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Nice idea to write that stuff down. Something that flummoxed me for a while was how Pokemon Yellow does the Pikachu sound, since the Game Boy doesn't really sup
by spencercw 6y ago
Nice idea to write that stuff down. Something that flummoxed me for a while was how Pokemon Yellow does the Pikachu sound, since the Game Boy doesn't really support sample-based audio. Turns out it does something akin to spending 100% of its CPU time turning the sound on and off to play the samples.
- zeta0134 6y agoFor anyone who might be curious as to how this worked in practice, Retro Game Mechanics does an excellent breakdown of the technique used here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fooSxCuWvZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fooSxCuWvZ4