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Pyro

Mr.E said:
The Sega Uranus. All the dirty jokes they will come up with.

I doubt that Sega would be that dumb to create a competitor, although it isn't out of the realm of possibility. The way I see it, Sega is in a stronger position, and will likely remain in the console business for a little longer.
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Something like Sega Galaxy or Sega Andromeda has a certain ring to it...

From my perspective, Sega would be painfully aware how the Nintendo/Sony alliance benefited both companies and might not be adverse to finding partners after the Saturn. Apple/Microsoft could benefit from... let's say PC/Mac ports of Sega titles. The Saturn successor could have DirectX support. Their alliance can still end after the sixth generation, but if they weaken Nintendo/Sony enough, it would probably be better to get their foot in the door by working with Sega in the short-term.

Another thing to consider as many of the gamers who were kids and teenagers during the fourth and fifth generations will become young adults by the sixth generation. More than a few will be able to buy two consoles. I bought both a Gamecube and a PlayStation2, for example.
 

woweed

ANARCHY_4_ALL said:
Also, this is the sole opinion of only one ITTL blogger. That is not much to go on, especially when that blogger's main focus is comicbooks. Maybe there is only a slight bias in that regard. But we will just have to see...
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To be fair, t's not really one blogger. It's pure exposition and thus, we can pretty much takes what he says as canon.
 

Nivek

jejeje, Again the issue with SW, all was lucas affair but why hate that gungan, he was ironically a good written characthers, heck anyone not a protagonist was good made characther...why nobody mention the main problem of all prequel(IMHO)...Anakin
 
Crunch Buttsteak

Crunch Buttsteak

I suppose with the Saturn being based on the OTL N64 hardware, and the UNES being what it is, there's even less chance of quad-based rendering to take off.

Maybe this'll help a certain green GPU maker from stumbling out of the gate with the NV1.

Although that does make me wonder about the quirky early-3d hardware on PC's, (i.e. 3dfx voodoo/Glide, S3 Virge, NV1, etc)

How soon did Microsoft come out with DirectX, what about OpenGL?
 

Nivek

Crunch Buttsteak said:
I suppose with the Saturn being based on the OTL N64 hardware, and the UNES being what it is, there's even less chance of quad-based rendering to take off.

Maybe this'll help a certain green GPU maker from stumbling out of the gate with the NV1.

Although that does make me wonder about the quirky early-3d hardware on PC's, (i.e. 3dfx voodoo/Glide, S3 Virge, NV1, etc)

How soon did Microsoft come out with DirectX, what about OpenGL?
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That would kill Nvidia or make it weak and humble, that is an big butterfly one who are directly in my own plans(i'm the hardware expert with support flydeath and starwarfan,xd so can tell me more?

I need some info about it, that will help me a lot for long term plans.

The rest, yeah, QUAD rendering was killed in their infancy so Nvidia is humble or pretty bad at the moment still maybe something can happen later...

DirectX is already out and infact, DirectX is the ancestor of all MS videogame ventures(alongside DOOM,remember gates own doom presentation) so thing would be interesting.
 

Unknown

Just curious: Chris Farley died in December of 1997, so is his death butterflied away?

Oh, and here's an idea about Andy Dick: Have him die in a car accident before he reintroduces Brynn Hartman to cocaine (believe me, if that story is true, he deserves it)...
 

Nivek

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Just curious: Chris Farley died in December of 1997, so is his death butterflied away?

Oh, and here's an idea about Andy Dick: Have him die in a car accident before he reintroduces Brynn Hartman to cocaine (believe me, if that story is true, he deserves it)...
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Umm into the To-Do list, being honest never hear neither person mentioned...but can tell me details the latter, how was that whole story?
 
Miss Teri

Miss Teri

Nivek said:
Umm into the To-Do list, being honest never hear neither person mentioned...but can tell me details the latter, how was that whole story?
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Andy Dick was on the show Newsradio, with Phil Hartman. When he was at a party at Hartman's house in 1997, he reintroduced cocaine to Brynn, Phil's wife. This began her relapse into drug use, which brought her into conflict with Phil. Eventually, on May 27th, 1998, in a drug-infused act, Brynn shot Phil Hartman, and later herself. His character on Newsradio was written out, and the two characters he voiced on the Simpsons (Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz) were retired.
 

flydeath

Nivek said:
That would kill Nvidia or make it weak and humble, that is an big butterfly one who are directly in my own plans(i'm the hardware expert with support flydeath and starwarfan,xd so can tell me more?

I need some info about it, that will help me a lot for long term plans.

The rest, yeah, QUAD rendering was killed in their infancy so Nvidia is humble or pretty bad at the moment still maybe something can happen later...

DirectX is already out and infact, DirectX is the ancestor of all MS videogame ventures(alongside DOOM,remember gates own doom presentation) so thing would be interesting.
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if any of you guys want to know any good information about those early gpu's I recommend you check out http://vintage3d.org/#sthash.Qbeohvdi.dpbs
this guy diffidently knows his stuff regarding gpu's of the era
 
Roger Redux

Roger Redux

I second (third?) the butterflying of Phil Hartman's death one way or another. If the price is the death of Andy Dick, I won't lose sleep over it. (The only thing I really remember him from is playing the EMH-2 in the ST: Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle" anyway.)

As far as the SW prequels go, I don't think they ever could've lived up to the hype no matter what they did. Even if they were decent there was no way they could've pleased everyone.

As for the SEGA "Uranus", with no 32X is there any reason they wouldn't the "Neptune" code name? If they do put a Saturn w/ "Ring" in one they'd probably call it the Saturn Mk-II or use the name of one of Saturn's moons. [Most likely Titan or Hyperion, though SEGA "Atlas", "Prometheus", or "Pandora" have a nice 'ring' also] {full list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn#Confirmed_moons}

 

angakkuq

Any chance of saving FASA Interactive? Battletech, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies deserve better than Microsoft leaving them to wither on the vine.
 

Nivek

angakkuq said:
Any chance of saving FASA Interactive? Battletech, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies deserve better than Microsoft leaving them to wither on the vine.
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with the exception of shadowrun(the snes one is all time classic otl,xd) i enjoyed all those games back the OG Xbox... still FASA just got sucessful thanks to MS support, still whe knews, maybe doing something for saturn, for ultra or multi?
 

RySenkari

FASA Interactive will publish a PC game in 1998 that comes to one or both of the major consoles by 1999, that's a definite. I don't quite know exactly what the game will be just yet though.

Chris Farley and Andy Dick will be addressed by the end of the year, as will Phil Hartman. Again, I THINK this will go better than IOTL, but perhaps not. I need to come up with something good ^_^

NVIDIA will definitely be addressed. Again, it'll be lumped in somehow with the PC coverage that's coming up. We haven't been thinking too heavily about the PC, so that's why you guys haven't heard much about it ^_^;;;

Also, some time before the end of 1997 I'd like to do some kind of GameTV "making of" thing, just a tongue-in-cheek in universe special. Speaking of which, here's a brief summary of what the GameTV cast (at least the seven hosts that have been seen so far, still two more hosts to introduce before 2000) are up to as of TTL's 2015...

Ted Crosley: Working as a TV producer of reality shows and documentaries. Occasionally works as a minor voice actor/actor. His career in a lot of ways parallels that of OTL's J.D. Roth (who, ITTL, Ted Crosley is very good friends with since high school).

Alex Stansfield: Runs a pretty big network of internet game sites, one of the major video game media outlets on the internet including the TTL-exclusive website Gamesovermatter.com. One of the most respected voices in gaming journalism.

John Walden: Currently hosts The Price Is Right, before that had a history of hosting various shows and interviewing people with minor acting roles as well.

Kazzi DeCarlo: A moderately well-known stand up comedian who continues to do tours, doesn't do anymore onscreen acting but is relatively successful.

Lyssa Fielding: The most famous of the GameTV alumni, she's currently co-starring in a popular CBS sitcom and is considered a low-A/high-B-list actress who's probably close to TTL's equivalent of Anna Faris.

Gary Westhouse: A popular sports news anchor in Portland, Oregon, still plays games and remembers his time on the show fondly.

Brittany Saldita:

@brittanysaldita: Well, it's been fun. Love you all. Hope for a miracle! *picture of herself in a hospital bed smiling with two fingers to her lips in a kiss gesture* #FuckCancer #KeepHopeAlive
-September 13, 2014 10:55 am
 
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RySenkari

Colonel Levnekov said:
Well, that was a shocker. :(:eek:

Will Brittany survive?
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It's confirmed in the post first introducing GameTV that she dies of cancer in 2014.

During the next Awesome Game Blitz immediately following Brittany's passing (TTL's equivalent of Awesome Games Done Quick), benefiting cancer research, John Walden calls in and pledges a million dollars during the speed-run of Tale Phantasia.
 
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Colonel Levnekov

RySenkari said:
It's confirmed in the post first introducing GameTV that she dies of cancer in 2014.

During the next Awesome Game Blitz immediately following Brittany's passing (TTL's equivalent of Awesome Games Done Quick), benefiting cancer research, John Walden calls in and pledges a million dollars during the speed-run of Tale Phantasia.
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Huh. I didn't remember seeing that little detail.

Keep going, and good writing!
 
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