-=> Nightfox wrote to Mr Ned <=-
Ni> One thing I think was interesting about cartridge-based consoles was
Ni> that cartridges allowed game developers to include additional processor
Ni> chips inside their game cartridges if they wanted. I heard Starfox had
Ni> a processor chip in its cartridge that was some sort of graphics
Ni> processor, which helped with the 3D graphics in the game. I think I
Ni> heard F-Zero used it too.
Yeah there was loads of that going on with the SNES, especially in the
later years of the scene where Nintendo was a little behind Sony and
Sega in having a next generation console available for purchase. Yoshi's
Island is a good example. It didn't happen so much with the Genesis but
Sega was pushing its 32X addon which didn't work out for them.
MN
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