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Re: Nerds
Posted By: Stephen, on host 208.239.20.128
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999, at 15:14:58
In Reply To: Re: Nerds posted by GreenJeanz on Sunday, May 16, 1999, at 11:53:20:

Unfortunately I didn't check out a whole lot of PC games. The show is really centered around console gaming (and although technically it's about all types of games very few arcade titles are shown as well), though there were a fair amount of PC titles shown. I didn't see 3D Realms there but GT was showing off a bunch of Duke Nukem stuff (it was probably the DN console titles though). The PC games that were there were swamped so I didn't get to play Diablo II or Tribes II like I had planned. The Havas booth (which incorporates Sierra's divisions and Blizzard among others) was absolutely jammed despite being big.

As for some of the other titles, well I'm not into virtual Petz so I don't even know if they were there. The Episode One Racer was being hyped by Nintendo beyond belief even though it was pretty mediocre. I was dissapointed with that overall: pretty simplistic, not a great sense of speed and suprisingly average graphics (after playing Rogue Squadron I've probably been spoiled though).

All in all the show was pretty good. Of course there's nothing huge going on in the industry right now aside from Sega launching its DreamCast this fall in the States. I had a great time but I didn't get to see everything I wanted despite the fact that it lasted for three days...

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