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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

373.0. "ST RULES, O.K (In Europe!)" by RDGENG::KEANE () Fri Jan 13 1989 10:19

    
    Hi,
    
    Yesterday I was in Munich, whilst browsing the magazine rack at
    the newsstand in Munich Airport, I came across the technical magazine
    rack. There were a large number of different general electronic type
    mags, but in the computer section were two different P.C. magazines,
    one Amstrad type, one Amiga type, one Mac type and FIVE different ATARI ST
    magazines and one 8 bit Atari mag. It may have been just the time
    of the month when this proportional distribution of titles occurred,
    but it must reflect the amazing amount of interest in Atari St's
    in Germany and also in Europe. Whilst I was attempting to read one
    without having to buy it (newstand library), two people selected
    ST mags from the rack. When one guy saw I was reading about the
    ST large screen monitor he stopped and commented that his friend had
    one, they were great, all the software ran OK on it, he wanted one
    but it was very expensive, $2000.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
373.1		GEMVAX::KEENE		`Fri Jan 13 1989 14:23`	5
	A friend of mine travelled to England this past Fall and returned with two ST magazines. I was impressed by the format of these issues. They looked like MacUser or PC magazine. I was just a little envious. I guess they have more to report on over there. Still... hope springs eternal.
373.2	Perhaps a reason to learn german?	IJSAPL::KLERK	Theo de Klerk	`Fri Jan 13 1989 17:51`	6
	Yes, Atari has many magazines in W-Germany, about 3 in Holland. It's funny to note that most UK mags seem to spend about half their mags in describing games. In comparison with the german mags: they don't talk about them at all or only upto about 20% Theo
373.3		LEDS::ACCIARDI	Man Dies Laughing - Film at 11:00	`Fri Jan 13 1989 23:29`	24
	A friend of mine travels to the UK and Japan quite a bit on business. I was amazed at the state of the art (if the ads are to be believed) of the European Atari and Amiga software. The magazines are slick glossy affairs wiith lots of commentary and reviews. The screen shots look far better than most of the stuff available in the States. (The exception is Psygnosis and Rainbird, who seem to create the best graphics) If you really want to get depressed, wait until you see the new 16-bit (68000 based) game machines coming from Nintendo, Sega and NEC later this year. My friend brought back 16-bit Sega and Nintendo machines with a few game cards. These guys are absolutely outdoing the arcade machines. I've never seen such high speed colorful animation in my life. These systems made StarGlider II look pathetic. The Sega system boasts stereo sound, 512 colors on screen at once, 64 sprites, laser disk port, blah blah... I'd not want to give up my keyboard, hard drive, etc, but the state of the art in game hardware looks like it may be coming from Japan. Ed.
373.4	STEREO SOUND MY FOOT!!!!	GUCCI::HERB	AL	`Thu Jan 19 1989 20:25`	5
	I have a Nintendo and a Sega. There is no way the sound and graphics are as good as the amiga but the games are a bit funner. Matt
373.5		LDP::WEAVER	Laboratory Data Products/Science	`Thu Jan 19 1989 23:10`	3
	re: .4 I suggest you re-read .3, you missed the point entirely!
373.6		LEDS::ACCIARDI	Man Dies Laughing - Film at 11:00	`Fri Jan 20 1989 00:23`	8
	Matt, I was talking about new 16 bit machines that aren't yet available outside of Japan. These systems are beyond belief. I think that the current Sega and Nintendo systems are about on a par with the state of the art Atari 800 and C'64 games. Ed.