I think your point is certainly correct. The headline makes it sound like this is only a software optimization, and it is definitely not. Yeah they had to touc

I think your point is certainly correct. The headline makes it sound like this is only a software optimization, and it is definitely not. Yeah they had to touch 90% of the code. But only to make it work with the different hardware. Sure, hardware that was still found in the SNES, but what you're saying about these chips being added to cartridges effectively turning them into a different console is very interesting. I wish I knew more about the inner workings of electronic circuits, processors and the like. It's at the top of my TODO list to learn. These 90's era SNES cartridges seem like an interesting era as far as that's concerned. The wiki the article links to in regards to the lineage of special chips many of these games contained is cool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_NES_enhancement_chips#SA1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_NES_enhancement_... On this topic, another nostalgic memory I'll never forget (I'm 35) is walking into a K-mart as a boy and playing Starfox at a demo station for the first time. It was right up front as you walked in. There was a TV & SNES playing the game. It was surrounded by poster board marketing material with flashy pictures. It clearly emphasizied the brand new 'Super FX' chip that made the cutting edge polygon graphics possible. As if anyone knew what the heck that meant, but a 'Super FX' chip sounds really cool to the layperson. But they were some of the best 3D graphics my young eyes had ever witnessed back in '93 :)