Re:Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
by zeta0134 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:40AM
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The impressive part of the NES was its picture processing unit, which among other things finally delivered on an arcade-like experience at home and gained mass appeal in the process. For the time it was considered quite an advanced chip in its price range. The other extremely clever thing Nintendo did with the NES was to put the video bus on the cartridge, and this enabled them to expand the console's apparent capabilities by adding new features to game paks. This helped to keep the NES competitive in the market for many years.
Re:Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:31AM
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> The other extremely clever thing Nintendo did with the NES was to put the video bus on the cartridge, and this enabled them to expand the console's apparent capabilities by adding new features to game paks.
Can you imagine putting the video card in every copy of a game now? What a time that was.
Re:Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
by michaelchisari on Thursday May 18, 2023 @01:24PM
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| Can you imagine putting the video card in every copy of a game now?
I remember Star Fox (which included the SuperFX graphics chip on the cartridge) going for $90 on release in 1993.
That's $188.95 in today's dollars.
Re:Legend of Zelda game sells 10M copies in three days
by mrguyorama on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:41AM
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Well the Famicom came out several years before the NES, so it was a bit more competitive at that time.
The NES wasn't—it was an 8-bit machine in a time where 16-bit processors were available. I don't really know if the SNES pushed the envelope at all, but you're right that the N64 did.