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Re: Atari vs Amiga article
« on: February 16, 2014, 01:29:29 PM »
Considering the sound capabilities of the A1200 (and the A500 for that matter), in-game sound was still unbeaten in 1992, I mean, back then I had a sound blaster pro clone, and maybe it could do some neat 16 bit sound playback, if I compare it to the Amiga sound playback in most games, the Amiga totally blows it away. Only when the wavetables became common the Amiga sound became obsolete. (apart from, like the SID, irreplaceable unique sound)
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Re: Atari vs Amiga article
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2014, 01:34:03 PM »
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I personally interpret a game as 3D if the game world is 3D.
Generally people refer Wolfenstein 3D as defacto 3d as the graphics are calculated with 3d algorithms. Dungeon Master therefore has not been considered 3d. Not that I do not agree with you, as your argument is logically sound, it's just that as far as I know, this is the concensus. A nice 3d game as well is Pandemonium, it has 2d platform gameplay, yet it's fully 3d rendered.
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Re: Atari vs Amiga article
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2014, 01:58:53 PM »
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Then we have Wolfenstein (arguably the first "First Person Shooter"),

It's not the first first person shooter (Catacomb Abyss, I think, is), nor is it the first texture-mapped 3d game (Again, Catacomb Abyss preceded, as well as Ultima Underworld).
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Re: Atari vs Amiga article
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2014, 01:59:34 PM »
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Yes, I don't doubt it is. Doesn't make it true, of course.

No but it communicates a bit easier :)
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