 (ITV) Comp-o-Tips Charts Rjvjews Grooves