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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: ATARI - Secret
- Date: 22 Nov 1992 02:32:40 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz () says:
-
- >COmparing the 2600 to the Genesis etc. is STUPID! The thing is over 10-years
- >old!! It was probably the first home-'console' system ever introduced.
- >(Unless someone knows otherwise).
-
- Oh, yeah? How old is the Atari ST?
-
- It is getting up there as well.
-
- Its just my opinion, but I DO FEEL like I'm playing with a 2600 (ST)
- when I see what other systems are doing...
-
- And PONG was really the first system, but it didn't play anything besides
- PONG.
-
-
- >
- >Joy-Pads? Yuck - only small kids can use those things successfully - the
- >buttons, and the 'joy-stick' are far too-small!! They are also crap for
- >delicate operations. A good ole' Quick-Joy Jetfighter will do me nicely...
- >It's big - easy to handle, has auto-fire.
-
- YUCK? How many Nintendos, Super NES, and Genesis systems have been sold
- with joypads?
-
- I know many adults that play Nintendo and they don't seem to have any
- problem with it. I guess it depends on how FAT your fingers are.
-
- Besides, Atari could always make the buttons bigger.
-
- TRUE, there should be a joystick available, but a joypad should clearly
- be sold with the system.
-
- It is not only cheaper to make, but it also won't scare away anyone.
- If you hve over 5 buttons on the controller, it may scare away people.
-
- And think about the future. If ever Atari joined the home multi-media market,
- can you imagine a wireless joystick controlling the system? What a remote!
-
- >
- >12-key keypads failling? Most IBM compat's these days have 12-key keypads
- >or something very close, and they sure as heck aren't 'failling'!
-
- Do you know what the hell you are talking about?
-
- Or are you just writing to see yourself write?
-
- So, MOST IBM compatibles have a 12-key keypad on their game controllers, huh?
-
- Mext message...
-
- >
- >
- >You are just out to cause trouble, and are taking wild guesses. Try
- >typing 'unsubscribe comp.sys.atari.st' or whatever your systems command is.
-
-
-
- I might be taking wild guesses, but at least I know what the hell I'm
- talking about.
-
- I didn't see you respond to any of the othe points that I made.
-
- Also, if I was out to cause trouble, I wouldn't be so involved with the
- Atari Community.
-
-
- Len
-
- Len
- >
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