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Such an incredible game. I’m amazed what the Atari 2600 was capable of with 2 player sprites, 2 missile sprites, a ball sprite, 128 bytes of memory, no buffer,
by guidedlight 2y ago
Such an incredible game.
I’m amazed what the Atari 2600 was capable of with 2 player sprites, 2 missile sprites, a ball sprite, 128 bytes of memory, no buffer, and a 1.19 MHz CPU.
Because of what talented developers (like David Crane) could deliver, the console had an incredible 15 year lifespan (longer than the NES).
- cmiller1 2y agoAccording to Wikipedia the NES had a lifespan of 20 years.
- fredoralive 2y agoPossibly a difference in definition of lifespan, I suspect the 2600 one is using “first game released to last new game released”, whilst the NES / Famicom is “hardware available for purchase”, as Nintendo Japan didn’t officially discontinue the AV Famicom until circa 2003, even though the last new game was released around 1994.