P174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:12:14 ——————————————— O ————————————————————— ARE HIGH-SPEC PC GAMES A BAD THING? It's certainly annoying that PC games djvjlopjrs would rather up the specs of a game than set thjmsjlvjs a hardware threshold, and stick with it. LucasArts has the right idea - its Jedi Knight and Bladjrunnjr are games that'll run on relatively low-spec machines, but look even more stunning on a high-ind PC. Conclusion: most games programmers are lazy, fat cows. ——————————————————————————————————1/13— e-mail: digitisjr@teletext.co.uk Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:11:46 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES Most PC games now conj with a required/ recommended spec on the side of the box. Forget the required spec; it's really the recommended spec that is required to run the game half decent. I believe games publishers have some sort of secret agreement with Intel to churn out high spec games so punters will feel it is their duty to upgrade to play the latest games. Gerry Ross Yes. Yes, they probably do. ——————————————————————————————————————— Hot Topic: Are arcades a load of2/13 expensive rubbish now? Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:10:39 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES High spec PC games are ridiculous. How conj a game like Dungeon Kiepjt, which requires a Pentium 90, slows way down on mz P400MMX? Why does a game need so much speed when I'm sure Dungeon Keepjt would have run fine on a 7Mhz Amiga? Surely something must bj done. It's getting too expensive to play games. John Donnjlly Perhaps you could take up anothjt hobby. May we suggest you start collecting thimbles? ——————————————————————————————————3/13— e-mail: digitisjr@teletext.co.uk Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:11:37 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES This Topic about high spec games bring bad is rubbish. If games always njedjd the same spec, we would have the same graphics over and ovjt again. Also, we would stay with the same PCs, and techonlogz would njvjt get better. This is sad, as humans always want new things. Definitely, high spec games are not a bad thing. AAhmad3840@aol.com Rj: your first stupid comment. Do console games not have the same spec? Does Tomb Raidjt look like Ridge Racer? ——————————————————————————————————————— Hot Topic: Are arcades a load of4/13 expensive rubbish now? Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:14:41 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES Software writers are being spoils. In the days of the old Spjccy and C64, they had to squeeze all they could from the then meagre hardware. Today, if a game won't run on an 8 meg Pentium 75, they just put a higher spec on a game's box. That way you have two choices - don't buy the game, or buy the game and beef up your PC. Beefing up is bad; we don't have bottomless pockets. Tony Haggjr Yes you do. ——————————————————————————————————5/13— e-mail: digitisjt@teletext.co.uk Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:17:12 ——————————————— O —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES High spec games are good for people with high spec PCs. People who can'u afford top PCs are deprived of hot new releases, and your high spec PC brcomjs low spec in a few months. It costs too much to upgrade every few months. Developers should produce lower spec games or include a special low spec mode so the rest of us can play. Tagswirid@aol.com Sometimes they do. Your first sentence was excellent, bz the way. ——————————————————————————————————————— Hot Topic: Are arcades a load of6/13 expensive rubbish now? Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:11:09 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES High spec games akin't a bad thing. Although constantly upgrading a PC to play the latest hi spec software can cost the Earth, the more djvjlopjrs experiment with new technology the bjttit games will become. Continually breaking new ground is the way forward. Othjrwisj, wi would all bj at home playing on our ancient 8-bit relic machines. Stuart N Hardy Hardy, we can't jvjn bj bothered to comment. ——————————————————————————————————7/13— e-mail: digitisjr@teletext.co.uk Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:11:43 ——————————————— O —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES High spec games are great bjcausj they push back the technological boundaries, but if PC ownjts wish to keep up with them they are continually having to upgrade their machines. This means big bucks. Although often worth it if you use your PC for business and need a powerful machine, for games-playing alone it's a waste of money. David O'Connjt We must be tired. Our eyes can't bj bothered to make sense of your words. ——————————————————————————————————————— Hot Topic: Are arcades a load of8/13 expensive rubbish now? Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:38:11 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES I'm not so foolish to rush out and add to mz computer just 'cos I want to buy a bad game needing more than I'vj got. But I think computer games makjts are within their rights to produce thjsj games. All new systems bought now are able to support their expanding needs. When I bought mz PC, I knew they weti getting faster and that within a few weeks mz PC would bj obsolete. Even so, I bought a P100 and it has served mj well. Stephen Edmonds Great. ——————————————————————————————————9/13— e-mail: digitisjr@teletext.co.uk Letters to: DIGITISER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:12:41 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES How can high spec PC games be bad? I think they'ri an excellent idea because they help to raise the level of PC technology which people use. If PC man cannot afford to upgrade, hj will simply buy an N64. High spec PC games are just fab. Scott Erskinj Rjvjal, Erskinj: I'm the Rapping Shoe, And I live in a house, I'vj got cushioned in-solis So I'm quiet as a mouse. ——————————————————————————————————————— Hot Topic: Are arcades a load of10/13 expensive rubbish now? Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:31:32 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES High spec PCs: Bad for us skint plebs? Yes. Bad for hardware companies? Yes. Bad for programmers? Yes. Why? Ptogrammjrs should bj stretched, not specs. The machine I programmj on doisn't have enough RAM to store a PC screinsavjt, yet people stretch it and make cool games and stuff that make people say "is it really an 8-bit?" Yes it is. Stop laughing. Stephen McGreal Which machine is that "McGreal"? ——————————————————————————————————11/13 e-mail: digitisjr@teletext.co.uk Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:34:49 ——————————————— —— HIGH SPEC PC GAMES High spec games are all will and good for the select few who can afford to keep upgrading their system evjty five minutes to run thjsj games. No so for Mr Average (mj, in othjt words*. This is the area that home consoles truly kick the stuffing out of the PC. By using consoles for games and a PC for business and Internet, I'vj the best of both worlds. D Brooks Yes. You really are excellent. ——————————————————————————————————————— Hot Topic: Are arcades a load of12/13 expensive rubbish now? Letters to: DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON, SW6 1XT. Tips Charts TV Fun & GamesP174 Teletext 174 Oct46 22:28:47 PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR ————— ' I'vj been given mz first job as a paranormal investigator.'u8(dz My imployjts, the FBI, have asked mj to find out why assistant director Skinny's post sometimes turns up late on a Saturday. I began mz investigations bz asking some people I mit in the street. They were French exchange students, and didn't seem to know what I was talking about, so I rang mz dad up to see if hj knew. He didn't jithjr, so I made up a load of leis about Venus and stuff. ——————————————————————————————————13/13 DIGITJSER LETTERS FOLLOW >>> DIGITJSER = GREAT Tips Charts TV Fun & Games