Comment on Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Somebody provide context for those of us who have no idea what this monstrosity is?
Comment on Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Somebody provide context for those of us who have no idea what this monstrosity is?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive) had expansions that were meant to improve the capability of the system and extend the its lifespan, but ultimately they weren’t super popular because it didn’t make sense to make games for such a small subset of Sega’s market share.
This is the 32x add-on that allowed for 32bit processing, and someone has just stacked a bunch of them on top of each other to be funny.
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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The idea of a plug-in processor is wild. Isn’t that most of the console functionality right there?
lime@feddit.nu 1 month ago
everything in most cartridge based consoles is on a bus. CPU, SPU, RAM, ROM, whatever, it’s all on the same communication channel. the SNES didn’t have 3D capabilities but some games like Starfox had a GPU in the cartridge.
AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 month ago
So he hacks a NES to run Mario Bros? I’m not that impressed…