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Traditionally it's because Japanese has far more data per character of text, so a whole sentence couldn't fit in a NES cartridge.
by lupire 4y ago
Traditionally it's because Japanese has far more data per character of text, so a whole sentence couldn't fit in a NES cartridge.
- fomine3 4y agoSuch games use only Kana without Kanji, so bit per character is like 7bit Alphabet vs 8bit Kana+Alphabet. It's just(?) 14% increase.