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Yes, it can matter, though you can get far without it. NESticle was plenty popular back in the day without anything resembling proper cycle accuracy. Note that
by pcwalton 7y ago
Yes, it can matter, though you can get far without it. NESticle was plenty popular back in the day without anything resembling proper cycle accuracy.
Note that my NES emulator doesn't even get the total number of cycles right, and as a result Super Mario Bros. 3 crashes. (It really isn't a good emulator!)