<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 23 2005, 04:05 PM) [snapback]134327[/snapback]</div>
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Actually, the PC was far from being inferior to the C64 in 1987. The VGA card, which was released in 1987, was capable of 256 colors, the C64 only supported 16. In fact, even the EGA card from 1984 allowed resolutions of up to 640 x 350 while the C64's maximum resolution was 320 x 200. It is true that it had better animation and sound capabilities, but the PC had a much more versatile processor (and I don't even want to start talking about the memory...), and some games, e.g. Maniac Mansion (released in 1987), looked a lot better on the PC (though the scrolling wasn't as smooth).
The real reason why most PC versions of C64 games in the late 80s looked worse than the original is that, unlike today, most game companies were afraid to sacrifice potential customers by using state of the art technology.
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And that, my friend is why PC gaming sales are about 1/5 of what they were back in the day when "companies were afraid to sacrifice potential customers by using state of the art (read 'hardware that hardly anyone has yet') technology"