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[News] Wired on Fathammer and PDA development ANN.lu Posted on 07-Nov-2001 06:37 GMT by Christian Kemp 20 comments View flat View list Wired has an article on Fathammer (the company RJ Mical joined as chief architect. Their X-Forge™ 3D Game Engine might be one of the things that AmigaDE is up to against on the PDA market. "No other company is offering developers this opportunity to quickly move their games on to all of the mobile platforms," says IDC analyst Schelley Olhava" in the Wired article, which might also hint that Amiga's marketing could be better. PDA development is also discussed in a Slashdot article List of all comments to this article Sorted by date, most recent at bottom Comment 1 Anonymous 07-Nov-2001 08:08 GMT Comment 2 priest 07-Nov-2001 09:02 GMT Comment 3 priest 07-Nov-2001 09:06 GMT Comment 4 AlBolone 07-Nov-2001 09:13 GMT Comment 5 Hans-Joerg Frieden 07-Nov-2001 09:32 GMT Comment 6 AlBolone 07-Nov-2001 09:56 GMT Comment 7 adam 07-Nov-2001 10:04 GMT Comment 8 priest 07-Nov-2001 10:05 GMT Comment 9 gz 07-Nov-2001 12:20 GMT Comment 10 Brecht [darklite] 07-Nov-2001 16:07 GMT Comment 11 Ruben Monteiro 07-Nov-2001 16:15 GMT Comment 12 priest 07-Nov-2001 16:25 GMT Comment 13 Ruben Monteiro 07-Nov-2001 18:41 GMT Comment 14 gz 07-Nov-2001 20:36 GMT Wired on Fathammer and PDA development : Comment 15 of 20 ANN.lu Posted by gz on 07-Nov-2001 20:51 GMT In reply to Comment 11 (Ruben Monteiro): Currently the only DE apps AI are selling ARE games for pda's (DE player excluded) And quite frankly when say, pda manufacturers are looking for content that will help push their handhelds forward, which one do you think they will choose? The DE with tetris or X-Forge with max payne running? The manufacturers of those devices couldnt care less if the DE is more than just a game engine. All they are in for is buying customers, and when u show a bunch of ppl quake3 arena or other games like that running on a handheld they will buy it and use it. And only after awhile of using they will start thinking of the other things that count in their purchase, but then it's too late as they have already bought it. Looks sells these days, and the DE looks like a skoda when compared to the bmw x-forge is. It's sad but that's how the consumer market works... Jump... #18 priest Top Previous comment Next comment bottom List of all comments to this article (continued) Comment 16 The Wretched 07-Nov-2001 21:52 GMT Comment 17 Ruben Monteiro 08-Nov-2001 01:05 GMT Comment 18 priest 08-Nov-2001 11:39 GMT Comment 19 priest 08-Nov-2001 11:43 GMT Comment 20 The Wretched 08-Nov-2001 13:49 GMT

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