DRx (ruiz@IX.NETCOM.COM)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 09:21:17 -0700
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win95; I) Message-ID: <36F3CAFD.23F21033@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 09:21:17 -0700 From: DRx <ruiz@IX.NETCOM.COM> Subject: Re: Sakura Taisen 3 on multiple platforms
"Chou or CC (aka senshi)" wrote:
> John Hokanson Jr. wrote:
>
> > Sega would be idiotic to let Red give up Sakura Taisen to Sony.
>
> >From what I've read else where, Bandai's B&W Wonder Swan MIGHT get ST as well!
> (It's a chinese site, if anyone actually wants to read it then I'll post the
> url, and btw it's a geocities site ^_^;;;; But they ARE going to get their own
> domain name soon), but Sony or Windows doesn't get mentioned.
> The article said that so far the "planned" platform release are the Dreamcast,
> Gameboy Color and Neo Geo Pocket Color, with the GBC and NGPC linkup-able with
> the DC to exchange information.
> Now back to the actual creditiblity of the article(s).
> Firstly, John is right, I don't think Sega would let Red give ST to Sony. Sega
> let GBC has it because it was able to get Nintendo to linkup GBC with the DC,
> but if ST comes out for PSX/PSY, there's nothing that Sega can gain from it.
> Unless as asked before, does Sega have enough shares in ST to prevent this from
> happening?
hold up a second...sinse when was the gbc going to be linkable to the dc? I remember
reading that it would be a cold day in hell before that happened so some type of
password system would be used instead to access extra stuff for st3 (dc).
>
> NGPC getting ST was kinda expected since NGP/NGPC was announced to be linkable
> with the DC at a very early stage, so if GBC gets ST while NGP doesn't get it is
> kind of wierd.
> However the Wonder Swan getting it seems a bit strange, I think the main reason
> it pretty obvious, a black and white system with ST, I think everyone knows what
> I mean.
not really, just chances on more sales for red. if you're going to port a game out
to more than one system might as well do the ones that are selling well or have
potential.
>
> As for WIN95/98, hmmmm, that would be interesting to see. While we all know
> that DC is a very powerful 3D platform, even out performing hi-end PCs with
> video accelerators, and most likely the battle in ST3 is going to take advantage
> of this power, so how would lower end machines be able to handle these?
by the time st3 comes out for (pc) I imagine pcs will catch up to the dreamcast or
out perform it. how long has it been from saturn st1 and st1 on pc? closing in on 3
years. I imagine some extra pc only mode or higher res...maybe an extra goodie like
the pen w/ st1.
>
> Now I have a question for all of you on the ML, since ST3 is spanning so many
> platforms, which one/ones will you be getting? I think I can assume that most
> people will be getting a DC, but I'm also interested if anyone is going to get
> the portable versions? Me, I'm betting my money on the NGPC version. ;)
just need to cough up an extra $100 for a neo pocket:/ the question is when is the
link cable gonna be out? my guess same time kof99 hits dc. anyway that works out
fine with me (neo freak and sega fan). I think the ngpc will have the superior
version of st at least among portables.
>
>
> Later
> Chou
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