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Many new games are made with an arm processor built in the cart[0]. I'm not super familiar with how it works but they do some really fancy graphics kernels. Sti
by kgwxd 4y ago
Many new games are made with an arm processor built in the cart[0]. I'm not super familiar with how it works but they do some really fancy graphics kernels. Still limited by how the graphic/color registers work and not many cycles to change them all at the right time.
[0] https://forums.atariage.com/topic/330778-part-1-cdfj-overview/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/330778-part-1-cdfj-overvie...
- djmips 4y agoDespite the arm processor in the cart it barely helps with the kernel and game code in most games. Typically they are older not so powerful Cortex M0 and it is largely tied up emulating the cartridge hardware. It can give modest gains when doing the kernel but most of the fancy graphic kernels are designed as they always have been - with a lot of deep human thought.