While it does look very kewl, and I am stoked to try my hand at coding for the thing, I am wondering why the IESDK doesn't include any 2D graphic libraries (such as SDL)... since not all games are 3D;)"
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What do you mean not all games are 3D? Why, who still plays those crappy 2D games like megaman, street fighter, gunstar heroes, rayman, mario 3, etc.. Why do you think there's no market for emulators and ROM's..? Obviously it's because 3D gaming is far superior in every way, and that the extra axis of movement is an infinitely better replacement for "innovative gameplay". Get your facts straight before you post such rubbish to a factual website such as this one!
Assuming MSFT is able to deliver on what it promises (friendly, relatively easy to use OS, built on top of stable, secure code), we're finally getting somewhere. Fsck MS DOS and all the age old compatibility hierarchy, build something that makes sense now and will make sense in the foreseeable future, and go from there. All I want is something i can run a webserver on if i need, but plays quake hella quick, and doesn't need rebooting every 4 hours while i work in photoshop! Throw in a decent TCP/IP stack, and they may (finally) have a decent OS.
Who needs a bloody ISO? Just grab http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/(pick one)/
Yeah, that's a great idea, and it makes the download so much faster when you grab 400 smaller files instead of 1 big one... I'm also willing to bet that it does wonders for the ftp servers' load averages.
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While it does look very kewl, and I am stoked to try my hand at coding for the thing, I am wondering why the IESDK doesn't include any 2D graphic libraries (such as SDL)... since not all games are 3D ;)"
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What do you mean not all games are 3D? Why, who still plays those crappy 2D games like megaman, street fighter, gunstar heroes, rayman, mario 3, etc.. Why do you think there's no market for emulators and ROM's..? Obviously it's because 3D gaming is far superior in every way, and that the extra axis of movement is an infinitely better replacement for "innovative gameplay". Get your facts straight before you post such rubbish to a factual website such as this one!
</SARCASM>Assuming MSFT is able to deliver on what it promises (friendly, relatively easy to use OS, built on top of stable, secure code), we're finally getting somewhere. Fsck MS DOS and all the age old compatibility hierarchy, build something that makes sense now and will make sense in the foreseeable future, and go from there. All I want is something i can run a webserver on if i need, but plays quake hella quick, and doesn't need rebooting every 4 hours while i work in photoshop! Throw in a decent TCP/IP stack, and they may (finally) have a decent OS.
Who needs a bloody ISO? Just grab http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/(pick one)/
Yeah, that's a great idea, and it makes the download so much faster when you grab 400 smaller files instead of 1 big one... I'm also willing to bet that it does wonders for the ftp servers' load averages.