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Posted on 14-May-2003 05:12 GMT by GetBoinged | 65 comments View flat View list |
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Posted by Thomas Würgler/Pagan on 15-May-2003 08:15 GMT | In reply to Comment 43 (Lando): >People seem to forget PSX had only 2MB RAM and a 33Mhz CPU, and managed plenty games a >LOT more polished and technically advanced that what we've so far seen on AmigaDE.
What you're forgetting is that on the PSX you have dedicated hardware to handle a lot of things - much like on the Amiga. You also have a CD to store your games on. The games wouldn't certainly have been more impressive with 16 MB of RAM, but it's the 650 megs of data on the CD, that makes it possible to have all those graphics around, load them up into memory when needed etc.
If you want a look at further details which may help explain why things aren't as simple as that, have a look here: http://members.tripod.com/~videogamereview/psx/specs.html
As far as I can recall (it's been some time since the Zaurus days), the reason for the small size was that they should be downloadable and be possible to store in the on-board ram - that is the 16 megs that hold both applications, data (and as far as I can recall runtime ram).
Since we're not aiming for that any more, our next game will contain a lot more graphics =) |
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