What was the name of the store??
Mark
I have played a demo of it that just let you drive around the qualification
track i think it said. The graphics were very smooth on my pentium 90 with
stealth 64 video card. I didn't like the Hi-Res mode bacause I demand a very
smooth frame rate. Hires on Nascar and Indycar II is much smoother.
I have to admit though that in lowres mode it is very nice. Looks much better
than Super Karts in my opinion. The graphics are more realistic and the
buildings and other structures went by very nicely. Also the road has
texturing that looks very nice as it goes by, better that nascar or indy in my
opinion. I have Nascar, Superkarts, Indycar II and Destruction Derby to keep
me busy but after running around the Virtual Karts qualification track by
myself for about 1/2 hour I went out to the stores looking for it. I think
it'll be a winner!
I also saw it there and bought it. You should too.
I saw it at Electronic Boutique in Glendale shopping center, BUT, like
they said in the NFL a few years back, upon further review, I think it
was just an empty box as a teaser. I didn't ask any questions because
my DX2/50 would puke trying to run it- it can't even do the ICR2demo
well. So it may not actually be out yet. Sorry.
It IS out...I saw it in the store today...with a price tag on it, and
stuff inside.. :) From the MPS home page:
DOS 5.0 or higher, CD-ROM only
Minimum Requirements: IBM-PC or compatibles 486-66 or
higher, 8MB RAM, 20MB hard
graphics, CD-ROM drive, mouse
Supports: Ad Lib(R), Pro Audio
Spectrum(TM), Sound Blaster(R)
The price was $69 Canadian...so about $50 US. I'll wait for a demo before buying.
ICR2 is plenty enough fun for now... :)
Neil
where did you get the demo? (ie the web site)
12/2/95
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>buildings and other structures went by very nicely. Also the road has >texturing that looks very nice as it goes by, better that nascar or indy in >opinion. I have Nascar, Superkarts, Indycar II and Destruction Derby to kee >me busy but after running around the Virtual Karts qualification track by >myself for about 1/2 hour I went out to the stores looking for it. I think >it'll be a winner!Hi,
There is a demo version of VIRTUAL KARTS in the works which we
hope to have available on our website by the beginning of next
week.
Best,
-Quentin
http://www.microprose.com
Hi Robert,
A VIRTUAL KARTS demo is now available at:
ftp.microprose.com/pub/mps-online/demos/vkdemoj.zip
which includes joystick support. If mouse support is all that you
require, download file:
vkdemo.zip
Best,
-Quentin/Spectrum HoloByte-MicroProse
It sucks (can I say that?) I mean it stinks. Graphics are awsome if you
have a Cray supercomputer. It's mainly boring once you play it a couple of
times.
>It sucks (can I say that?) I mean it stinks. Graphics are awsome if you
>have a Cray supercomputer. It's mainly boring once you play it a couple of
>times.
I agree, it's very very very very very &^%$ boring
Slow, stupid, uncompleted and boring ;-)
Robert
