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It's a bit different than that. The newer version here is physical. So they would stop making the older version at some point. Not like software that the old ve
by aflag 7y ago
It's a bit different than that. The newer version here is physical. So they would stop making the older version at some point. Not like software that the old version is always available. They likely realised it was happening, but just didn't think fixing it was worth it.
- klodolph 7y agoTo fix it you would need to issue a new mask ROM, with all the associated tooling costs.
- xg15 7y agoGood point. I wonder if the devs of the game even consciously decided the change at all or if the DSP1 supplier at one point simply started shipping the version with the fix. Which, ironically, would be an early example of forced automatic updates messing things up.