Of course it is. No statement can be seen separate from the person (or instrument for that matter) stating it. In this case, your statement that 'the sky is blue' is very much debatable. Even on a perfectly clear day the colour of the sky varies greatly depending on the angle to the sun. Furthermore, obviously the light hitting our retina is not merely of a certain wavelength we call 'blue', it is a mix of wavelengths. So your statement is very much simplified, and would not ring true to a pedantic artist or scientist. When you make such a statement, you are implying 'it is my opinion that...'.
In science, you can't make statements like 'the colour of this light is 700nm'. You need to specify the margin of error, the instrument used to make the measurement, etc. Thus 'this instrument says the sky is blue', not 'the sky is blue'.
Elevation emulation might work - if you're lucky. In my experience a process called 'shaving the ROM' leads to more consistent results, especially vis-a-vis surface mounted components. Look it up on Google.
It's incredibly inefficient: a Euro1.00 message returns at most 60% to the website owner.
I looked up some price quotes - e.g. this PDF about mBlox premium SMS services. 600 Euro setup, about 400 Euro rent per month, and payout rates as low as 1 cent on a 25 cent message... ugh. The best payout is 38 cent on a 1 euro message.
Wrong, the C64 has 64K of RAM. All the other stuff (IO, screen, BASIC) is mapped into this space but the RAM is accessible if you switch banks. For example, no games to speak of use BASIC, so the first thing you do is bank switch that 8K ROM space to expose 8K of RAM. E.g. see this reference page.
there's no BSP-tree type ways to clip everything outside of the viewport. It processes every triangle in the 'world' for each frame, whether it's onscreen or not.
You are so clueless it is painful. You've actually given me a headache with your unsubstantiated drivel. Here is proof, straigh from CVS, that what you are saying is pure nonsense: the terrain rendering source of the soulride engine.
Hint: you might want to take a look at the Render function. The comments are in plain English.
Oooookaaaay. So those of use who used consoles in the 70's don't count? You truly want a pioneer, try Ralph Baer, Nolan Bushnell or Wally Higginbotham. Miyamoto is a great designer, but he stands on the shoulders of others.
Higginbotham's 'bouncing spot on an oscilloscope' hack in the fifties could only be called a video game in the broadest possible sense of the word. It was a nice hack but it never went anywhere, and the man himself didn't see the potential in it either.
As to Bushnell and Baer, they started the arcade and home video games industries, for which all credit is due to them, but I wouldn't call them great video game designers. Great businessmen, yes.
Miyamoto has been a visionary in many of his games, ahead of his contemporaries, over a period of several decades. Even if you insist on drawing a line from Bushnell & Baer to Miyamoto, I think you will have to admit that the student has surpassed the masters.
It's not a very substantive piece, but a good discussion starter.
The article basically says: Open Source Development projects and Online Game Mods both foster community - perhaps we can make one more like the other. Who knows what might happen! Tim Berners-Lee certainly doesn't!
I say: Sourceforge has done 100 times more for Open Source Development than Sims Online ever will. Making incremental improvements and getting something out there is going to be more effective than Blue Sky dreaming.
Hello, non-SEGA gamers! I am DR SAMIR GUPTA, PH. D, head of SEGA's New Technology research department, and I would like to tell you about some of the wonderful accessories that my department is researching, and will be available in the near future! We will be issuing a formal world wide press release in a few days, but we are posting this announcement to all you USENET users because you are some of our most loyal customers! I hope that this makes you consider SEGA as a gaming choice. This is technology that will forever change the face of video gaming, which is why I am posting this in non-Sega groups as well. I hope that this does not create any flames, but appreciation for video gaming technology as a whole and how far it has come since the early days.
First, we have SMELL-O-VISION. This is a innovative accessory which connects to the modem port of your SEGA Genesis system! This device can synthesize any smell known to mankind, and will greatly enhance YOUR enjoyment of SEGA with special SMELL-O-VISION software! The first will be LEISURE SUIT LARRY SMELL EDITION, by Sierra On Line. (Whew! check out that bathroom smell!) SMELL-O-VISION will be available in late 1995. (We still have to iron out some bugs in the molecular synthesis unit.)
Next, we have HOLO-GENESIS. HOLO-GENESIS is a 3-D laser holographic projection device for your Genesis. It can display 3-D rendered images, in full-color, in real-time. It uses a special Intel/SEGA HGX-1 3-D graphics coprocessor. Coming in mid 1995!
Then, there is SEGA COCKPIT. It is a full-sized replica of a standard jet fighter cockpit, complete with working gauges. The best part is that it will have a hydraulic system, like that found in our arcade games! So you can move n' groove with the action! It is R-360 based, so you can rotate along all 3 directional axis, and can generate forces up to 8 Gs! Barf bag is not included! First game will be FALCON 3.0, ported directly from the computer game.
Next is SegaTalk. This is a HIGHLY ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE, which can recognize voice in real time! It can distinguish context, and can distinguish almost any accent. Preliminary tests indicate a 0.000001% error rate. The secret is based on a secret US Air Force device to let pilots control aircraft weapons systems by voice. We have adapted this military technology for entertainment use. (NOTE: This device is subject to export restrictions by the US Defense Department and will not be available in all countries, due to the sensitive nature of the technology used) Available in fall of 1995. The first game will be Ultima 7. But, in this version, you can actually carry on full conversations with the characters, using your VOICE! And they talk back to you! The game will have a dictionary of about 500,000 English words, and can recognize very complex grammatical structures.
Well, that's all. I hope I have whetted your appetite for SEGA games, and I hope you look foward to the best SEGA has to offer you in radically new technologies for your gaming enjoyment.
Dr. SAMIR GUPTA, Ph. D Head, SEGA New Technology Research Department Tokyo, Japan sgupta@research.sega.jp
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Of course it is. No statement can be seen separate from the person (or instrument for that matter) stating it. In this case, your statement that 'the sky is blue' is very much debatable. Even on a perfectly clear day the colour of the sky varies greatly depending on the angle to the sun. Furthermore, obviously the light hitting our retina is not merely of a certain wavelength we call 'blue', it is a mix of wavelengths. So your statement is very much simplified, and would not ring true to a pedantic artist or scientist. When you make such a statement, you are implying 'it is my opinion that...'.
In science, you can't make statements like 'the colour of this light is 700nm'. You need to specify the margin of error, the instrument used to make the measurement, etc. Thus 'this instrument says the sky is blue', not 'the sky is blue'.
Statements are opinions of the person stating them.
Elevation emulation might work - if you're lucky. In my experience a process called 'shaving the ROM' leads to more consistent results, especially vis-a-vis surface mounted components. Look it up on Google.
Or not.
I looked up some price quotes - e.g. this PDF about mBlox premium SMS services. 600 Euro setup, about 400 Euro rent per month, and payout rates as low as 1 cent on a 25 cent message... ugh. The best payout is 38 cent on a 1 euro message.
According to the European Patent Office, it comes to about EUR 29800, or over US$ 32700. I'd better start saving.
Wrong, the C64 has 64K of RAM. All the other stuff (IO, screen, BASIC) is mapped into this space but the RAM is accessible if you switch banks. For example, no games to speak of use BASIC, so the first thing you do is bank switch that 8K ROM space to expose 8K of RAM.
E.g. see this reference page.
There's no comparing B&W to Serious Sam, but on top of that Croteam live in Croatia, where the cost of life is a good deal lower than in the U.K.
Molyneux is standing up for his fellow (U.K.) game developers, nothing wrong with that.
What did you do, embed them in concrete?
Ah, 'racist' is indeed not the term for it, I'll give you that much.
Though it's so close as to make no difference.
Hah! Must be my lucky day then!
No, I'm not French actually, I'm from Flanders in Belgium. This 'French are cowards' joke is not funny, it's insulting and racist.
No, this is not funny. It's, at best, a trite way of showing ignorance.
Debka? You know this publication has somewhat of a reputation of being on the fringe side, don't you?
You are so clueless it is painful. You've actually given me a headache with your unsubstantiated drivel.
Here is proof, straigh from CVS, that what you are saying is pure nonsense: the terrain rendering source of the soulride engine.
Hint: you might want to take a look at the Render function. The comments are in plain English.
Next thing you know some wise guy is going to bring up Higginbotham's oscilloscope hack, mark my words.
Oops.
Hey, those are pretty cool. Well done.
I also like Tiny Windows Games.
This makes me think that given half a chance humans will find a game in even the simplest activity.
If you're self-publishing, you need both talent as a game developer and as a business person.
From experience I would say luck has little to do with it.
...and ?
Higginbotham's 'bouncing spot on an oscilloscope' hack in the fifties could only be called a video game in the broadest possible sense of the word. It was a nice hack but it never went anywhere, and the man himself didn't see the potential in it either.
As to Bushnell and Baer, they started the arcade and home video games industries, for which all credit is due to them, but I wouldn't call them great video game designers. Great businessmen, yes.
Miyamoto has been a visionary in many of his games, ahead of his contemporaries, over a period of several decades. Even if you insist on drawing a line from Bushnell & Baer to Miyamoto, I think you will have to admit that the student has surpassed the masters.
You must have forgotten the sarcasm tags.
The article basically says: Open Source Development projects and Online Game Mods both foster community - perhaps we can make one more like the other. Who knows what might happen! Tim Berners-Lee certainly doesn't!
I say: Sourceforge has done 100 times more for Open Source Development than Sims Online ever will. Making incremental improvements and getting something out there is going to be more effective than Blue Sky dreaming.
The computer died because one of the battery wires wiggled itself loose. I wouldn't really call that a 'computer malfunction'.
The computer runs Linux, by the way.
Which was exactly my point, though I wouldn't express it the way you did.
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