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Megalomaniac · 02 November 2022, 10:50

Barely any games used SuperVGA before 1991, even for static screens. As a benchmark for specs, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (released in late 1991) recommended a 286, and a 286 with DOS, 3.5 inch drive, a 40Mb hard drive that could fit about four games and a sound card was still well over £1000 at that time. You could get an Amiga AND Megadrive AND SNES once it launched AND some games for the same price, and they'd still be useful in 1994 whereas by then a 286 was a museum piece. 386s were 2-3 times that price. The idea of buying a PC for games (and still only sim / strategy / adventure / RPG stuff - an A500 still beat a 386 for 2D action games) didn't take off until maybe 1993 here, once you could get a 386 for under £1000.

02 November 2022, 10:50	#18
Megalomaniac Registered User Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Eastbourne Posts: 1,055	Barely any games used SuperVGA before 1991, even for static screens. As a benchmark for specs, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (released in late 1991) recommended a 286, and a 286 with DOS, 3.5 inch drive, a 40Mb hard drive that could fit about four games and a sound card was still well over £1000 at that time. You could get an Amiga AND Megadrive AND SNES once it launched AND some games for the same price, and they'd still be useful in 1994 whereas by then a 286 was a museum piece. 386s were 2-3 times that price. The idea of buying a PC for games (and still only sim / strategy / adventure / RPG stuff - an A500 still beat a 386 for 2D action games) didn't take off until maybe 1993 here, once you could get a 386 for under £1000.