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Issue 55 - November 25, 1999
 
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Dear Future Gamer

With regards to Shaun Aval's Top Twenty Test in FG54. As Andy Smith points out, this is ludicrous and I don't know why on earth anyone should do this. First of all, it's easy to see that the PC has the most top titles because it's been around for the longest. Second, who on earth cares about your opinion? If you'd told us to make a list of popular gaming machines, taken a huge list of games and sat down and found lots of games we liked... uhm, wait, this doesn't even work.

First of all, you won't have played 10 per cent of those games. Second, there's no way to compare games platform-wise - the graphics are totally different and they all have a different feel and, besides, PC and consoles each "play" in their own ways.

Alex Moller


FG: There's relatively little point in attempting to pitch machine against machine in respect to which has the best games, but surely there must be some games that are recognised as fantastic whatever machine they're on. Zelda: Ocarina of Time, anyone? What would your top 10 games of all time be, irrespective of platform? Send me your lists.

Got an opinion or a question? Write to me at andy.smith@futurenet.co.uk...

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