a864@mindlink.UUCP (Jono Moore) (11/16/90)
> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu writes: > Msg-ID: <1990Nov16.024923.10983@d.cs.okstate.edu> > Person: ONG ENG TENG > > Next time, LHX, the next-generation US Army attack helicopter! [What was the point behind this post exactly? Just curious...] Don't bother with LHX - it's a waste of space. The graphics are terrible and it is also a terrible sim. For good sound get Their Finest Hour - The Battle of Britain by Lucasfilm Games (also has good graphics) and Wing Commander (forgot who makes it... awesome graphics and pretty good sound). -- USENET: a864@mindlink.UUCP | "I've got compassion running BITNET: usernk1z@sfu | out of my nose, pal. I'm the INTERNET: Jono_Moore@cc.sfu.ca | sultan of sentiment." DATA: (604)983-3546 MSDOS only | --Albert Rosenfield (Twin Peaks)
ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (11/16/90)
$$$ EXCLUSIVE GAME CLUB $$$ Ever get into a Penske Chevrolet, throttle up to 10000 RPM, and shoot down the tracks of the Indy Speedway at over 200 mph? Hear the racing engine roar, hear the tires squeak as you zoom thru a 90 degree turn at top speed, discriminate your opponent engine noise from yours as he slowly catches up with you. I have been doing that for the past three months, and yes, (you guessed it), it's on my PC. NO, NO, NO! The sound did not come from the feeblish PC speaker, neither was I holding a puny $10 joystick (sorry if I sound obnoxious). The sound, loud as a real racing car, comes from 80 watts of hi-fi speakers, hooked to an amplifier and a Creative Sound Blaster card. The "joystick" is actually a Maxx full-size airplane yoke, giving the simulation a real "feel" and sound environment. The program, Indy 500, provides superb 3-D VGA graphics to compliment the sound, giving better than video arcade simulation atmosphere (get to sit in your very own lazy chair, dip down low like in a race car cockpit). The "EXCLUSIVE" in the title refers to the ownership of better-than-average accessaries for your PC gaming setup, like the full-size steering wheel (ok, its a yoke), rudder padel, voice-recognization hardware (found any games that use it yet?), sound card, etc. Of course minimum 286 12Mhz and color VGA is compulsory. Next time, LHX, the next-generation US Army attack helicopter!
a864@mindlink.UUCP (Jono Moore) (11/16/90)
In article:<1990Nov17.025737.20558@d.cs.okstate.edu>, Ong Eng Teng writes: > Did you have any appropriate sound card when trying out LHX? (Yes, it > sounds horrible thru the PC speaker). If not, go get a sound card > before you start huffing and puffing again. Huffing and puffing? What the hell are you talking about? I was mearly making some observations. And yes, I did have an "appropriate" sound card when trying the game. > I don't recall Battle of Britain using the sound card. I spent many > many days and over five hundred dollars this summer on games alone, I > have yet to find any game with the sound effect (thru 80 watts of hi-fi > speakers, that is) that comes anywhere near LHX and Indy500. Battle of Britain does indeed use the sound card... Indy 500 is quite good on graphics and sound effects too. I dunno.. just wasn't impressed with LHX at all. > Wing Commander itself might be another story. Does it use any sound > card (Sound Blaster or Adlib). I saw some of its ad and admittedly was > tempted to buy. I might, if you say that it uses sound card. WC uses a sound card (read the ad). It is an excellent game. > What's this hang-up about sound card? What hang-up about sound cards? -- USENET: a864@mindlink.UUCP | "I've got compassion running BITNET: usernk1z@sfu | out of my nose, pal. I'm the INTERNET: Jono_Moore@cc.sfu.ca | sultan of sentiment." DATA: (604)983-3546 MSDOS only | --Albert Rosenfield (Twin Peaks)
ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) (11/17/90)
From article <3831@mindlink.UUCP>, by a864@mindlink.UUCP (Jono Moore): > Don't bother with LHX - it's a waste of space. The graphics are terrible and > it is also a terrible sim. For good sound get Their Finest Hour - The Battle > of Britain by Lucasfilm Games (also has good graphics) and Wing Commander > (forgot who makes it... awesome graphics and pretty good sound). Did you have any appropriate sound card when trying out LHX? (Yes, it sounds horrible thru the PC speaker). If not, go get a sound card before you start huffing and puffing again. I don't recall Battle of Britain using the sound card. I spent many many days and over five hundred dollars this summer on games alone, I have yet to find any game with the sound effect (thru 80 watts of hi-fi speakers, that is) that comes anywhere near LHX and Indy500. Wing Commander itself might be another story. Does it use any sound card (Sound Blaster or Adlib). I saw some of its ad and admittedly was tempted to buy. I might, if you say that it uses sound card. What's this hang-up about sound card? There is world, or galaxies of difference between games using sound card and those that don't. It takes you PC gaming setup to the level ABOVE those in the video arcade. In fact, it is very hard to get me interested in games that don't have sound card capability. Point in case, I paid $40 in good money for MS Flight Simulator version 4. Two days later I gave it away despite its very good graphics plus the fact that I have both the control yoke and rudder padel for it. Its been three months now and I have yet to miss it. Try it, take yourself to a higher level. (My only problem is that game production companies hesitate to spend timprogramming for the sound card, hence I am hoping more people will use it, thereby encouraging them to do so). Is Wing Commander so good as the ad implies? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | DON'T TRASH IT UNTIL YOU HAVE TRY IT... WITH A SOUND CARD, THAT IS | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
lsalomo@hubcap.clemson.edu (lsalomo) (11/18/90)
From article <3831@mindlink.UUCP>, by a864@mindlink.UUCP (Jono Moore): >> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu writes: >> Msg-ID: <1990Nov16.024923.10983@d.cs.okstate.edu> >> Person: ONG ENG TENG >> >> Next time, LHX, the next-generation US Army attack helicopter! > > [What was the point behind this post exactly? Just curious...] > > Don't bother with LHX - it's a waste of space. The graphics are terrible and > it is also a terrible sim. For good sound get Their Finest Hour - The Battle > of Britain by Lucasfilm Games (also has good graphics) and Wing Commander > (forgot who makes it... awesome graphics and pretty good sound). Wing Commander is made by Origin Systems Cheers, Q - the "Q"uestor for knowledge (, a degree, etc.) lsalomo@hubcap.clemson.edu ibmman@clemson.clemson.edu ============================================================================= "Gee Wally, I think there's something wrong with the Beaver." =============================================================================
phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (11/20/90)
In article <1990Nov16.024923.10983@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes: |simulation a real "feel" and sound environment. The program, Indy 500, |provides superb 3-D VGA graphics to compliment the sound, giving better |than video arcade simulation atmosphere (get to sit in your very own lazy |chair, dip down low like in a race car cockpit). This sounds interesting. I'd love to buy a realistic driving simulator for my son to use before actually hitting the asphalt. But I want simulated accidents and problems. Stalls on the freeway, people who pull out in front of you, rain slicked roads, etc. Objects that fall in the road way. Animals (deer) that run in front of you. Obstacles that show up in the worst possible place on a blind curve. Maybe brake failures on a long downhill. Something that will help him to avoid getting into a serious accident as much as humanly possible. -- KristallNacht: why every Jew should own an assault rifle.
weimer@ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer) (11/20/90)
In article <1990Nov20.020425.26160@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >This sounds interesting. I'd love to buy a realistic driving simulator >for my son to use before actually hitting the asphalt. But I want >simulated accidents and problems. Stalls on the freeway, people who >pull out in front of you, rain slicked roads, etc. Objects that >fall in the road way. Animals (deer) that run in front of you. Obstacles >that show up in the worst possible place on a blind curve. Maybe brake >failures on a long downhill. Something that will help him to avoid getting >into a serious accident as much as humanly possible. Not a simulator, but helpfull (in some ways better): 1st step: Learn where the car is (the front bumper is not were the end of the hood looks like it meets the road, etc). This is best done in a parking lot with painted spaces. Pull into a space, [driver] get out and see where car is. Back into a space, get out and check. Park with right wheels on line, get out. Park with left wheels on line, back wheels on line, back bumper over line, etc, etc. 2nd step: Practice turns, parking, etc. with cardboard boxes to miss. Extra: while trying to pull up to (but not hit) a box, passenger unexpectedly drops something on floor (learn to ignore distractions). My biggest problem when I started: step on gas to go, consentrate on keeping car in lane--ooops 58mph in a 35 zone... Finding a large (long) parking lot could provide the needed practice here. Gary Weimer