An old magazine page talking about how impressive the Sony Playstation is
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from simple@lemm.ee to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 2024 15:09
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from simple@lemm.ee to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 2024 15:09
https://lemm.ee/post/40129670
Just thought this was a neat find
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LMAO
I can hear the disc clicking away even now
That bold faced lie stood out to me, as well!
Honestly, it was arguably blazing fast, for what was accomplished.
I know because I had a lot of time to meditate on how fast it was while I waited at loading screens.
Back in my day, we didn’t need no fancy raytracing for hyper realism
<img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/18f2c425-d13d-4724-983e-9347ace9a5b9.jpeg">
Doot
lol is that Kingsfield?
This image gives me
They dide
Very unfortunate placement for the 3DO ad
Ah, babbages, and Software Ect. I remember when video game stores had more competition than just Walmart/Target/Gamestop.
Honestly with how bad Gamestop is doing, it wouldn’t surprise me to see Walmart buy gamestop, and remodel the inside of their stores. So it’s like a store within a store. Kind of like how Walmart has Subway, and Target has Starbucks.
Except Walmart would also OWN the store within a store.
And they could move the freestanding gamestops to always be near Target. I mean I guess you could place them near Best Buy…but thats kind of like kicking an elderly woman with a walker. That is to say, no need to do anything. They’ll die soon enough.
Uhhhh…Best Buy I mean.
Aw, that was such a sweet time in video game history.
The video in this article includes a fun look at some of the Playstation’s limitations, and the lengths to which Crash Bandicoot developers had to go in order to overcome them.
arstechnica.com/…/war-stories-how-crash-bandicoot…
For those wondering, like I was, this was an early hype-laden codename for what would become the N64.
And, then there’s me, who knew that. Also Gamecube was Dolphin, I used to know Wii and WiiU code names. The switch was the NX.
But if I saw Wii or WiiU codenames again, it would come back to me. I’d be like “Ah, yes, thats right.”
I never knew NES or SNES codenames.
Wii was Revolution. Can’t remember WiiU
I knew it! I knew when I saw it, I’d instantly remember it. That’s totally what it was. Virtual Boy had something with 32 in it I think. Is Project 32 a thing? Something with 32.
I still have my video game magazines from the 90s. Sometimes I like to read them to see exactly this kind of news.
I remember one saying how the water effect in Unreal was almost real
That 3DO blip on the right makes me sad, it was arguably a better system than the PlayStation but it just couldn’t make it. (I imagine there are reasons, but I still enjoyed playing things like D on it).
They seriously thought doubling the CD’s read speed was going to bring it close to ROM cartridges?
This was the dino demo the article mentions:
youtu.be/k7Lk7idveeU