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/ Adam Richardson

First LAN Daikatana Tournament

First LAN Daikatana Tournament lands in February 1999 as PC hardware makers keep pushing faster chips, cards, drivers, and gaming peripherals.

First LAN Daikatana Tournament puts prizes, bragging rights, or a public challenge in front of players, and that is exactly the kind of noise the late-90s PC scene feeds on.

The names attached here include ION Storm, Eidos Interactive, Daikatana LAN, Extreme Annihilation CPL, and March 12. The hook is deathmatch, LAN, online, tournament, and strategy. The hard numbers include March 12, 32 players, Voodoo 3, Voodoo 2, and March 1, 1999.

The hardware race is getting mean now. Every new board, driver, chip, and oddball peripheral is trying to be the thing that makes your rig feel less old by next week.