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   Bryan aka R.I.P. to Air Raid   
   Re: Developer impressions of the 3DO/Mat   
   19 Feb 08 23:08:43   
   
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   From: bryan@gamezero.com   
      
   On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:59:00 -0800 (PST), Air Raid    
   wrote:   
      
   >I forgot to mention that I intended this to be a little flashback.   
   >The M2 system was the most hotly anticipated machine of the mid-late   
   >90s.   It would've beaten Saturn, PS1, N64 and 3Dfx Voodoo in 3d   
   >graphics performance & quality.  some incredible games were being made   
   >for M2 such as D2, IMSA Racing, Power Crystal as well as a rumored   
   >version of VF3.   
   >   
   >It was such a pity the M2 was canceled.   
      
   The thing is, it wasn't "canceled" per se, it was just sold off. The M2 based   
   hardware actually lived a long life in the kiosk industry where it worked to   
   compete with CD-i and PC based systems.   
      
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