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Holy shit 2 million dollars for a video game that could easily be played on a $35 dollar raspberry pi 20 years later. I hear it all the time but it really is a
by Igglyboo 12y ago
Holy shit 2 million dollars for a video game that could easily be played on a $35 dollar raspberry pi 20 years later. I hear it all the time but it really is amazing how fast technology advances.
- nullnoop 12y agoI wish someone would attempt an accurate clone of this game. I don't know of a 10 player version that would work on the Pi, certainly not the Saturn version.
- Pxtl 12y agoThere have been various oss clones, surely one must have ARM support. If you've a cheap X86 device, atomic bomberman supports 10 players.
- Igglyboo 12y agoYea I meant that it "could" be easily played on RBP not that it's possible at this moment.
- davewasthere 12y agoMaybe https://bombermine.com https://bombermine.com would tickle your fancy? It's a massively multiplayer version.
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoThe 10 controllers and associated USB hub would run the price up a bit. :)
- Igglyboo 12y agoTrue, as would the TV. But we could still do all of that easily for under a grand which is still insane.
- ANTSANTS 12y agoI think most of the 2 million dollars went towards the 1993-vintage HD plasma TV, not the game hardware itself. Those are a lot less expensive now too, but you'd still need a fair bit more than $35 to get a screen big enough to comfortably fit 10 players.
- aidenn0 12y agoRAM was about $30/MB in 1993. That makes the RAM in your pi worth about $15,000 in 1993. Also, as an off-topic comment, RAM started 1996 at about the same price per MB as in 1993, but ended 6 times lower thanks to overproduction caused by lots of new RAM companies competing with the previously price-fixed producers.