--- Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 02:54 pm, Michael Bryan Bell > wrote: > > > Well, they're for different forms of games also- console games > generally > > don't translate well into the pc world, and pc games generally > don't > > translate well into the console world. > > > > Ie, quake and unreal suck on the consoles, as to RPG's... Diablo > couldn't > > be > > played on a playstation 2 without a mouse and keyboard... And if > you're > > playing tony hawk on the pc (or mac) it's just not as much fun > unless you > > have a game pad... > > What makes a PC with 4 USB Sidewinder Pro joypads worse than a > console > with 4 joypads. I'm also fairly sure a compact keyboard and mouse are > on > the cards for PS2 as it uses USB and iLink. You can play many console > > games perfectly well with as good, if not better gfx on a PC. If I > only > had a Mac (I'd have a decent one) I'd persevere with games on it > rather > than get a console as well. you can play any games on a desktop > computer > but you can't on a console. >
Well, I'd go the other way actually. On a console, you don't have to worry about hardware incompatibilities and they run fine out of the box. No patches, nothing like that. Because the hardware is always the same (which of course can also show its age pretty quickly). paris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
