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From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
To: "Leath Muller" <leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>,
        "JP Morris" <b52g AT pop DOT netaddress DOT usa DOT net>
Cc: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:32:29 +0100
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> > >Well, obviously I am foolish enough to be talking about quake, but the
fact
> > >is that id Software have told in an interview that they don't care
about
> > >the game (well they care, but it's not the most importent part) they
want
> 
> You have misinterpreted the statement and context...

Okay, so I might have brought it more dramatic than it really is, but
Carmack told in the interview, that their biggest profit is in licensing
the engine, not in the game itself.
 
> > >the technology.
> > >Then they sell the technology and let other companies who've licensed
that
> > >technology make it run on a slower machine.
> > >Hey, when they said what the minimum specs were for Quake 2.....
> > >Pentium 200, 32 MB RAM, Very fast video card and a dedicated 3D
accelerator
> > >who can do 64000 polygons a second (or something).
> > >Now THAT'S definitly NOT backwards compatibility.
> 
> I haven't seen this, so can't comment on this... WHERE is this written so
I
> can have a look?

Some imported American Computer mag.
I read it right after the release of Quake last year, they were asking some
info about Quake II.
Carmack told that they were gonna try and make realtime curves (nurbs or
something) and have rough surfaces with dents and all, in stead of your
normal flat textured polygon.
Then the interviewer asked what kind of Silicon Graphics we'd need for
that.
Carmack answered with the specs I posted earlier, then the interviewer
asked if he was kidding.
Carmacj answered with something like, that they're planning on releasing
Quake II at the end of 1998 (or "when it's done") and that people who want
to keep up with technology in software, should expect to also have to keep
up with hardware technology.
I think the magazine was "Computer + Video Games".

	Yeep