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XP Geometry Wars on Steam
[Jun 19, 2007, 10:20 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Steam now features Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved for Windows XP, offering the PC edition of Bizarre's console shooter to far more PC owners than the previous release, which was a Windows Vista exclusive. Word on the inexpensive ($2.50 through this Friday) game is that DirectX 9 manages to reproduce the game's spiffy graphics as well as DirectX 10 does: "The debut of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved for Windows XP delivers a pixel-perfect recreation of the game that has captured the attention and acclaim of console gamers and critics alike. The game has received multiple awards for its old school shooter style remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay."

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Jun 19, 2007, 17:03

NeverAgain

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Re: No subject Jun 19, 2007, 17:03

Jun 19, 2007, 17:03

NeverAgain

I go where the games are, man. Believe me, I'd much rather have not bought one (my dislike of MS is well documented), but I got tried of waiting on games to show up months or years later on the PC, or sometimes not even at all...

I've been a dual PC Gamer/console gamer since 1983. Nothing quite like growing up in the 80s with a Commodore 64 in one room and an NES/Atari2600/Coleco setup in the other. Granted, I'm biased towards PC, but I've always given both a fair chance for my dollar.

With all the vista nonsense, I've since promised myself to abandon the PC as a gaming platform. My Xbox360/Wii will be where I get my gaming fix from now on. Well, until I want to fire up Exult or DOSbox.

As for this new "XP" version...I have a friend who, last month, showed me a hacked version of the Vista Geometry Wars that was made to run on XP. He's been playing it everyday since then. Funny that all of a sudden an XP version pops up on Steam.