Such dilemmas have always been pertinent to players in the motor industry, though at a time when technologies - ranging from computer games to on-the-go access to work - seem to be what wows consumers, it is possible that research and development budgets, rather than the latest model launches, offer the best clue to which carmakers will succeed in the years ahead.

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For a generation brought up on British 8-bit computer games, there was and is only one true Olympian, and that is Daley Thompson.

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In the meantime, gaming has been dominated by consoles connected to TVs on the one hand (a market divided among Nintendo, Sega and Sony), and CD-ROM computer games on the other.

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Recently-released movies and computer games were then sold on via an internet auction site as "genuine goods" and with prices slightly lower than shops.

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Several of Roambi's developers come from the computer-games industry, where expertise in producing great graphics on small screens is plentiful.

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They can surely put on a pair of glasses to make it even more special. 3-D computer games should appeal, too.

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Computer games as we know them are played on powerful computers and are rich with big-screen graphics, movie-like soundtracks and fast action.

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The need to study at cram schools in the evening, the tendency for students to unwind at 24-hour convenience stores on their way home and the lure of computer games at home means the trend is likely to worsen.

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Like many other programs, Origin uses a web-like syntax to keep track of the places games are found on a computer so they can quickly be started when people want to play.

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