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/ Adam Richardson

Daikatana Deathmatch Tournament

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

Daikatana Deathmatch 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 Mplayer, ION Storm, Eidos Interactive, After, and Dallas. The platform angle centers on Mplayer.com. The hook is multiplayer, deathmatch, online, demo, and tournament. The hard numbers include 450 MHz and $10,000.

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.